Azobenzene

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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
Δfsolid374.kJ/molCcbLemoult, 1908 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-6452.kJ/molCcbWieland, Heymann, et al., 1934 
Δcsolid-6468.1 ± 3.8kJ/molCcbSwietoslawski and Bobinska, 1929 
Δcsolid-6525.8kJ/molCcbLemoult, 1908 

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil566.2KN/AAldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus341.KN/ABergmann, Fischer, et al., 1953Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC
Tfus340.KN/ASorum and Durand, 1952Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub93.84 ± 0.12kJ/molVCammenga, Behrens, et al., 1977Hfusion=22.7 kJ/mol; ALS

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
376.7 to 566.5.091772671.499-41.23Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
22.368340.5Cingolani and Berchiesi, 1974DH
22.389342.2Eykman, 1889DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
65.59340.5Cingolani and Berchiesi, 1974DH
65.4342.2Eykman, 1889DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

C12H10N2 = Azobenzene

By formula: C12H10N2 = C12H10N2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-48.0 ± 1.5kJ/molCmCammenga, Behrens, et al., 1977solid phase

Gas phase ion energetics data

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

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.5 ± 0.05EINatalis and Franklin, 1981LLK
8.4PEPetrachenko, Vovna, et al., 1993Vertical value; LL
8.4PEFurin, Petrachenko, et al., 1989Vertical value; LL
8.5PERao, 1975Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C6H5+11.9 ± 0.1C6H5+N2EINatalis and Franklin, 1981LLK
C6H5N2+9.8 ± 0.1C6H5EINatalis and Franklin, 1981LLK
C12H8+14.7 ± 0.05N2+2HEINatalis and Franklin, 1981LLK
C12H9+12.4 ± 0.1N2+HEINatalis and Franklin, 1981LLK
C12H10+11.6 ± 0.2N2EINatalis and Franklin, 1981LLK

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director


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

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Source den Hertog, Henkens, et al., 1952
Owner INEP CP RAS, NIST OSRD
Collection (C) 2007 copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce
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Origin INSTITUTE OF ENERGY PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, RAS
Source reference RAS UV No. 610
Instrument n.i.g.

Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Column type Active phase Temperature (C) I Reference Comment
PackedOV-101150.1591.Delley and Friedrich, 1977Gas Chrom Q (80-100 mesh)

Kovats' RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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Column type Active phase I Reference Comment
PackedSE-301556.Ramsey, Lee, et al., 1980He, Chromosorb G HP (80-100 mesh); Column length: 1.5 m; Program: not specified

Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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Column type Active phase I Reference Comment
CapillaryMethyl Silicone1566.Zenkevich, 1994Program: not specified
OtherMethyl Silicone1556.Ardrey and Moffat, 1981Program: not specified

References

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Lemoult, 1908
Lemoult, M.P., Recherches theoriques et experimentales sur les chaleurs de combustion et de formation des composes organiques, Ann. Chim. Phys., 1908, 14, 289-310. [all data]

Wieland, Heymann, et al., 1934
Wieland, H.; Heymann, K.; Tsatsas, T.; Juchum, D.; Varvoglis, G.; Labriola, G.; Dobbelstein, O.; Boyd-Barrett, H.S., Uber das Auftreten freier Radikale bei chemischen Reaktionen. VIII, Ann., 1934, 514, 145-181. [all data]

Swietoslawski and Bobinska, 1929
Swietoslawski, M.W.; Bobinska, M.J., O cieple spalania kamfory, azobenzenu i hydrazobenzenu - Sur la chaleur de combustion du comphre, de l'hydrazobenzene, Rocz. Chem., 1929, 9, 723-730. [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]

Bergmann, Fischer, et al., 1953
Bergmann, E.D.; Fischer, E.; Jaffe, J.H., Exalted Distortion Polarizations of Some COlored Hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 3230-3. [all data]

Sorum and Durand, 1952
Sorum, C.H.; Durand, E.A., The Melting of Binary Eutectics, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 1071. [all data]

Cammenga, Behrens, et al., 1977
Cammenga, H.K.; Behrens, E.; Wolf, F., Thermal isomerization of cis-azobenzene in the solid state in React. Solids, [Proc. Int. Symp.],, ed. J. Wood, O. Lindqvist, C. Helgesson, Plenum: New York,NY, 1977, 481-486. [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Cingolani and Berchiesi, 1974
Cingolani, A.; Berchiesi, G., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds. 1. A DSC study of phase transitions in aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, J. Therm. Anal., 1974, 6, 87-90. [all data]

Eykman, 1889
Eykman, J.F., Zur kryoskopischen Molekulargewichtsbestimmung, Z. Physik. Chem., 1889, 4, 497-519. [all data]

Natalis and Franklin, 1981
Natalis, P.; Franklin, J.L., Ionization and dissociation of diphenyl and condensed-ring aromatics by electron impact. III. Azobenzene, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1981, 40, 35. [all data]

Petrachenko, Vovna, et al., 1993
Petrachenko, N.E.; Vovna, V.I.; Furin, G.G., Photoelectron HeI spectra of fluorinated azo- and azoxy-benzenes, J. Fluorine Chem., 1993, 63, 85. [all data]

Furin, Petrachenko, et al., 1989
Furin, G.G.; Petrachenko, N.E.; Vovna, V.I., Photoelectron spectra of fluorine-containing azoxybenzenes, J. Org. Chem. USSR, 1989, 26, 1725, In original 1998. [all data]

Rao, 1975
Rao, C.N.R., Lone-pair ionization bands of chromophores in the photoelectron spectra of organic molecules, Indian J. Chem., 1975, 13, 950. [all data]

den Hertog, Henkens, et al., 1952
den Hertog, H.J.; Henkens, C.H.; van Roon, J.H., Reactivity of 4-nitropyridine-n-oxide (III) Reduction in alkaline medium, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1952, 71, 1145-1151. [all data]

Delley and Friedrich, 1977
Delley, R.; Friedrich, K., System CG 72 von bevorzugten Trennflüssigkeiten für die Gas-Chromatographie, Chromatographia, 1977, 10, 10, 593-600, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02265037 . [all data]

Ramsey, Lee, et al., 1980
Ramsey, J.D.; Lee, T.D.; Osselton, M.D.; Moffat, A.C., Gas-liquid chromatographic retention indices of 296 non-drug substances on SE-30 or OV-1 likely to be encountered in toxicological analyses, J. Chromatogr., 1980, 184, 2, 185-206, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)85641-1 . [all data]

Zenkevich, 1994
Zenkevich, I.G., Contemporary State of Informational Maintenance for Gas Chromatographic Identification of Chlorinated Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, Zh. Ecol. Khim., 1994, 3, 2, 111-119. [all data]

Ardrey and Moffat, 1981
Ardrey, R.E.; Moffat, A.C., Gas-liquid chromatographic retention indices of 1318 substances of toxicological interest on SE-30 or OV-1 stationary phase, J. Chromatogr., 1981, 220, 3, 195-252, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)81925-1 . [all data]


Notes

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