Propanoic acid

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-108.9 ± 0.48kcal/molN/ALebedeva, 1964Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -510.8±0.1 kj/mol from Lebedeva, 1964 and ΔvapH° value of 55±2 kj/mol from missing citation.
Δfgas-108.9 ± 0.48kcal/molCcbLebedeva, 1964Value computed using ΔfHliquid° from Lebedeva, 1964 and ΔvapH° value of 13. kcal/mol from Konicek and Wadso, 1970.
Δfgas-108.7 ± 0.76kcal/molCcbSchjanberg, 1935Value computed using ΔfHliquid° from Schjanberg, 1935 and ΔvapH° value of 13. kcal/mol from Konicek and Wadso, 1970. estimated uncertainty

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-122.08 ± 0.03kcal/molCcbLebedeva, 1964ALS
Δfliquid-121.9 ± 0.60kcal/molCcbSchjanberg, 1935estimated uncertainty; DRB
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-365.03 ± 0.03kcal/molCcbLebedeva, 1964Corresponding Δfliquid = -122.07 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-365.2kcal/molCcbSchjanberg, 1935Corresponding Δfliquid = -121.9 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid45.65cal/mol*KN/AMartin and Andon, 1982DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
37.91298.15Biros, Sikora, et al., 1982T = 270 to 370 K. Equation only. Cp = 129.7 - 0.1263 T + 0.0007486 T2 J/mol*K.; DH
36.52298.15Martin and Andon, 1982T = 13 to 450 K. Data also given by equation.; DH
36.95333.15Woycicka and Kalinowska, 1978DH
36.1298.15Konicek and Wadso, 1971DH
38.10289.Radulescu and Jula, 1934DH

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
RCD - Robert C. Dunbar

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Individual Reactions

EtCO2 anion + Hydrogen cation = Propanoic acid

By formula: C3H5O2- + H+ = C3H6O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr347.4 ± 2.2kcal/molG+TSCaldwell, Renneboog, et al., 1989gas phase; B
Δr347.4 ± 2.9kcal/molG+TSCumming and Kebarle, 1978gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr340.4 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRECaldwell, Renneboog, et al., 1989gas phase; B
Δr340.3 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRECumming and Kebarle, 1978gas phase; B

Iodide + Propanoic acid = (Iodide • Propanoic acid)

By formula: I- + C3H6O2 = (I- • C3H6O2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr16.6 ± 1.0kcal/molTDAsCaldwell and Kebarle, 1984gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr10.5 ± 1.0kcal/molTDAsCaldwell and Kebarle, 1984gas phase; B

thiophenoxide anion + Propanoic acid = C9H11O2S-

By formula: C6H5S- + C3H6O2 = C9H11O2S-

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr20.00 ± 0.40kcal/molTDAsSieck and Meot-ner, 1989gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr12.4 ± 1.3kcal/molTDAsSieck and Meot-ner, 1989gas phase; B

Ethanol + Propanoic acid = Propanoic acid, ethyl ester + Water

By formula: C2H6O + C3H6O2 = C5H10O2 + H2O

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-5.40 ± 0.10kcal/molEqkEssex and Sandholzer, 1938liquid phase; Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -5.627 kcal/mol; ALS

Propanoic acid, anhydride + Water = 2Propanoic acid

By formula: C6H10O3 + H2O = 2C3H6O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-13.5 ± 0.1kcal/molCmConn, Kistiakowsky, et al., 1942liquid phase; Heat of hydrolysis at 303 K; ALS

Hydrogen + 2-Propenoic acid = Propanoic acid

By formula: H2 + C3H4O2 = C3H6O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-30.4 ± 0.2kcal/molChydSkinner and Snelson, 1959liquid phase; solvent: Acetic acid; ALS

Methyl propionate + Water = Methyl Alcohol + Propanoic acid

By formula: C4H8O2 + H2O = CH4O + C3H6O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-14.38 ± 0.22kcal/molEqkGuthrie and Cullimore, 1980liquid phase; ALS

NO3 anion + Water + Propanoic acid = C3H8NO6-

By formula: NO3- + H2O + C3H6O2 = C3H8NO6-

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr3.90 ± 0.20kcal/molIMREViidanoja, Reiner, et al., 2000gas phase; B

CO3 + Water + Propanoic acid = C4H8O6-

By formula: CO3 + H2O + C3H6O2 = C4H8O6-

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr4.00 ± 0.20kcal/molIMREViidanoja, Reiner, et al., 2000gas phase; B

NO3 anion + Propanoic acid = C3H6NO5-

By formula: NO3- + C3H6O2 = C3H6NO5-

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr12.00 ± 0.20kcal/molIMREViidanoja, Reiner, et al., 2000gas phase; B

Nitrogen oxide anion + Propanoic acid = C3H6NO4-

By formula: NO2- + C3H6O2 = C3H6NO4-

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr12.50 ± 0.20kcal/molIMREViidanoja, Reiner, et al., 2000gas phase; B

Sodium ion (1+) + Propanoic acid = (Sodium ion (1+) • Propanoic acid)

By formula: Na+ + C3H6O2 = (Na+ • C3H6O2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr28.2 ± 1.4kcal/molCIDTMoision and Armentrout, 2002RCD

References

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Lebedeva, 1964
Lebedeva, N.D., Heats of combustion of monocarboxylic acids, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1964, 38, 1435-1437. [all data]

Konicek and Wadso, 1970
Konicek, J.; Wadso, I., Enthalpies of vaporization of organic compounds. VII. Some carboxylic acids, Acta Chem. Scand., 1970, 24, 2612-26. [all data]

Schjanberg, 1935
Schjanberg, E., Die Verbrennungswarmen und die Refraktionsdaten einiger chlorsubstituierter Fettsauren und Ester., Z. Phys. Chem. Abt. A, 1935, 172, 197-233. [all data]

Martin and Andon, 1982
Martin, J.F.; Andon, R.J.L., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. Part LII. Molar heat capacity of ethanoic, propanoic, and butanoic acids, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1982, 14, 679-688. [all data]

Biros, Sikora, et al., 1982
Biros, J.; Sikora, A.; Zivny, A.; Pouchly, J., Heat capacity of monomer models of some hydrophilic polymers in aqueous solution from 20° to 60°C, Collect Czech. Chem. Commun., 1982, 47(10), 2692-2701. [all data]

Woycicka and Kalinowska, 1978
Woycicka, M.; Kalinowska, B., Excess entahlpy and heat capacities of diluted propionic acid solutions in n-heptane, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Ser. Sci. Chim., 1978, 26, 371-375. [all data]

Konicek and Wadso, 1971
Konicek, J.; Wadso, I., Thermochemical properties of some carboxylic acids, amines and N-substituted amides in aqueous solution, Acta Chem. Scand., 1971, 25, 1541-1551. [all data]

Radulescu and Jula, 1934
Radulescu, D.; Jula, O., Beiträge zur Bestimmung der Abstufung der Polarität des Aminstickstoffes in den organischen Verbindungen, Z. Phys. Chem., 1934, B26, 390-393. [all data]

Caldwell, Renneboog, et al., 1989
Caldwell, G.; Renneboog, R.; Kebarle, P., Gas Phase Acidities of Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids, Based on Measurements of Proton Transfer Equilibria, Can. J. Chem., 1989, 67, 4, 661, https://doi.org/10.1139/v89-092 . [all data]

Cumming and Kebarle, 1978
Cumming, J.B.; Kebarle, P., Summary of gas phase measurements involving acids AH. Entropy changes in proton transfer reactions involving negative ions. Bond dissociation energies D(A-H) and electron affinities EA(A), Can. J. Chem., 1978, 56, 1. [all data]

Caldwell and Kebarle, 1984
Caldwell, G.; Kebarle, P., Binding energies and structural effects in halide anion-ROH and -RCOOH complexes from gas phase equilibria measurements, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 967. [all data]

Sieck and Meot-ner, 1989
Sieck, L.W.; Meot-ner, M., Ionic Hydrogen Bond and Ion Solvation. 8. RS-..HOR Bond Strengths. Correlation with Acidities., J. Phys. Chem., 1989, 93, 4, 1586, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100341a079 . [all data]

Essex and Sandholzer, 1938
Essex, H.; Sandholzer, M., The free energy of formation of ethyl propionate, J. Phys. Chem., 1938, 42, 317-333. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Conn, Kistiakowsky, et al., 1942
Conn, J.B.; Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Roberts, R.M.; Smith, E.A., Heats of organic reactions. XIII. Heats of hydrolysis of some acid anhydrides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 1747-17. [all data]

Skinner and Snelson, 1959
Skinner, H.A.; Snelson, A., Heats of hydrogenation Part 3., Trans. Faraday Soc., 1959, 55, 405-407. [all data]

Guthrie and Cullimore, 1980
Guthrie, J.P.; Cullimore, P.A., Effect of the acyl substituent on the equilibrium constant for hydration of esters, Can. J. Chem., 1980, 58, 1281-1294. [all data]

Viidanoja, Reiner, et al., 2000
Viidanoja, J.; Reiner, T.; Kiendler, A.; Grimm, F.; Arnold, F., Laboratory investigations of negative ion molecule reactions of propionic, butyric, glyoxylic, pyruvic, and pinonic acids, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2000, 194, 1, 53-68, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-3806(99)00172-4 . [all data]

Moision and Armentrout, 2002
Moision, R.M.; Armentrout, P.B., Experimental and Theoretical Dissection of Sodium Cation/Glycine Interactions, J. Phys. Chem A, 2002, 106, 43, 10350, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0216373 . [all data]


Notes

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