Methane, nitro-

• Formula: CH₃NO₂
• Molecular weight: 61.0400
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH3NO2/c1-2(3)4/h1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LYGJENNIWJXYER-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-52-5
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• Other names: Nitromethane; Nitrocarbol; CH3NO2; Nitrometan; UN 1261; NM; NSC 428
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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

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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of vaporization

Δ_vapH = A exp(-βT_r) (1 − T_r)^β
    Δ_vapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kJ/mol)
    T_r = reduced temperature (T / T_c)

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Entropy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Knobel, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1971
Knobel, Y.K.; Miroshnichenko, E.A.; Lebedev, Y.A., Heats of combustion of nitromethane and dinitromethane: enthalpies of formation of nitromethyl radicals and energies of dissociation of bonds in nitro derivatives of methane, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1971, 425-428. [all data]

Toops, 1956
Toops, E.E., Physical Properties of High Purity Nitroparaffins, J. Phys. Chem., 1956, 60, 304-6. [all data]

Timmermans, 1952
Timmermans, J., Freezing points of organic compounds. VVI New determinations., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1952, 61, 393. [all data]

Dreisbach and Martin, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Martin, R.A., Physical Data on Some Organic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 2875-8. [all data]

Joukovsky, 1934
Joukovsky, N.I., Experimental Study of the Theory of Concentrated Solutions. XI. Thermodynamic Properties of Concentrated Solutions of Aliphatic Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1934, 43, 397. [all data]

Timmermans, 1921
Timmermans, J., The Freezing Points of Organic Substances IV. New Exp. Determinations, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1921, 30, 62. [all data]

Jones and Giauque, 1947
Jones, W.M.; Giauque, W.F., The Entropy of Nitromethane. Heat Capacity of Solid and Liquid. Vapor Pressure, Heats of Fusion and Vaporizaion, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 983-7. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Griffin, 1949
Griffin, D.N., The Critical Point of Nitromethane., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 1423. [all data]

Ambrose, Counsell, et al., 1978
Ambrose, D.; Counsell, J.F.; Hicks, C.P., The correlation and estimation of vapour pressures: II a new procedure for estimation and extrapolation, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1978, 10, 771. [all data]

Jones and Giauque, 1947, 2
Jones, W.M.; Giauque, W.F., The entropy of nitromethane. Heat capacity of solid and liquid. Vapor pressure, heats of fusion and vaporization, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 983-987. [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]

Berman and West, 1967
Berman, Horace A.; West, Estal Dale, Density and vapor pressure of nitromethane 26.degree. to 200.degree., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1967, 12, 2, 197-199, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60033a011 . [all data]

McCullough, Scott, et al., 1954
McCullough, J.P.; Scott, D.W.; Pennington, R.E.; Hossenlopp, I.A.; Waddington, Guy, Nitromethane: The Vapor Heat Capacity, Heat of Vaporization, Vapor Pressure and Gas Imperfection; the Chemical Thermodynamic Properties from 0 to 1500°K., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 19, 4791-4796, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01648a008 . [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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ΔvapS	Entropy of vaporization
  ρc	Critical density

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