Indole, 3-methyl-

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Phase change data

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BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus368.25KN/ACowley and Partington, 1936Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub21.6 ± 0.45kcal/molCRibeiro da Silva, Cabral, et al., 2009AC

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (atm) Reference Comment
538.70.993Weast and Grasselli, 1989BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
15.4383.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 368. to 540. K. See also Stull, 1947.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

log10(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
368. to 539.45.426202685.55-44.739Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
19.9303.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 288. to 333. K.; AC

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)7.514 ± 0.001eVN/AN/AL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
7.5143 ± 0.0006LSHager and Wallace, 1988LL
7.54 ± 0.015PEGusten, Klasinc, et al., 1976LLK

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Cowley and Partington, 1936
Cowley, E.G.; Partington, J.R., Studies in dielectric polarisation. Part XV. The dipole moments of fivemembered nitrogen ring compounds: indole,skatole,carbazole,isatin, phthalimide, and succinimide., J. Chem. Soc., 1936, 1936, 47. [all data]

Ribeiro da Silva, Cabral, et al., 2009
Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Cabral, Joana I.T.A.; Gomes, José R.B., Combined experimental and computational study of the energetics of methylindoles, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2009, 41, 11, 1193-1198, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2009.05.018 . [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Hager and Wallace, 1988
Hager, J.W.; Wallace, S.C., Two-laser photoionization supersonic jet mass spectrometry of aromatic molecules, Anal. Chem., 1988, 60, 5. [all data]

Gusten, Klasinc, et al., 1976
Gusten, H.; Klasinc, L.; Ruscic, B., Photoelectron spectroscopy of J. Heterocycl. Chem.. Indene analogs, Z. Naturforsch. A:, 1976, 31, 1051. [all data]


Notes

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