2-Naphthalenecarboxylic acid

• Formula: C₁₁H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 172.1800
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C11H8O2/c12-11(13)10-6-5-8-3-1-2-4-9(8)7-10/h1-7H,(H,12,13) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UOBYKYZJUGYBDK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 93-09-4
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• Other names: 2-Naphthoic acid; β-Naphthoic acid; Isonaphthoic acid; 2-Carboxynaphthalene; 2-Maythic acid; 2-Naphthioic acid; Naphthalene-β-carboxylic acid; NSC 59901; 2-Naphthylcarboxylic acid
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Ionization energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Lee's RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Colomina, Roux, et al., 1974
Colomina, M.; Roux, M.V.; Turrion, C., Thermochemical properties of naphthalene compounds. I. Enthalpies of combustion and formation of the 1- and 2-naphthoic acids, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1974, 6, 149-155. [all data]

Holdiness, 1983
Holdiness, M.R., Heats of atomization and resonance energy of some ortho-substituted benzoic acids, Thermochim. Acta, 1983, 71, 257-263. [all data]

Sabbah and Gilbert, 1974
Sabbah, R.; Gilbert, E.M., Determination de L'energie de conjugaison des acides naphtoiques, Thermochim. Acta, 1974, 10, 345-351. [all data]

Khetarpal, Lal, et al., 1979
Khetarpal, S.C.; Lal, K.; Bhatnagar, H.L., Thermodynamic Studies on Melting of Some α- and β-Derivitives of Naphthalene, Aust. J. Chem., 1979, 32, 49. [all data]

Berliner and Winicov, 1959
Berliner, E.; Winicov, E.H., Dissociation Constants of Nitronaphtoic Acid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1959, 81, 1630-5. [all data]

Witschonke, 1954
Witschonke, C.R., Freezing point and purity data for some organic compounds, Anal. Chem., 1954, 26, 562-4. [all data]

Bailey and Golden, 1953
Bailey, W.J.; Golden, H.R., Cyclic Dienes I. 1,2-Dimethylenecyclohexane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 4780-2. [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]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., , Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brighton, 1977. [all data]

Acree, 1991
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation, Thermochimica Acta, 1991, 189, 1, 37-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(91)87098-H . [all data]

Klasinc, Kovac, et al., 1983
Klasinc, L.; Kovac, B.; Gusten, H., Photoelectron spectra of acenes. Electronic structure and substituent effects, Pure Appl. Chem., 1983, 55, 289. [all data]

Bolshakov, et al., 1969
Bolshakov, G.F., et al., Ultraviolet Spectra of Heteroorganic Compounds, 1969, 316. [all data]

Pedersen, Durant, et al., 2005
Pedersen, D.U.; Durant, J.L.; Taghizadeh, K.; Hemond, H.F.; Lafleur, A.L.; Cass, G.R., Human cell mutagenes in respirable airborne particles from the Northeastern United States. 2. Quantification of mutagenes and other organic compounds., Environ. Sci. Technol., 2005, 39, 24, 9547-9560, https://doi.org/10.1021/es050886c . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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