Benzoic acid, 4-hydroxy-

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

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FJKROLUGYXJWQN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 99-96-7
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• Other names: Benzoic acid, p-hydroxy-; p-Hydroxybenzoic acid; p-Salicylic acid; Paraben-acid; 4-Carboxyphenol; 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid; para-Hydroxybenzoic acid; Hydroxybenzoic acid, para; Kyselina 4-hydroxybenzoova; NSC 4961; Paraben
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  • IR Spectrum
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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

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

C₇H₅O₃^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₅O₃^- + H⁺ = C₇H₆O₃

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₉H₈O₄ + H₂O = C₂H₄O₂ + C₇H₆O₃

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

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Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₇H₅O₃^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₅O₃^- + H⁺ = C₇H₆O₃

IR Spectrum

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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

Spectrum

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Additional Data

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]

Armstrong, James, et al., 1979
Armstrong, N.A.; James, K.C.; Wong, C.K., Inter-relationships between solubilities, distribution coefficients and melting points of some substituted benzoic and phenylacetic acids, J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 1979, 31, 1, 627, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-7158.1979.tb13606.x . [all data]

Herbert, 1967
Herbert, A.J., Transition temperatures and transition energies of the p-n-alkoxy benzoic acids, from n-propyl to n-octadecyl, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1967, 63, 555, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9676300555 . [all data]

Davies and Jones, 1954
Davies, M.; Jones, J.I., The sublimation pressures and heats of sublimation of some carboxylic acids, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1954, 50, 1042. [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]

Jones, 1960
Jones, A.H., Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 2, 196-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60006a019 . [all data]

ARMSTRONG, JAMES, et al., 2011
ARMSTRONG, N.A.; JAMES, K.C.; WONG, C.K., Inter-relationships between solubilities, distribution coefficients and melting points of some substituted benzoic and phenylacetic acids, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2011, 31, 1, 627-631, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-7158.1979.tb13606.x . [all data]

Nordström and Rasmuson, 2006
Nordström, Fredrik L.; Rasmuson, Åke C., Phase equilibria and thermodynamics ofp-hydroxybenzoic acid, J. Pharm. Sci., 2006, 95, 4, 748-760, https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.20569 . [all data]

Gracin and Rasmuson, 2002
Gracin, Sandra; Rasmuson, Åke C., Solubility of Phenylacetic Acid, p -Hydroxyphenylacetic Acid, p -Aminophenylacetic Acid, p -Hydroxybenzoic Acid, and Ibuprofen in Pure Solvents, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 6, 1379-1383, https://doi.org/10.1021/je0255170 . [all data]

Heath, Singh, et al., 1992
Heath, E.A.; Singh, P.; Ebisuzaki, Y., Structure of p-hydroxybenzoic acid and p-hydroxybenzoic acid-acetone complex (2/1), Acta Crystallogr Sect C Cryst Struct Commun, 1992, 48, 11, 1960-1965, https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270192002361 . [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]

Nelander, 1964
Nelander, L., The heats of hydrolysis of aspirin, thioaspirin, and their p-analogues, Acta Chem. Scand., 1964, 18, 973-984. [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]

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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• 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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