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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Phase change data

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Enthalpy of fusion

References

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Parks, Todd, et al., 1936
Parks, G.S.; Todd, S.S.; Shomate, C.H., Thermal data on organic compounds. XVII. Some heat capacity, entropy and free energy data for five higher olefins, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 2505. [all data]

Sabbah and Perez, 1999
Sabbah, Raphaël; Perez, Laurence, Étude thermodynamique des acides phtalique, isophtalique et téréphtalique, Revue canadienne de chimie, 1999, 77, 9, 1508-1513, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjc-77-9-1508 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

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

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