Benzene, 1,2-dichloro-

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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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas7.89kcal/molCcrPlatonov and Simulin, 1984 

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-4.16 ± 0.31kcal/molCcbSinke and Stull, 1958Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -4.4 ± 0.3 kcal/mol; ALS
Δfliquid-3.8 ± 0.4kcal/molCcrBjellerup and Smith, 1954At 293 K; ALS
Δfliquid-4.20 ± 0.17kcal/molCcbHubbard, Knowlton, et al., 1954ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-708. ± 1.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
40.85298.15Narbutt, 1918T = 197 to 375 K. Cp = 0.27022 + 0.0003024t cal/g*K. Cp value calculated from equation.; DH

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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil453.7KN/AWeast and Grasselli, 1989BS
Tboil453.4KN/AKailuru and Abburi, 1988Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Tboil453.KN/AWalling and Miller, 1957Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
Tboil453.63KN/ADreisbach and Martin, 1949Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.07 K; TRC
Tboil452.65KN/ALecat, 1943Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.35 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus256.0 ± 0.6KAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap12.2kcal/molGCSpieksma, Luijk, et al., 1994Based on data from 413. to 453. K.; AC
Δvap11.6 ± 0.02kcal/molCAn and Zheng, 1989AC
Δvap11.9kcal/molN/ABoublik, Fried, et al., 1984Based on data from 360. to 450. K. See also Basarová and Svoboda, 1991.; AC

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (atm) Reference Comment
451.21.00Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
12.0322.GSGrayson and Fosbraey, 2006Based on data from 301. to 343. K.; AC
12.2256.N/ARohác, Ruzicka, et al., 1999AC
10.6376.EBRohác, Ruzicka, et al., 1998Based on data from 363. to 454. K.; AC
12.1271.N/APolednicek, Guetachew, et al., 1996Based on data from 256. to 287. K.; AC
12.2258. to 313.GCLiu and Dickhut, 1994AC
10.5388.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 373. to 453. K.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference
293.14 to 453.574.189471649.55-59.836McDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
2.96255.9DSCWei and Jin, 2009See also Wei, 2008.; AC
3.090256.5N/AAcree, 1991AC
3.0884255.65N/ANarbutt, 1918DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
12.1255.65Narbutt, 1918DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C6H3Cl2- + Hydrogen cation = Benzene, 1,2-dichloro-

By formula: C6H3Cl2- + H+ = C6H4Cl2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr377.1 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSSchlosser, Marzi, et al., 2001gas phase; Acid: o-dichlorobenzene. Anion assigned based on ab initio calculations.; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr368.7 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRESchlosser, Marzi, et al., 2001gas phase; Acid: o-dichlorobenzene. Anion assigned based on ab initio calculations.; B

Benzene, 1,4-dichloro- = Benzene, 1,2-dichloro-

By formula: C6H4Cl2 = C6H4Cl2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr2.104kcal/molEqkGodnev and Sverdlin, 1961gas phase; Correction of 56GOD/SVE; ALS

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)9.06 ± 0.02eVN/AN/AL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δf(+) ion216.1kcal/molN/AN/A 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ΔfH(+) ion,0K219.1kcal/molN/AN/A 

Electron affinity determinations

EA (eV) Method Reference Comment
0.093668ECDSteelhammer and Wentworth, 1969G3MP2B3 calculations indicate an EA of ca. -0.2 eV, unbound.; B

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
9.06 ± 0.02PIPECOOlesik, Baer, et al., 1986LBLHLM
9.08 ± 0.03PERuscic, Klasinc, et al., 1981LLK
9.06 ± 0.02PEMaier and Marthaler, 1978LLK
9.08 ± 0.01EQLias and Ausloos, 1978LLK
9.07 ± 0.01PIWatanabe, Nakayama, et al., 1962RDSH
9.06PIBralsford, Harris, et al., 1960RDSH
9.24PEFujisawa, Oonishi, et al., 1991Vertical value; LL
9.23PEKimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981Vertical value; LLK
9.08PEStreets and Ceasar, 1973Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C6H4Cl+12.35ClESTTakhistov and Ponomarev, 1994LL
C6H4Cl+12.92ClEITakhistov and Ponomarev, 1994Unpublished result of N.S.Khlebnikova, V.M.Orlov, D.A.Ponomarev, and V.V.Takhistov; LL

De-protonation reactions

C6H3Cl2- + Hydrogen cation = Benzene, 1,2-dichloro-

By formula: C6H3Cl2- + H+ = C6H4Cl2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr377.1 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSSchlosser, Marzi, et al., 2001gas phase; Acid: o-dichlorobenzene. Anion assigned based on ab initio calculations.; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr368.7 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRESchlosser, Marzi, et al., 2001gas phase; Acid: o-dichlorobenzene. Anion assigned based on ab initio calculations.; B

References

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Platonov and Simulin, 1984
Platonov, V.A.; Simulin, Yu.N., Experimental determination of the standard enthalpies of formation of polychlorobenzenes. II. Standard enthalpies of formation of dichlorobenzenes, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1984, 58, 1630-1632. [all data]

Sinke and Stull, 1958
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Cox and Pilcher, 1970
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Bjellerup and Smith, 1954
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Hubbard, Knowlton, et al., 1954
Hubbard, W.N.; Knowlton, J.W.; Huffman, H.M., Combustion calorimetry of organic chlorine compounds. Heats of combustion of chlorobenzene, the dichlorobenzenes and o- and p-chloroethylbenzene, J. Phys. Chem., 1954, 58, 396. [all data]

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Dreisbach and Martin, 1949
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Lecat, 1943
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An and Zheng, 1989
An, Xuwu; Zheng, Xiaolin, Determination of Standard Enthalpies of Vaporization and Sublimation of Three Dichlorobenzenes, Acta Phys. Chim. Sin., 1989, 5, 4, 487-491, https://doi.org/10.3866/PKU.WHXB19890421 . [all data]

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Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

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Grayson and Fosbraey, 2006
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Rohác, Ruzicka, et al., 1998
Rohác, Vladislav; Ruzicka, Vlastimil; Ruzicka, Kvetoslav; Aim, Karel, Measurements of Saturated Vapor Pressure above the Liquid Phase for Isomeric Dichlorobenzenes and 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1998, 43, 5, 770-775, https://doi.org/10.1021/je9701442 . [all data]

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Schlosser, Marzi, et al., 2001
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Godnev and Sverdlin, 1961
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Lias and Ausloos, 1978
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Bralsford, Harris, et al., 1960
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Fujisawa, Oonishi, et al., 1991
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Streets and Ceasar, 1973
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Notes

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