Benzoic acid, 3-hydroxy-

• Formula: C₇H₆O₃
• Molecular weight: 138.1207
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H6O3/c8-6-3-1-2-5(4-6)7(9)10/h1-4,8H,(H,9,10) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: IJFXRHURBJZNAO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 99-06-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzoic acid, m-hydroxy-; m-Hydroxybenzoic acid; m-Salicylic acid; 3-Carboxyphenol; 3-Hydroxybenzoic acid; meta-Hydroxybenzoic acid; Acido m-idrossibenzoico; m-Hba; Kyselina 3-hydroxybenzoova; NSC 55746
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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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

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 solid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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.

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

View reactions leading to C₇H₆O₃⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₇H₅O₃^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₅O₃^- + H⁺ = C₇H₆O₃

IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Sabbah and Le, 1993
Sabbah, R.; Le, T.H.D., Etude thermodynamique des trois isomeres de l'acide bydroxybenzolque, Can. J. Chem., 1993, 71, 1378-1383. [all data]

Colomina, Jimenez, et al., 1980
Colomina, M.; Jimenez, P.; Roux, M.V.; Turrion, C., Thermochemical properties of o-, m- and p-hydroxybenzoic acids, J. Calorim. Anal. Therm., 1980, 11, 1-6. [all data]

Parks and Light, 1934
Parks, G.S.; Light, D.W., Thermal data on organic compounds. XIII. The heat capacities and entropies of n-tetradecane and the hydroxybenzoic acids. The relative free energies of some benzenoid position isomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 56, 1511-1513. [all data]

Mayer, Howell, et al., 1990
Mayer, M.M.; Howell, W.J.; Tomasko, D.L.; Eckert, C.A., Solid-solid Equilibria in the Systems Thianthrene + Phenanthrene, Salicylic Acid + Phenanthrene, and 3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid + Phenanthrene, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1990, 35, 446. [all data]

Kuhn and Dury, 1951
Kuhn, R.; Dury, K., 6-Acetylsalicylic acid, Chem. Ber., 1951, 84, 848-50. [all data]

King, McWhirter, et al., 1945
King, L.C.; McWhirter, M.; Barton, D.M., Reactions of Acetophenols with Iodine and Pyridine and the Preparation of Hydroxybenzoic Acids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1945, 67, 2089-92. [all data]

Pinto, Diogo, et al., 2005
Pinto, Susana S.; Diogo, Hermínio P.; Guedes, Rita C.; Costa Cabral, Benedito J.; Minas da Piedade, Manuel E.; Martinho Simões, José A., Energetics of Hydroxybenzoic Acids and of the Corresponding Carboxyphenoxyl Radicals. Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in 2-Hydroxybenzoic Acid, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2005, 109, 42, 9700-9708, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp054220g . [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]

Benoit, 1973
Benoit, F., Substituent effects in mass spectrometry. III. Substituent effects in the dissociation of the molecular ions of para and meta subtituted benzoic acids, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1973, 7, 295. [all data]

Kebarle and McMahon, 1977
Kebarle, P.; McMahon, T.B., Intrinsic Acidities of Substituted Phenols and Benzoic Acids Determined by Gas Phase Proton Transfer Equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 7, 2222, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00449a032 . [all data]

Hedin, Minyard, et al., 1967
Hedin, P.A.; Minyard, J.P.; Thompson, A.C., Chromatographic and spectral analysis of phenolic acids and related compounds, J. Chromatogr., 1967, 30, 43-53, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)84111-4 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  S°solid,1 bar	Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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