Benzene, 1-methyl-2-nitro-

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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
Δcliquid-895.14 ± 0.90kcal/molCcbLenchitz, Velicky, et al., 1971ALS
Δcliquid-897.2kcal/molCcbGarner and Abernethy, 1921ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
48.40302.3Kolosovskii and Udovenko, 1934DH

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil496. ± 3.KAVGN/AAverage of 7 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus271. ± 10.KAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap14.2 ± 0.38kcal/molGSWidegren and Bruno, 2010Based on data from 283. - 313. K.; AC
Δvap14.1 ± 0.07kcal/molN/AVerevkin and Heintz, 2000AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
14.1 ± 0.07299.GSVerevkin and Heintz, 2000Based on data from 274. - 323. K.; AC
12.4403.EBAim, 1994Based on data from 388. - 448. K.; AC
12.2417.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 402. - 496. K.; AC
12.5402.N/ALevin and Shtern, 1938Based on data from 387. - 493. K. See also Aim, 1994.; 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
402.46 - 495.303.287361130.679-151.524Dreisbach and Shrader, 1949Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Individual Reactions

Bromine anion + Benzene, 1-methyl-2-nitro- = (Bromine anion • Benzene, 1-methyl-2-nitro-)

By formula: Br- + C7H7NO2 = (Br- • C7H7NO2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr15.5 ± 1.8kcal/molIMREPaul and Kebarle, 1991gas phase; ΔGaff measured at 303 K, corrected to 423 K, ΔSaff taken as that of mCF3-nitrobenzene..Br-; B,M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr22.cal/mol*KN/APaul and Kebarle, 1991gas phase; Entropy change calculated or estimated; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr6.1 ± 1.0kcal/molIMREPaul and Kebarle, 1991gas phase; ΔGaff measured at 303 K, corrected to 423 K, ΔSaff taken as that of mCF3-nitrobenzene..Br-; B

Free energy of reaction

ΔrG° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
6.1423.PHPMSPaul and Kebarle, 1991gas phase; Entropy change calculated or estimated; M

C7H6NO2- + Hydrogen cation = Benzene, 1-methyl-2-nitro-

By formula: C7H6NO2- + H+ = C7H7NO2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr356.0 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSTaft, 1987gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr348.6 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRETaft, 1987gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B

Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

kH(T) = H exp(d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

H (mol/(kg*bar)) d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) (K) Method Reference
7.72900.XN/A
17. VN/A

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:
B - John E. Bartmess
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

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Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)9.24eVN/AN/AL

Electron affinity determinations

EA (eV) Method Reference Comment
0.92 ± 0.10TDEqChowdhury, Heinis, et al., 1986ΔGea(423 K) = -20.7 kcal/mol; ΔSea = -1.6 eu.; B
0.954 ± 0.048IMREFukuda and McIver, 1985ΔGea(355 K) = -21.4 kcal/mol; ΔSea =-1.6, est. from data in Chowdhury, Heinis, et al., 1986; B
0.880 ± 0.030ECDChen, Chen, et al., 1992B
<1.240 ± 0.050PDMock and Grimsrud, 1989B

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
9.24PIPECOShao and Baer, 1988LL
9.51 ± 0.03EIBaldwin, Carter, et al., 1982LBLHLM
9.50PEPalmer, Moyes, et al., 1979LLK
9.43 ± 0.05PIMatyuk, Potapov, et al., 1979LLK
9.63PEKobayashi and Nagakura, 1974Vertical value; LLK
10.2 ± 0.1SIGol'denfel'd, Korostyshevskii, et al., 1973Vertical value; LLK
9.69 ± 0.015PEKobayashi and Nagakura, 1972Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C5H5+14.8C2H2+NO2EITajima and Tsuchiya, 1973LLK
C5H5+13.5 ± 0.2HCN+CO+OHEITajima and Tsuchiya, 1973LLK
C7H6NO+≤9.69OHPIPECOShao and Baer, 1988LL
C7H6NO+9.69 ± 0.05OHPIMatyuk, Potapov, et al., 1979LLK
C7H7+11.0 ± 0.1NO2PIMatyuk, Potapov, et al., 1979LLK
C7H7+13.1 ± 0.3NO2EIMcLafferty and Winkler, 1974LLK

De-protonation reactions

C7H6NO2- + Hydrogen cation = Benzene, 1-methyl-2-nitro-

By formula: C7H6NO2- + H+ = C7H7NO2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr356.0 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSTaft, 1987gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr348.6 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRETaft, 1987gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B

Ion clustering data

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B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Clustering reactions

Bromine anion + Benzene, 1-methyl-2-nitro- = (Bromine anion • Benzene, 1-methyl-2-nitro-)

By formula: Br- + C7H7NO2 = (Br- • C7H7NO2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr15.5 ± 1.8kcal/molIMREPaul and Kebarle, 1991gas phase; ΔGaff measured at 303 K, corrected to 423 K, ΔSaff taken as that of mCF3-nitrobenzene..Br-; B,M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr22.cal/mol*KN/APaul and Kebarle, 1991gas phase; Entropy change calculated or estimated; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr6.1 ± 1.0kcal/molIMREPaul and Kebarle, 1991gas phase; ΔGaff measured at 303 K, corrected to 423 K, ΔSaff taken as that of mCF3-nitrobenzene..Br-; B

Free energy of reaction

ΔrG° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
6.1423.PHPMSPaul and Kebarle, 1991gas phase; Entropy change calculated or estimated; M

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, 1992
NIST MS number 125379

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Source Lang (editor), 1965
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Instrument Unicam SP 500
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References

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Lenchitz, Velicky, et al., 1971
Lenchitz, C.; Velicky, R.W.; Silvestro, G.; Schlosberg, L.P., Thermodynamic properties of several nitrotoluenes, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1971, 3, 689-692. [all data]

Garner and Abernethy, 1921
Garner, W.E.; Abernethy, C.L., Heats of combustion and formation of nitro-compounds. Part I. - Benzene, toluene, phenol and methylaniline series, Proc. Roy. Soc. London A, 1921, 213-235. [all data]

Kolosovskii and Udovenko, 1934
Kolosovskii, N.A.; Udovenko, W.W., Specific heat of liquids. II., Zhur. Obshchei Khim., 1934, 4, 1027-1033. [all data]

Widegren and Bruno, 2010
Widegren, Jason A.; Bruno, Thomas J., Gas Saturation Vapor Pressure Measurements of Mononitrotoluene Isomers from (283.15 to 313.15) K «8224», J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2010, 55, 1, 159-164, https://doi.org/10.1021/je900293j . [all data]

Verevkin and Heintz, 2000
Verevkin, Sergey P.; Heintz, Andreas, Thermochemistry of substituted benzenes: quantification of ortho-, para-, meta-, and buttress interactions in alkyl-substituted nitrobenzenes, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2000, 32, 9, 1169-1182, https://doi.org/10.1006/jcht.2000.0589 . [all data]

Aim, 1994
Aim, Karel, Saturated Vapor Pressure Measurements on Isomeric Mononitrotoluenes at Temperatures between 380 and 460 K, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1994, 39, 3, 591-594, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00015a044 . [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]

Levin and Shtern, 1938
Levin, E.; Shtern, I., Educ. Psychol. Meas., 1938, 11, 426. [all data]

Dreisbach and Shrader, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Shrader, S.A., Vapor Pressure--Temperature Data on Some Organic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 12, 2879-2880, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50480a054 . [all data]

Paul and Kebarle, 1991
Paul, G.J.C.; Kebarle, P., Stabilities of Complexes of Br- with Substituted Benzenes (SB) Based on Determinations of the Gas-Phase Equilibria Br- + SB = (BrSB)-, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 4, 1148, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00004a014 . [all data]

Taft, 1987
Taft, R.W., The Nature and Analysis of Substitutent Electronic Effects, Personal communication. See also Prog. Phys. Org. Chem., 1987, 16, 1. [all data]

Chowdhury, Heinis, et al., 1986
Chowdhury, S.; Heinis, T.; Grimsrud, E.P.; Kebarle, P., Entropy Changes and Electron Affinities from Gas-Phase Electron Transfer Equilibria: A- + B = A + B-, J. Phys. Chem., 1986, 90, 12, 2747, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100403a037 . [all data]

Fukuda and McIver, 1985
Fukuda, E.K.; McIver, R.T., Jr., Relative electron affinities of substituted benzophenones, nitrobenzenes, and quinones. [Anchored to EA(SO2) from 74CEL/BEN], J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1985, 107, 2291. [all data]

Chen, Chen, et al., 1992
Chen, E.C.M.; Chen, E.S.; Milligan, M.S.; Wentworth, W.E.; Wiley, J.R., Experimental Determination of the Electron Affinities of Nitrobenzene, Nitrotoluenes, Pentafluoronitrobenzene, and Isotopic Nitrobenzenes an, J. Phys. Chem., 1992, 96, 5, 2385, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100184a069 . [all data]

Mock and Grimsrud, 1989
Mock, R.S.; Grimsrud, E.P., Gas-Phase Electron Photodetachment Spectroscopy of the Molecular Anions of Nitroaromatic Hydrocarbons at Atmospheric Pressure, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 8, 2861, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00190a020 . [all data]

Shao and Baer, 1988
Shao, J.D.; Baer, T., The dissociation dynamics of energy selected o-nitrotoluene ions, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1988, 86, 357. [all data]

Baldwin, Carter, et al., 1982
Baldwin, M.A.; Carter, D.M.; Gilmore, J., Loss of hydroxyl radical from isomeric ethylnitrobenzenes, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1982, 17, 45. [all data]

Palmer, Moyes, et al., 1979
Palmer, M.H.; Moyes, W.; Spiers, M.; Ridyard, J.N.A., The electronic structure of substituted benzenes; ab initio calculations and photoelectron spectra for nitrobenzene, the nitrotoluenes, dinitrobenzenes and fluoronitrobenzenes, J. Mol. Struct., 1979, 55, 243. [all data]

Matyuk, Potapov, et al., 1979
Matyuk, V.M.; Potapov, V.K.; Prokhoda, A.L., Photoexcitation and photoionisation of nitro- derivatives of benzene and toluene, Russ. J. Phys. Chem., 1979, 53, 538. [all data]

Kobayashi and Nagakura, 1974
Kobayashi, T.; Nagakura, S., Photoelectron spectra of substituted benzenes, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1974, 47, 2563. [all data]

Gol'denfel'd, Korostyshevskii, et al., 1973
Gol'denfel'd, I.V.; Korostyshevskii, I.Z.; Mischanchuk, B.G.; Pokrovskii, V.A., Determination of ionization potentials of atoms and molecules using a field mass spectrometer equipped with an energy analyzer, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1973, 213, 626. [all data]

Kobayashi and Nagakura, 1972
Kobayashi, T.; Nagakura, S., Photoelectron spectra of nitro-compounds, Chem. Lett., 1972, 903. [all data]

Tajima and Tsuchiya, 1973
Tajima, S.; Tsuchiya, T., Energetics consideration of C5H5+ ions produced from various precursors by electron impact, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1973, 46, 3291. [all data]

McLafferty and Winkler, 1974
McLafferty, F.W.; Winkler, J., Gaseous tropylium, benzyl, tolyl, and norbornadienyl cations, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 5182. [all data]

Lang (editor), 1965
Lang (editor), L., Absorption Spectra in the Ultraviolet and Visible Region, 1965, 5, 9. [all data]


Notes

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