Furfural

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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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
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-149.6kJ/molN/AAvramescu and Isagescu, 1978Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -200.2 kj/mol from Avramescu and Isagescu, 1978 and ΔvapH° value of 50.63±0.42 kj/mol from missing citation.; DRB
Δfgas-151.04kJ/molCmKudchadker and Kudchadker, 1975ALS
Δfgas-144.3kJ/molN/AMiller, 1936Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -194.9 kj/mol from Miller, 1936 and ΔvapH° value of 50.63±0.42 kj/mol from missing citation.; DRB
Δfgas-151.4kJ/molN/ALandrieu, Baylocq, et al., 1929Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -202 kj/mol from Landrieu, Baylocq, et al., 1929 and ΔvapH° value of 50.63±0.42 kj/mol from missing citation.; DRB

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
46.95100.Kudchadker S.A., 1975GT
56.92150.
69.35200.
90.68273.15
98.09298.15
98.63300.
125.94400.
148.11500.
165.50600.
179.15700.
190.02800.
198.79900.
205.971000.
211.911100.
216.871200.
221.041300.
224.581400.
227.601500.

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-200.2kJ/molCcbAvramescu and Isagescu, 1978ALS
Δfliquid-194.9kJ/molCcbMiller, 1936%hf calculated possible error by author; ALS
Δfliquid-202.kJ/molCcbLandrieu, Baylocq, et al., 1929ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-2339.0 ± 0.08kJ/molCcbAvramescu and Isagescu, 1978Corresponding Δfliquid = -200.2 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-2344.kJ/molCcbMiller, 1936%hf calculated possible error by author; Corresponding Δfliquid = -195. kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-2338.kJ/molCcbLandrieu, Baylocq, et al., 1929Corresponding Δfliquid = -202. kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid218.0J/mol*KN/AMiller, 1935Extrapolation below 90 K, 52.38 J/mol*K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
159.5293.Rastorguev and Ganiev, 1967T = 293 to 373 K.; DH
162.8298.15Omel'chenko, 1962T = 288 to 412 K.; DH
158.2298.von Reis, 1881T = 290 to 347 K.; 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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil434.7 ± 0.4KAVGN/AAverage of 11 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus234.5KN/ATimmermans, 1922Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple235.1KN/AMiller, 1936, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc670.KN/AN/AUncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc55.10barN/AN/AUncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.9806 bar; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap50.7 ± 0.2kJ/molGSEmel'yanenko, Dabrowska, et al., 2007Based on data from 277. to 323. K.; AC
Δvap50.7 ± 0.2kJ/molEBHauschild, Wu, et al., 1987Based on data from 366. to 394. K. See also Emel'yanenko, Dabrowska, et al., 2007.; AC
Δvap50.63 ± 0.42kJ/molVMathews, 1926Reanalyzed by Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986, Original value = 43.22 ± 0.88 kJ/mol; ALS
Δvap50.6 ± 0.4kJ/molEBMathews, 1926Based on data from 329. to 434. K. See also Emel'yanenko, Dabrowska, et al., 2007.; AC

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (bar) Reference Comment
363.20.087Weast and Grasselli, 1989BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
44.7372.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 357. to 435. K.; AC
48.2344.N/AMatthews, Sumner, et al., 1950Based on data from 329. to 433. K. See also Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984.; AC
47.6380.N/AEvans and Aylesworth, 1926Based on data from 365. to 443. K. See also Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
329.02 to 433.904.093551430.133-84.449Matthews, Sumner, et al., 1950, 2Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
14.37235.1Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC
14.368235.1Miller, 1935DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
61.1235.1Miller, 1935DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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

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Individual Reactions

Furaldehyde phenylhydrazone + Water = Hydrazine, phenyl- + Furfural

By formula: C11H10N2O + H2O = C6H8N2 + C5H4O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-61.9kJ/molCmLandrieu, 1905solid phase

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:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
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)9.22 ± 0.01eVN/AN/AL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
9.22PEKlapstein, MacPherson, et al., 1990LL
9.50 ± 0.05EILinda, Marino, et al., 1971LLK
9.22PEDewar and Worley, 1969RDSH
9.21 ± 0.01PIWatanabe, Nakayama, et al., 1962RDSH
9.22PEKlapstein, MacPherson, et al., 1990Vertical value; LL

IR Spectrum

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


Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Origin NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, 1990.
NIST MS number 118785

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Source Grammaticakis, 1953
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Origin INSTITUTE OF ENERGY PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, RAS
Source reference RAS UV No. 2507
Instrument n.i.g.
Melting point -36.5
Boiling point 161.7

References

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Avramescu and Isagescu, 1978
Avramescu, F.; Isagescu, D.A., Heats of combustion of mono- and difurfurylidene acetone, Rev. Roum. Chim., 1978, 23, 655-659. [all data]

Kudchadker and Kudchadker, 1975
Kudchadker, S.A.; Kudchadker, A.P., Thermodynamic properties of oxygen compounds. III. Benzaldehyde and furfural (2-furaldehyde), Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., 1975, 12, 432-437. [all data]

Miller, 1936
Miller, P., The free energy of furfural and some of its derivatives, Iowa State Coll. J. Sci., 1936, 10, 91-93. [all data]

Landrieu, Baylocq, et al., 1929
Landrieu, P.; Baylocq, F.; Johnson, J.R., Etude thermochimique dans la serie furanique, Bull. Soc. Chim. France, 1929, 45, 36-49. [all data]

Kudchadker S.A., 1975
Kudchadker S.A., Thermodynamic properties of oxygen compounds. III. Benzaldehyde and furfural (2-furaldehyde), Thermochim. Acta, 1975, 12, 432-437. [all data]

Miller, 1935
Miller, P., The free energy of furfural and some of its derivatives, Iowa State Coll. J. Sci., 1935, 10, 91-93. [all data]

Rastorguev and Ganiev, 1967
Rastorguev, Yu.L.; Ganiev, Yu.A., Study of the heat capacity of selected solvents, Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Neft Gaz. 10, 1967, No.1, 79-82. [all data]

Omel'chenko, 1962
Omel'chenko, F.S., Specific heat of furfural, Izv. Vyssh. Ucheb. Zaved. Pishch. Tekhnol., 1962, No. 2, 151-152. [all data]

von Reis, 1881
von Reis, M.A., Die specifische Wärme flüssiger organischer Verbindungen und ihre Beziehung zu deren Moleculargewicht, Ann. Physik [3], 1881, 13, 447-464. [all data]

Timmermans, 1922
Timmermans, J., Investigation of the Freezing Point of Organic Substances VII, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1922, 31, 389. [all data]

Miller, 1936, 2
Miller, P., The Free Energy of Furfural and Some of Its Derivatives, Iowa State Coll. J. Sci., 1936, 10, 91-3. [all data]

Emel'yanenko, Dabrowska, et al., 2007
Emel'yanenko, Vladimir N.; Dabrowska, Aldona; Hertel, Marcus O.; Scheuren, Hans; Sommer, Karl, Vapor Pressures, Enthalpies of Vaporization, and Limiting Activity Coefficients in Water at 100 °C of 2-Furanaldehyde, Benzaldehyde, Phenylethanal, and 2-Phenylethanol, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2007, 52, 2, 468-471, https://doi.org/10.1021/je060406c . [all data]

Hauschild, Wu, et al., 1987
Hauschild, Torsten; Wu, Huey S.; Sandler, Stanley I., Vapor-liquid equilibrium of the mixtures 2-furaldehyde/1-butanol and 2-furaldehyde/4-methyl-2-pentanone, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1987, 32, 2, 226-229, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00048a028 . [all data]

Mathews, 1926
Mathews, J.H., The accurate measurement of heats of vaporization of liquids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 562-576. [all data]

Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986
Pedley, J.B.; Naylor, R.D.; Kirby, S.P., Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1986, 1-792. [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]

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]

Matthews, Sumner, et al., 1950
Matthews, J.B.; Sumner, J.F.; Moelwyn-Hughes, E.A., The vapour pressures of certain liquids, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1950, 46, 797, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9504600797 . [all data]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
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]

Evans and Aylesworth, 1926
Evans, W.V.; Aylesworth, M.B., Some critical constants of furfural, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1926, 18, 1, 24-27, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50193a013 . [all data]

Matthews, Sumner, et al., 1950, 2
Matthews, J.B.; Sumner, J.F.; Moelwyn-Hughes, E.A., The Vapour Pressures of Certain Liquids, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1950, 46, 797-803, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9504600797 . [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]

Landrieu, 1905
Landrieu, M.Ph., Thermochimie. - Thermochimie des hydrazones, Compt. Rend., 1905, 141, 358-361. [all data]

Klapstein, MacPherson, et al., 1990
Klapstein, D.; MacPherson, C.D.; O'Brien, R.T., The photoelectron spectra and electronic structure of 2-carbonyl furans, Can. J. Chem., 1990, 68, 747. [all data]

Linda, Marino, et al., 1971
Linda, P.; Marino, G.; Pignataro, S., A comparison of sensitivities to substituent effects of five- membered heteroaromatic rings in gas phase ionization, J. Chem. Soc. B, 1971, 1585. [all data]

Dewar and Worley, 1969
Dewar, M.J.S.; Worley, S.D., Photoelectron spectra of molecules. I. Ionization potentials of some organic molecules and their interpretation, J. Chem. Phys., 1969, 50, 654. [all data]

Watanabe, Nakayama, et al., 1962
Watanabe, K.; Nakayama, T.; Mottl, J., Ionization potentials of some molecules, J. Quant. Spectry. Radiative Transfer, 1962, 2, 369. [all data]

Grammaticakis, 1953
Grammaticakis, P., Contribution a l'etude de l'absorption dans l'U.-V. moyen et le visible de quelques aldehydes et cetones aromatiques ainsi que de certains de leurs derives fonctionnels, (Premier memoire), Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., 1953, 20, 821-826. [all data]


Notes

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