Benzene, 1-methyl-4-nitro-

• Formula: C₇H₇NO₂
• Molecular weight: 137.1360
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H7NO2/c1-6-2-4-7(5-3-6)8(9)10/h2-5H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ZPTVNYMJQHSSEA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 99-99-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • 4-nitrotoluene
• Other names: Toluene, p-nitro-; p-Methylnitrobenzene; p-Nitrotoluene; PNT; 1-Methyl-4-nitrobenzene; 4-Methylnitrobenzene; 4-Nitrotoluene; 4-Nitrotoluol; NCI-C60537; NSC 9579
• Information on this page:
  • Gas phase thermochemistry data
  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • Gas Chromatography
  • References
  • Notes
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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

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

IR Spectrum

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• SOLUTION (10% CCl4 FOR 3800-1300, 10% CS2 FOR 1300-400); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING $$SPECTRAL CONTAMINATION DUE TO CS2 AROUND 400 CM^-1; DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH I) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, polar column, isothermal

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Lee's RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Lenchitz, Velicky, et al., 1971
Lenchitz, C.; Velicky, R.W.; Silvestro, G.; Schlosberg, L.P., Thermodynamic properties of several nitrotoluenes, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1971, 3, 689-692. [all data]

Garner and Abernethy, 1921
Garner, W.E.; Abernethy, C.L., Heats of combustion and formation of nitro-compounds. Part I. - Benzene, toluene, phenol and methylaniline series, Proc. Roy. Soc. London A, 1921, 213-235. [all data]

Richardson and Savill, 1979
Richardson, M.J.; Savill, N.G., Free energy changes by differential scanning calorimetry: application to a low energy but metastable form of p-nitrotoluene, Thermochim. Acta, 1979, 30, 327-337. [all data]

Wehrli and Kováts, 1959
Wehrli, A.; Kováts, E., Gas-chromatographische Charakterisierung ogranischer Verbindungen. Teil 3: Berechnung der Retentionsindices aliphatischer, alicyclischer und aromatischer Verbindungen, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1959, 7, 7, 2709-2736, https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19590420745 . [all data]

Vernon and Suratman, 1983
Vernon, F.; Suratman, J.B., The retention index system applied to alkylbenzenes and monosubstituted derivatives, Chromatographia, 1983, 17, 11, 600-604, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02261943 . [all data]

Harvey and Wenzel, 2009
Harvey, S.D.; Wenzel, T.J., Selective retention of explosives and related compounds on gas-chromatographic capillary columns coated with lanthanide(III) beta-diketonate polymers, J. Chromatogr. A, 2009, 1216, 36, 6417-6423, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2009.07.008 . [all data]

Chen, Keeran, et al., 2002
Chen, P.H.; Keeran, W.S.; Van Ausdale, W.A.; Schindler, D.R.; Roberts, D.W., Application of Lee retention indices to the confirmation of tentatively identified compounds from GC/MS analysis of environmental samples, Technical paper, Analytical Services Division, Environmental ScienceEngineering, Inc, PO Box 1703, Gainesville, FL 32602, 2002, 11. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  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

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