Biphenyl

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Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions (nominally 298.15 K, 1 atm.)

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Δfgas (kJ/mol) Method Reference Comment
180.3 ± 3.3ReviewRoux, Temprado, et al., 2008There are sufficient high-quality literature values to make a good evaluation with a high degree of confidence. In general, the evaluated uncertainty limits are on the order of (0.5 to 2.5) kJ/mol.; DRB
182.0 ± 0.7CcbChirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1989ALS
181.1 ± 1.8CcbMontgomery, Rossini, et al., 1978Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = 178.5 ± 2.6 kJ/mol; ALS
182.1 ± 2.6CcbColeman and Pilcher, 1966ALS
178.4N/AMackle and O'Hare, 1963Value computed using ΔfHsolid° value of 96.8±4.0 kj/mol from Mackle and O'Hare, 1963 and ΔsubH° value of 81.6 kj/mol from Montgomery, Rossini, et al., 1978.; DRB
178.8N/AParks and Vaughan, 1951Value computed using ΔfHsolid° value of 97.2±1.6 kj/mol from Parks and Vaughan, 1951 and ΔsubH° value of 81.6 kj/mol from Montgomery, Rossini, et al., 1978.; DRB

References

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Roux, Temprado, et al., 2008
Roux, M.V.; Temprado, M.; Chickos, J.S.; Nagano, Y., Critically Evaluated Thermochemical Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2008, 37, 4, 1855-1996. [all data]

Chirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1989
Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A.; Steele, W.V., The thermodynamic properties of biphenyl, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1989, 21, 1307-1331. [all data]

Montgomery, Rossini, et al., 1978
Montgomery, R.L.; Rossini, F.D.; Mansson, M., Enthalpies of combustion, vaporization, and formation of phenylbenzene, cyclohexylbenzene, and cyclohexylcyclohexane; enthalpy of hydrogenation of certain aromatic systems, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1978, 23, 125-129. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Coleman and Pilcher, 1966
Coleman, D.J.; Pilcher, G., Heats of combustion of biphenyl, bibenzyl, naphthalene, anthracene, and phenanthrene, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1966, 62, 821-827. [all data]

Mackle and O'Hare, 1963
Mackle, H.; O'Hare, P.A.G., A high-precision aneroid semi-micro combustion calorimeter, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1963, 59, 2693-2701. [all data]

Parks and Vaughan, 1951
Parks, G.S.; Vaughan, L.M., The heat of combustion of biphenyl, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 2380-2381. [all data]


Notes

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