Indole, 3-methyl-

• Formula: C₉H₉N
• Molecular weight: 131.1745
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C9H9N/c1-7-6-10-9-5-3-2-4-8(7)9/h2-6,10H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ZFRKQXVRDFCRJG-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 83-34-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Skatole; 1H-Indole, 3-methyl-; β-Methylindole; Scatole; Skatol; 3-Methylindole; 3-MI; 3-Methyl-1H-indole; NSC 122024; 3-Methylindole (skatol); 3-methylindole (skatole); Indole, 3-methyl- (skatole)
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Phase change data

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Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of sublimation

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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