1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid

• Formula: C₈H₆O₄
• Molecular weight: 166.1308
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H6O4/c9-7(10)5-3-1-2-4-6(5)8(11)12/h1-4H,(H,9,10)(H,11,12) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XNGIFLGASWRNHJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 88-99-3
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Phthalic acid; o-Benzenedicarboxylic acid; o-Dicarboxybenzene; Benzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid; o-Phthalic acid; Acide phtalique; Kyselina ftalova; Sunftal 20; Orthophthalic acid
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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

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

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By formula: C₈H₆O₄ = H₂O + C₈H₄O₃

References

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Schwabe and Wagner, 1961
Schwabe, K.; Wagner, W., Verbrennungs- und bildungswarmen der drei isomeren phthalsauren, Z. Electrochem., 1961, 65, 812-815. [all data]

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, J. Chem. Phys., 1950, 18, 152. [all data]

Richardson and Parks, 1939
Richardson, J.W.; Parks, G.S., Thermal data on organic compounds. XIX. Modern combustion data for some non-volatile compounds containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 3543-3546. [all data]

Verkade, 1926
Verkade, P.E., Verbrandingswarmten van plaatsings-isomere benzol-derivaten en de theorie der geinduceerde alterneeren de polatiteit, Verslag Akad. Wetenschappen Amsterdam, 1926, 35, 492-504. [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, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 398-401. [all data]

Satoh and Sogabe, 1941
Satoh, S.; Sogabe, T., The heat capacities of some organic compounds containing nitrogen and the atomic heat of nitrogen. (4), Sci., Pap. Inst. Phys. Chem. Res. (Tokyo), 1941, 38, 246-251. [all data]

Satoh and Sogabe, 1939
Satoh, S.; Sogabe, T., The specific heats of some solid aromatic acids and their ammonium salts and the atomic heat of nitrogen, Sci. Pap. Inst. Phys. Chem. Res. (Tokyo), 1939, 36, 449-457. [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, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1989, 63, 1280-1282. [all data]

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)
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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