Benzoic acid, p-tert-butyl-

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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
Δfgas-95.24 ± 0.48kcal/molCcbColomina, Jimenez, et al., 1979 

Condensed 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
Δfsolid-120.2 ± 0.41kcal/molCcbColomina, Jimenez, et al., 1979 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-1392.58 ± 0.22kcal/molCcbColomina, Jimenez, et al., 1979Corresponding Δfsolid = -120.18 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)

Phase change data

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus436.7KN/AChickos, Braton, et al., 1991Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.001 K; TRC
Tfus438.5KN/ASerijan, Hipsher, et al., 1949Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tfus438.45KN/ASerijan, Wise, et al., 1949Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub24.95kcal/molN/AColomina, Jimenez, et al., 1979DRB

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
24.95 ± 0.24334.1VColomina, Jimenez, et al., 1979ALS
24.81 ± 0.1334.MEColomina, Jimenez, et al., 1979Based on data from 325. to 343. K.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
4.281440.DSCAcree, 1993AC

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C11H13O2- + Hydrogen cation = Benzoic acid, p-tert-butyl-

By formula: C11H13O2- + H+ = C11H14O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr340.0 ± 2.2kcal/molG+TSKulhanek, Decouzon, et al., 1999gas phase
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr332.9 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREKulhanek, Decouzon, et al., 1999gas phase

Gas phase ion energetics data

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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

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.94PITakhistov, Misharev, et al., 1995LL
8.94 ± 0.02EIOrlov, Misharev, et al., 1986LBLHLM

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C10H11O2+9.62CH3PITakhistov, Misharev, et al., 1995LL
C10H11O2+9.8 ± 0.1CH3EIOrlov, Misharev, et al., 1986LBLHLM
C11H13O+[(CH3)3CC6H4CO+]9.59OHESTTakhistov, Misharev, et al., 1995LL

De-protonation reactions

C11H13O2- + Hydrogen cation = Benzoic acid, p-tert-butyl-

By formula: C11H13O2- + H+ = C11H14O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr340.0 ± 2.2kcal/molG+TSKulhanek, Decouzon, et al., 1999gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr332.9 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREKulhanek, Decouzon, et al., 1999gas phase; B

IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Origin NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, 1990.
NIST MS number 118750

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References

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Colomina, Jimenez, et al., 1979
Colomina, M.; Jimenez, P.; Perez-Ossorio, R.; Turrion, C., Thermochemical properties of benzoic acid derivatives. VIII. Enthalpies of combustion and formation of o-, m-, and p-t-butylbenzoic acids, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1979, 11, 1179-1184. [all data]

Chickos, Braton, et al., 1991
Chickos, J.S.; Braton, C.M.; Hesse, D.G.; Liebman, J.F., Estimating entropies and enthalpies of fusion of organic compounds, J. Org. Chem., 1991, 56, 3, 927, https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00003a007 . [all data]

Serijan, Hipsher, et al., 1949
Serijan, K.T.; Hipsher, H.F.; Gibbons, L.C., O-, m- and p-t-butyltoluenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 873-5. [all data]

Serijan, Wise, et al., 1949
Serijan, K.T.; Wise, P.H.; Gibbons, L.C., The physical properties of five isomeric methyl-t-butylcyclohexanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 2265-6. [all data]

Acree, 1993
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds, Thermochimica Acta, 1993, 219, 97-104, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(93)80486-T . [all data]

Kulhanek, Decouzon, et al., 1999
Kulhanek, J.; Decouzon, M.; Gal, J.F.; Maria, P.C.; Fiedler, P.; Jimenez, P.; Roux, M.V.; Exner, O., Steric effects and steric hindrance to resonance in tert-butylbenzoic acids in the gas phase and in solution, Eur. J. Org., 1999, Chem., 7, 1589-1594, https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199907)1999:7<1589::AID-EJOC1589>3.0.CO;2-S . [all data]

Takhistov, Misharev, et al., 1995
Takhistov, V.V.; Misharev, A.D.; Orlov, V.M.; Ponomarev, D.A.; Voss, J., Thermochemistry and mass spectrometry of aromatic compounds with tertiary alkyl groups, Eur. Mass Spectrom., 1995, 1, 353. [all data]

Orlov, Misharev, et al., 1986
Orlov, V.; Misharev, A.; Takhistox, V., Determination of the enthalpy of formation of para-substituted α,α-dimethyl cations in the gas phase, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Khim., 1986, 9, 2006. [all data]


Notes

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