Benzene, 1,2,4-trimethyl-

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-3.33 ± 0.27kcal/molCcbJohnson, Prosen, et al., 1945Hf by Prosen, Johnson, et al., 1946; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
gas94.59 ± 0.15cal/mol*KN/APutnam W.E., 1957GT

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
27.03200.Draeger, 1985Discrepancies with other statistically calculated values [ Taylor W.J., 1946, Hastings S.H., 1957, Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997] amount up to 5 J/mol*K in S(T) and Cp(T).; GT
34.25273.15
36.83 ± 0.1298.15
37.05300.
47.44400.
56.88500.
64.94600.
71.75700.
77.51800.
82.41900.
86.591000.
90.181100.
93.261200.
95.941300.
98.231400.
100.21500.

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-14.79 ± 0.27kcal/molCcbJohnson, Prosen, et al., 1945Hf by Prosen, Johnson, et al., 1946; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-1241.58 ± 0.24kcal/molCcbJohnson, Prosen, et al., 1945Hf by Prosen, Johnson, et al., 1946; Corresponding Δfliquid = -14.77 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-1240.6kcal/molCcbRichards and Barry, 1915At 291 K; Corresponding Δfliquid = -15.8 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid67.729cal/mol*KN/APutnam and Kilpatrick, 1957DH
liquid67.71cal/mol*KN/AHuffman, Parks, et al., 1931Extrapolation below 90 K, 69.79 J/mol*K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
50.935298.15Wilhelm, Inglese, et al., 1987DH
50.69295.99Andolenko and Grigor'ev, 1979T = 293 to 430 K. Unsmoothed experimental datum given as 1.765 kJ/kg*K.; DH
51.379298.15Putnam and Kilpatrick, 1957T = 15 to 300 K.; DH
50.289299.8Helfrey, Heiser, et al., 1955T = 80 to 220°F.; DH
50.91298.Kurbatov, 1947T = 15 to 168°C, mean Cp, five temperatures.; DH
50.69297.3Huffman, Parks, et al., 1931T = 94 to 297 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; 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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil442.4 ± 0.8KAVGN/AAverage of 32 out of 33 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus227. ± 5.KAVGN/AAverage of 14 out of 15 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple229.330KN/APutnam and Kilpatrick, 1957, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.03 K; TRC
Ttriple228.6KN/AHuffman, Parks, et al., 1931, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc650. ± 30.KAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc30. ± 9.atmAVGN/AAverage of 7 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap11. ± 1.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
10.5372.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 357. to 450. K. See also Forziati, Norris, et al., 1949.; AC
11.1262.RGHopke and Sears, 1948Based on data from 257. to 267. 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
358.0 to 443.534.163021573.267-64.586Forziati, Norris, et al., 1949, 2

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
3.152229.3Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC
3.0229228.6Huffman, Parks, et al., 1931DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
13.2228.6Huffman, Parks, et al., 1931DH

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
3.1525229.33crystaline, IliquidPutnam and Kilpatrick, 1957DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
13.75229.33crystaline, IliquidPutnam and Kilpatrick, 1957DH

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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:
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

View reactions leading to C9H12+ (ion structure unspecified)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)8.27 ± 0.01eVN/AN/AL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.27PEHowell, Goncalves, et al., 1984LBLHLM
8.27 ± 0.01PIPrice, Bralsford, et al., 1959RDSH
8.27PEHowell, Goncalves, et al., 1984Vertical value; LBLHLM
8.5 ± 0.03PEKlessinger, 1972Vertical value; LLK

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Gas Phase Spectrum

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State gas

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Eugeny B. Stern, Antonina A. Goncharova, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

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Source reference RAS UV No. 8971
Instrument Zeiss PMQ II or M4Q III
Melting point -43.8
Boiling point 169.3

References

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Johnson, Prosen, et al., 1945
Johnson, W.H.; Prosen, E.J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion and isomerization of the eight C9H12 alkylbenzenes, J. Res. NBS, 1945, 35, 141-146. [all data]

Prosen, Johnson, et al., 1946
Prosen, E.J.; Johnson, W.H.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion and formation at 25°C of the alkylbenzenes through C10H14, and of the higher normal monoalkylbenzenes, J. Res. NBS, 1946, 36, 455-461. [all data]

Putnam W.E., 1957
Putnam W.E., Entropy, heat capacity, and heats of transition of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, J. Chem. Phys., 1957, 27, 1075-1080. [all data]

Draeger, 1985
Draeger, J.A., The methylbenzenes II. Fundamental vibrational shifts, statistical thermodynamic functions, and properties of formation, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1985, 17, 263-275. [all data]

Taylor W.J., 1946
Taylor W.J., Heats, equilibrium constants, and free energies of formation of the alkylbenzenes, J. Res. Nat. Bur. Stand., 1946, 37, 95-122. [all data]

Hastings S.H., 1957
Hastings S.H., Thermodynamic properties of selected methylbenzenes from 0 to 1000 K, J. Phys. Chem., 1957, 61, 730-735. [all data]

Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997
Thermodynamics Research Center, Selected Values of Properties of Chemical Compounds., Thermodynamics Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1997. [all data]

Richards and Barry, 1915
Richards, T.W.; Barry, F., The heats of combustion of aromatic hydrocarbons and hexamethylene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1915, 37, 993-1020. [all data]

Putnam and Kilpatrick, 1957
Putnam, W.E.; Kilpatrick, J.E., Entropy, heat capacity and heats of transition of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, J. Chem. Phys., 1957, 27, 1075-1080. [all data]

Huffman, Parks, et al., 1931
Huffman, H.M.; Parks, G.S.; Barmore, M., Thermal data on organic compounds. X. Further studies on the heat capacities, entropies and free energies of hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3876-3888. [all data]

Wilhelm, Inglese, et al., 1987
Wilhelm, E.; Inglese, A.; Roux, A.H.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Excess enthalpy, excess heat capacity and excess volume of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene +, and 1-methylnaphthalene + an n-alkane, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1987, 34, 49-67. [all data]

Andolenko and Grigor'ev, 1979
Andolenko, R.A.; Grigor'ev, B.A., Investigation of isobaric heat capacity of aromatic hydrocarbons at atmospheric pressure, Iaz. Vyssh. Ucheb. Zaved., Neft i Gaz (11), 1979, 78, 90. [all data]

Helfrey, Heiser, et al., 1955
Helfrey, P.F.; Heiser, D.A.; Sage, B.H., Isobaric heat capacities at bubble point, Two trimethylbenzenes and n-heptane, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1955, 44, 2385-2388. [all data]

Kurbatov, 1947
Kurbatov, V.Ya., Specific heat of liquids. I. Specific heat of benzenoid hydrocarbons, Zhur. Obshch. Khim., 1947, 17, 1999-2003. [all data]

Putnam and Kilpatrick, 1957, 2
Putnam, W.E.; Kilpatrick, J.E., Entropy, Heat Capacity, and Heats of Transition of 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, J. Chem. Phys., 1957, 27, 1075. [all data]

Huffman, Parks, et al., 1931, 2
Huffman, H.M.; Parks, G.S.; Barmore, M., Thermal Data on Organic Compounds X. Further Studies on the Heat Capacities, Entropies, and Free Energies of Hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3876-88. [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]

Forziati, Norris, et al., 1949
Forziati, Alphonse F.; Norris, William R.; Rossini, Frederick D., Vapor pressures and boiling points of sixty API-NBS hydrocarbons, J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1949, 43, 6, 555-17, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.043.050 . [all data]

Hopke and Sears, 1948
Hopke, E.R.; Sears, G.W., Vapor Pressures of Trimethylbenzenes in the Low Pressure Region 1,2, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1948, 70, 11, 3801-3803, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01191a077 . [all data]

Forziati, Norris, et al., 1949, 2
Forziati, A.F.; Norris, W.R.; Rossini, F.D., Vapor Pressures and Boiling Points of Sixty API-NBS Hydrocarbons, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), 1949, 43, 6, 555-563, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.043.050 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Howell, Goncalves, et al., 1984
Howell, J.O.; Goncalves, J.M.; Amatore, C.; Klasinc, L.; Wightman, R.M.; Kochi, J.K., Electron transfer from aromatic hydrocarbons and their π-complexes with metals. Comparison of the standard oxidation potentials and vertical ionization potentials, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 3968. [all data]

Price, Bralsford, et al., 1959
Price, W.C.; Bralsford, R.; Harris, P.V.; Ridley, R.G., Ultra-violet spectra and ionization potentials of hydrocarbon molecules, Spectrochim. Acta, 1959, 14, 45. [all data]

Klessinger, 1972
Klessinger, M., Ionization potentials of substituted benzenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1972, 11, 525. [all data]


Notes

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