Di-tert-butyl peroxide

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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-81.45kcal/molN/ADiogo, Minas da Piedade, et al., 1995Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -380.8±2.0 kj/mol from Diogo, Minas da Piedade, et al., 1995 and ΔvapH° value of 40.0 kj/mol from Baker, Littlefair, et al., 1965.; DRB
Δfgas-82.0kcal/molCcbIslam, 1980ALS
Δfgas-81.5kcal/molCcbBaker, Littlefair, et al., 1965ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
37.765200.Diogo H.P., 1995GT
52.395298.15
52.658300.
66.154400.
78.255500.
88.956600.
98.258700.
106.16800.
112.65900.
117.741000.

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
Δfliquid-91.01 ± 0.48kcal/molCcbDiogo, Minas da Piedade, et al., 1995 
Δfliquid-91.9kcal/molCcbIslam, 1980 
Δfliquid-91.1kcal/molCcbBaker, Littlefair, et al., 1965 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-1276.2 ± 0.38kcal/molCcbDiogo, Minas da Piedade, et al., 1995Corresponding Δfliquid = -91.01 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-1275.4kcal/molCcbIslam, 1980Corresponding Δfliquid = -91.8 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-1276.2 ± 0.2kcal/molCcbBaker, Littlefair, et al., 1965Corresponding Δfliquid = -91.0 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-1275.0kcal/molCcbVaughan, 1951Corresponding Δfliquid = -92.2 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-1273.kcal/molCcbRaley, Rust, et al., 1948Corresponding Δfliquid = -94. kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil382.7KN/AAldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap9.5 ± 0.7kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 9 values; Individual data points

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
8.84333.N/ADiogo H.P., 1995Based on data from 308. to 358. K.; AC
7.65261.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 246. to 311. K. See also Indritz, Stone, et al., 1978.; AC
7.41288.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 273. to 384. K. See also Egerton, Emte, et al., 1951.; AC
7.420253.VEgerton, Emte, et al., 1951ALS

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.78PECoughlin, Brown, et al., 1979Vertical value; LLK
8.78PEBatich and Adam, 1974Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C4H9O2+9.72C4H9EIHolmes, Lossing, et al., 1991LL

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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References

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Diogo, Minas da Piedade, et al., 1995
Diogo, H.P.; Minas da Piedade, M.E.; Simoes, J.A.M.; Nagano, Y., Standard enthalpy of formation and enthalpy of vaporization of di-1,1-dimethylethyl perioxide. Re-evaluation of the standard enthalpy of formation of the di-1,1-dimethylethoxy radical, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1995, 27, 597-604. [all data]

Baker, Littlefair, et al., 1965
Baker, G.; Littlefair, J.H.; Shaw, R.; Thynne, J.C.J., 1286. The heats of formation of dimethyl, diethyl, and di-t-butyl peroxide, J. Chem. Soc., 1965, 6970-6972. [all data]

Islam, 1980
Islam, T.S.A., Heats of combustion of di-tert-butyl and di-tert-amyl peroxides and their RO-OR bond dissociation energies, Dacca Univ. Stud., Part B, 1980, 28, 1-4. [all data]

Diogo H.P., 1995
Diogo H.P., Standard enthalpy of formation and enthalpy of vaporization of di-1,1-dimethyl peroxide. Reevaluation of the standard enthalpy of formation of the di-1,1-dimethylethoxy radical, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1995, 27, 597-604. [all data]

Vaughan, 1951
Vaughan, W.E., General discussion (communicated), Discuss. Faraday Soc., 1951, 10, 330. [all data]

Raley, Rust, et al., 1948
Raley, J.H.; Rust, F.F.; Vaughan, W.E., Decompositions of Di-t-alkyl peroxides. I. Kinetics, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1948, 70, 88-94. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 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]

Indritz, Stone, et al., 1978
Indritz, Doren; Stone, Jack; Williams, Frederick, Vapor pressure of di-tert-butyl peroxide, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1978, 23, 1, 6-7, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60076a002 . [all data]

Egerton, Emte, et al., 1951
Egerton, A.C.; Emte, W.; Minkoff, G.J., Some properties of organic peroxides, Faraday Discuss. Chem. Soc., 1951, 10, 278. [all data]

Coughlin, Brown, et al., 1979
Coughlin, D.J.; Brown, R.S.; Salomon, R.G., The prostaglandin endoperoxide nucleus and related bicyclic peroxides. Synthetic and spectroscopic studies, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 1533. [all data]

Batich and Adam, 1974
Batich, C.; Adam, W., The photoelectron spectra of alkylperoxides, Tetrahedron Lett., 1974, 1467. [all data]

Holmes, Lossing, et al., 1991
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P.; Mayer, P.M., Heats of formation of oxygen-containing organic free radicals from appearance energy measurements, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 9723. [all data]


Notes

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