Benzoic acid, methyl ester

• Formula: C₈H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 136.1479
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H8O2/c1-10-8(9)7-5-3-2-4-6-7/h2-6H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QPJVMBTYPHYUOC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 93-58-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Methyl benzoate; Clorius; Methyl benzenecarboxylate; Niobe oil; Oil of Niobe; Essence of niobe; Methylester kyseliny benzoove; Oxidate le; UN 2938; Methyl ester of benzoic acid; Oniobe oil; NSC 9394
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  • IR Spectrum
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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 liquid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

 +  =  +  + 

By formula: C₁₂H₁₄N₂O₂ + H₂O = C₃H₄N₂ + CH₄O + C₈H₈O₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: H₂O + C₈H₈O₂ = C₇H₆O₂ + CH₄O

 +  = 2 + 

By formula: C₁₀H₁₄O₃ + H₂O = 2CH₄O + C₈H₈O₂

IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Guthrie and Cullimore, 1980
Guthrie, J.P.; Cullimore, P.A., Effect of the acyl substituent on the equilibrium constant for hydration of esters, Can. J. Chem., 1980, 58, 1281-1294. [all data]

Hall and Baldt, 1971
Hall, H.K., Jr.; Baldt, J.H., Thermochemistry of strained-ring bridgehead nitriles and esters, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1971, 93, 140-145. [all data]

Fuchs, 1979
Fuchs, R., Heat capacities of some liquid aliphatic, alicyclic, and aromatic esters at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1979, 11, 959-961. [all data]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Dozen, Fujishima, et al., 1978
Dozen, Y.; Fujishima, S.; Shingu, H., Structures and fusion parameters of methoxycarbonyl-benzenes and -naphthalenes, Thermochim. Acta, 1978, 25, 2, 209, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(78)85008-4 . [all data]

Dreisbach, 1955
Dreisbach, R.R., Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds, Advances in Chemistry Series No. 15, Am. Chem. Soc.: Washington, D. C., 1955. [all data]

Dreisbach and Martin, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Martin, R.A., Physical Data on Some Organic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 2875-8. [all data]

Timmermans and Hennaut-Roland, 1935
Timmermans, J.; Hennaut-Roland, M., Physical constants of 20 organic compounds. VII. Supplement, J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol., 1935, 32, 589. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 2002
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Cowell, A.B.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Thermodynamic Properties and Ideal-Gas Enthalpies of Formation for Methyl Benzoate, Ethyl Benzoate, ( R )-(+)-Limonene, tert -Amyl Methyl Ether, trans -Crotonaldehyde, and Diethylene Glycol, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 4, 667-688, https://doi.org/10.1021/je0100847 . [all data]

Maksimuk, Kabo, et al., 1998
Maksimuk, Yury V.; Kabo, Gennady J.; Simirsky, Vladimir V.; Kozyro, Alexander A.; Sevruk, Victor M., Standard Enthalpies of Formation of Some Methyl Esters of Benzene Carboxylic Acids, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1998, 43, 3, 293-298, https://doi.org/10.1021/je970116j . [all data]

Katayama, 1988
Katayama, Hirotake, Vapor pressures of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isobutyl, and n-butyl benzoates at reduced pressures, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1988, 33, 2, 75-77, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00052a002 . [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]

Baldt and Hall, 1971
Baldt, J.H.; Hall, H.K.K., Jr., Thermochemistry of strained-ring bridgehead nitriles and esters, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1971, 93, 140-145. [all data]

Dreisbach and Shrader, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Shrader, S.A., Vapor Pressure--Temperature Data on Some Organic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 12, 2879-2880, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50480a054 . [all data]

Blokhin, Paulechka, et al., 2002
Blokhin, A.V.; Paulechka, Y.U.; Kabo, G.J.; Kozyro, A.A., Thermodynamic properties of methyl esters of benzoic and toluic acids in the condensed state, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2002, 34, 1, 29-55, https://doi.org/10.1006/jcht.2001.0852 . [all data]

Dozen, Fujishima, et al., 1978, 2
Dozen, Yasuhiko; Fujishima, Shizu; Shingu, Haruo, Structures and fusion parameters of methoxycarbonyl-benzenes and -naphthalenes, Thermochimica Acta, 1978, 25, 2, 209-216, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(78)85008-4 . [all data]

Guthrie and Pike, 1987
Guthrie, J.P.; Pike, D.C., Hydration of acylimidazoles: tetrahedral intermediates in acylimidazole hydrolysis and nucleophilic attack by imidazole on esters. The question of concerted mechanisms for acyl transfers, Can. J. Chem., 1987, 65, 1951-1969. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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