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
• Chemical structure:
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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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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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

References

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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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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