Picric acid

• Formula: C₆H₃N₃O₇
• Molecular weight: 229.1039
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H3N3O7/c10-6-4(8(13)14)1-3(7(11)12)2-5(6)9(15)16/h1-2,10H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: OXNIZHLAWKMVMX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 88-89-1
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• Other names: Phenol, 2,4,6-trinitro-; C.I. 10305; Carbazotic Acid; Melinite; Nitroxanthic acid; Picral; Picronitric acid; Trinitrophenol; 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol; Acide picrique; Acido picrico; Phenol trinitrate; Pikrinezuur; Pikrinsaeure; Pikrynowy kwas; 1,3,5-Trinitrophenol; 2-Hydroxy-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene; 2,4,6-Trinitrofenol; 2,4,6-Trinitrofenolo; Kyselina pikrova; UN 0154; 2,4,6-Trinitrophenyl; Hager's reagent; Pertite; Reflorit; NSC 36947
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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

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Phase change data

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TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

C₆H₂N₃O₇^- +  =

By formula: C₆H₂N₃O₇^- + H⁺ = C₆H₃N₃O₇

Gas phase ion energetics data

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De-protonation reactions

C₆H₂N₃O₇^- +  =

By formula: C₆H₂N₃O₇^- + H⁺ = C₆H₃N₃O₇

IR Spectrum

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Finch and Smith, 1983
Finch, A.; Smith, A.E., Thermochemistry of nitrophenols. V. Enthalpies of formation of 2,4- and 2,6-dinitrophenols, Thermochim. Acta, 1983, 69, 375-378. [all data]

Vorob'yov, Privalova, et al., 1960
Vorob'yov, A.F.; Privalova, N.M.; Storozhenko, L.V.; Skuratov, S.M., Standard enthalpies of formation of some picrates, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1960, 135, 1131-1132. [all data]

Rinkenbach, 1930
Rinkenbach, W.H., The heats of combustion and formation of aromatic nitro compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1930, 52, 115-120. [all data]

Taylor and Rinkenbach, 1924
Taylor, C.A.; Rinkenbach, W.H., The specific heats of trinitrotoluene, tetryl, picric acid and their molecular complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1924, 46, 1504-1510. [all data]

Cundall, Frank Palmer, et al., 1978
Cundall, Robert B.; Frank Palmer, T.; Wood, Colin E.C., Vapour pressure measurements on some organic high explosives, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1978, 74, 0, 1339, https://doi.org/10.1039/f19787401339 . [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]

Farrell, Shahidi, et al., 1979
Farrell, P.G.; Shahidi, F.; Casellato, F.; Vecchi, C.; Girelli, A., DSC studies of aromatic hydrocarbon picrates, Thermochim. Acta, 1979, 33, 275-280. [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Koppel, Taft, et al., 1994
Koppel, I.A.; Taft, R.W.; Anvia, F.; Zhu, S.Z.; Hu, L.Q.; Sung, K.S.; Desmarteau, D.D.; Yagupolskii, L.M., The Gas-Phase Acidities of Very Strong Neutral Bronsted Acids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 7, 3047, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00086a038 . [all data]

Leito, Raamat, et al., 2009
Leito, I.; Raamat, E.; Kutt, A.; Saame, J.; Kipper, K.; Koppel, I.A.; Koppel, I.; Zhang, M.; Mishima, M.; Yagupolskii, L.M.; Garlyauskayte, R.Y.; Filatov, A.A., Revision of the Gas-Phase Acidity Scale below 300 kcal mol(-1), J. Phys. Chem. A, 2009, 113, 29, 8421-8424, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp903780k . [all data]

Dzidic, Carroll, et al., 1974
Dzidic, I.; Carroll, D.I.; Stillwell, R.N.; Horning, E.C., Gas phase reactions. Ionization by proton transfer to superoxide anions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 5258. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  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
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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