Phthalic anhydride
- Formula: C8H4O3
- Molecular weight: 148.1156
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LGRFSURHDFAFJT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 85-44-9
- Chemical structure:
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The 3d structure may be viewed using Java or Javascript. - Other names: 1,3-Isobenzofurandione; ESEN; Phthalandione; Phthalic acid anhydride; Retarder AK; Retarder ESEN; Retarder PD; TGL 6525; Vulkalent B/C; 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic anhydride; 1,3-Phthalandione; 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid anhydride; 1,3-Dioxophthalan; o-Phthalic acid anhydride; Anhydride phtalique; Anidride ftalica; Ftaalzuuranhydride; Ftalowy bezwodnik; Isobenzofuran, 1,3-dihydro-1,3-dioxo-; NCI-C03601; Phthalsaeureanhydrid; Anhydrid kyseliny ftalove; Ftalanhydrid; Rcra waste number U190; Araldite HT 901; Phthalanhydride; Sconoc 7; HT 901; Isobenzofuran-1,3-dione; Retarder PX; NSC 10431
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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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔfH°solid | -460.37 | kJ/mol | Ccb | Parks, Mosley, et al., 1950 | see Richardson and Parks, 1939; ALS |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔcH°solid | -3259.4 | kJ/mol | Ccb | Parks, Mosley, et al., 1950 | see Richardson and Parks, 1939; Corresponding ΔfHºsolid = -460.32 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
S°solid,1 bar | 180.0 | J/mol*K | N/A | Busygina, Maslova, et al., 1987 | DH |
S°solid,1 bar | 179.5 | J/mol*K | N/A | Parks, Todd, et al., 1936 | Extrapolation below 90 K, 58.12 J/mol*K.; DH |
Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
Cp,solid (J/mol*K) | Temperature (K) | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
160.0 | 298.15 | Busygina, Maslova, et al., 1987 | T = 13 to 350 K.; DH |
161.80 | 298.1 | Parks, Todd, et al., 1936 | T = 90 to 300 K.; DH |
Phase change data
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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Tboil | 557.2 | K | N/A | Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990 | BS |
Tboil | 558.25 | K | N/A | Burriel, 1931 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC |
Tboil | 557.83 | K | N/A | Burriel, 1931 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Tfus | 404. ± 3. | K | AVG | N/A | Average of 9 values; Individual data points |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔsubH° | 88.7 ± 2.3 | kJ/mol | V | Crooks and Freetham, 1946 | ALS |
Enthalpy of vaporization
ΔvapH (kJ/mol) | Temperature (K) | Method | Reference | Comment |
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52.1 | 422. | A | Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987 | Based on data from 407. to 558. K.; AC |
63.9 ± 2.5 | 422. | GS | Das, Dharwadkar, et al., 1979 | Based on data from 411. to 450. K.; AC |
54.1 | 521. | N/A | Monroe, 1920 | Based on data from 485. to 557. K.; AC |
Antoine Equation Parameters
log10(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
P = vapor pressure (bar)
T = temperature (K)
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Temperature (K) | A | B | C | Reference | Comment |
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369.7 to 557.7 | 3.10762 | 1249.606 | -159.288 | Stull, 1947 | Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data. |
Enthalpy of sublimation
ΔsubH (kJ/mol) | Temperature (K) | Method | Reference | Comment |
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87.9 | 348. | A | Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987 | Based on data from 313. to 383. K. See also Amitin, Vakurova, et al., 1972.; AC |
84.4 ± 1.2 | 388. | GS | Das, Dharwadkar, et al., 1979 | Based on data from 333. to 403. K.; AC |
88.4 ± 1.2 | 318. | N/A | Crooks and Feetham, 1946 | Based on data from 303. to 333. K. See also Cox and Pilcher, 1970 and Jones, 1960.; AC |
Enthalpy of fusion
ΔfusH (kJ/mol) | Temperature (K) | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
23.09 | 403.3 | DSC | Acree, 1991 | See also Donnelly, Drewes, et al., 1990.; AC |
22.1 | 404.5 | DSC | Das, Dharwadkar, et al., 1979 | AC |
Reaction thermochemistry data
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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
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Individual Reactions
By formula: C6H7N + C8H4O3 = C14H11NO3
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -53.5 | kJ/mol | Kin | Kalnin'sh, 1988 | liquid phase; solvent: Acetonitrile |
ΔrH° | -54.4 | kJ/mol | Kin | Pravednikov, Kardash, et al., 1973 | solid phase; solvent: Tetrahydrofuran |
By formula: C8H6O4 = H2O + C8H4O3
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 31.93 ± 0.29 | kJ/mol | Cm | Alekseev, Kizaev, et al., 1989 | solid phase; solvent: Aqueous; Enthapy of anhydridisation |
C20H16N2O4 + = C28H20N2O7
By formula: C20H16N2O4 + C8H4O3 = C28H20N2O7
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -62.8 ± 0.4 | kJ/mol | Eqk | Karyakin, Rabinovich, et al., 1978 | liquid phase; solvent: DMF |
C21H16N2O4 + = C29H20N2O7
By formula: C21H16N2O4 + C8H4O3 = C29H20N2O7
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -31. ± 0.4 | kJ/mol | Eqk | Karyakin, Rabinovich, et al., 1978 | liquid phase; solvent: DMF |
+
= C26H20N2O5
By formula: C18H16N2O2 + C8H4O3 = C26H20N2O5
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | -68.2 ± 0.4 | kJ/mol | Eqk | Karyakin, Rabinovich, et al., 1978 | liquid phase; solvent: DMF |
+
= C20H16N2O4
By formula: C12H12N2O + C8H4O3 = C20H16N2O4
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | -69.9 ± 0.4 | kJ/mol | Eqk | Karyakin, Rabinovich, et al., 1978 | liquid phase; solvent: DMF |
+
= C21H16N2O4
By formula: C13H12N2O + C8H4O3 = C21H16N2O4
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | -61.9 ± 0.4 | kJ/mol | Eqk | Karyakin, Rabinovich, et al., 1978 | liquid phase; solvent: DMF |
By formula: C8H4O3 + C12H12N2 = C20H16N2O3
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | -67.4 ± 0.4 | kJ/mol | Eqk | Karyakin, Rabinovich, et al., 1978 | liquid phase; solvent: DMF |
+
= dodecyl hydrogen phthalate
By formula: C12H26O + C8H4O3 = dodecyl hydrogen phthalate
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | -37.1 | kJ/mol | Kin | Fomin, Legkova, et al., 1981 | liquid phase; Monoesterification |
IR Spectrum
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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director
Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
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Origin | NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, 1994 |
NIST MS number | 133911 |
UV/Visible spectrum
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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Eugeny B. Stern, Antonina A. Goncharova, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina
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Source | Bartecki, Szoke, et al., 1975 |
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Owner | INEP CP RAS, NIST OSRD Collection (C) 2007 copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the United States of America. All rights reserved. |
Origin | INSTITUTE OF ENERGY PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, RAS |
Source reference | RAS UV No. 6044 |
Instrument | Carl Zeiss spectrophotometer |
Melting point | 130.8 |
Boiling point | 295 |
References
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Parks, Mosley, et al., 1950
Parks, G.S.; Mosley, J.R.; Peterson, P.V., Jr.,
Heats of combustion and formation of some organic compounds containing oxygen,
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Busygina, G.I.; Maslova, V.A.; Shvetsova, K.G.; Babinkov, A.G.; Rabinovich, I.B.; Karyakin, N.V.,
Specific heat and thermodynamic functions of phthalic anhydride and 2-ethylhexanol at 13-350 K,
Zhur. Fiz. Khim., 1987, 61, 2347-2351. [all data]
Parks, Todd, et al., 1936
Parks, G.S.; Todd, S.S.; Moore, W.A.,
Thermal data on organic compounds. XVI. Some heat capacity, entropy and free energy data for typical benzene derivatives and heterocyclic compounds,
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Burriel, 1931
Burriel, F.,
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Crooks and Freetham, 1946
Crooks, D.A.; Freetham, F.M.,
The vapour pressure of phthalic anhydride,
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Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw,
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. [all data]
Das, Dharwadkar, et al., 1979
Das, D.; Dharwadkar, S.R.; Chandrasekharaiah, M.S.,
Vapour pressure of phthalic anhydride,
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. [all data]
Monroe, 1920
Monroe, K.P.,
Phthalic Anhydride. IV---The Vapor Pressure of Phthalic Anhydride,
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. [all data]
Stull, 1947
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Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds,
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Amitin, Vakurova, et al., 1972
Amitin, A.V.; Vakurova, E.A.; Katunin, V.Kh.; Afanas'eva, N.S.,
Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1972, 46, 4, 1054. [all data]
Crooks and Feetham, 1946
Crooks, D.A.; Feetham, F.M.,
196. The vapour pressure of phthalic anhydride,
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Cox and Pilcher, 1970
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Jones, 1960
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Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds.,
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Acree, 1991
Acree, William E.,
Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation,
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Donnelly, Drewes, et al., 1990
Donnelly, J.R.; Drewes, L.A.; Johnson, R.L.; Munslow, W.D.; Knapp, K.K.; Sovocool, G.W.,
Purity and heat of fusion data for environmental standards as determined by differential scanning calorimetry,
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. [all data]
Kalnin'sh, 1988
Kalnin'sh, K.K.,
Autocatalysis and effects of the solvent in the reaction of phthalic anhydride with aniline derivatives,
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Pravednikov, Kardash, et al., 1973
Pravednikov, A.N.; Kardash, I.Ye.; Glukhoyedov, N.P.; Ardashnikov, A.Ya.,
Some features of the synthesis of heat-resistant heterocyclic polymers,
Polym. Sci. USSR, 1973, 15, 399-410. [all data]
Alekseev, Kizaev, et al., 1989
Alekseev, V.G.; Kizaev, V.D.; Fedyainov, N.V.; Bushinskii, V.I.,
Standard enthalpies of anhydridisation of phthalic and pyromellitic acids,
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Karyakin, Rabinovich, et al., 1978
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Thermodynamics of the reactions of aromatic diamines with dianhydrides of tetracarboxylic acids,
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Fomin, Legkova, et al., 1981
Fomin, a.S.; Legkova, T.N.; Morgunov, A.V.; Ignatov, V.A.,
Study of the kinetics of the reaction between phthalic anhydride and lauryl alcohol,
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Notes
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- Symbols used in this document:
Cp,solid Constant pressure heat capacity of solid S°solid,1 bar Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar) Tboil Boiling point Tfus Fusion (melting) point ΔcH°solid Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions ΔfH°solid Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions ΔfusH Enthalpy of fusion ΔrH° Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions ΔsubH Enthalpy of sublimation ΔsubH° Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions ΔvapH Enthalpy of vaporization - Data from NIST Standard Reference Database 69: NIST Chemistry WebBook
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