Propylene Carbonate

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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-134.7kcal/molN/AVasil'eva, Zhil'tosova, et al., 1972Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -613.0±1.0 kj/mol from Vasil'eva, Zhil'tosova, et al., 1972 and ΔvapH° value of 49.3 kj/mol from Choi and Joncich, 1971.; DRB
Δfgas-139.22 ± 0.59kcal/molCcbChoi and Joncich, 1971Reanalyzed by Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986, Original value = -143.68 kcal/mol; Pedley's value is off by 4.46kcal/mol; ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
25.72298.15Vasilev I.A., 1984GT
25.91300.
32.53400.
38.36500.
43.19600.
47.18700.
50.48800.
53.25900.
55.571000.

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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil513.2KN/AAldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS
Tboil515.05KN/ARajapakse, Finston, et al., 1986Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.7 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus222.95KN/ARajapakse, Finston, et al., 1986Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tfus222.95KN/AHong, Waksiak, et al., 1982Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
Tfus218.62KN/AJones and Aikens, 1982Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.06 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple218.66KN/AFujimori and Oguni, 1994Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Ttriple224.85KN/AVasil'ev and Petrov, 1984Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Ttriple224.85KN/AVasil'ev, Korkhov, et al., 1976Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap14. ± 7.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
13.0427.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 412. to 466. K.; AC
8.08338.A,MMStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 323. to 370. K. See also Choi and Joncich, 1971.; AC
13.8383.EBHong, Wakslak, et al., 1982Based on data from 368. to 462. K.; AC
13.2423.EBHong, Wakslak, et al., 1982Based on data from 368. to 462. K.; AC
12.7443.EBHong, Wakslak, et al., 1982Based on data from 368. to 462. K.; AC
13.2323.N/AGranzhan and Salganikova, 1972Based on data from 293. to 353. K.; AC
13.200423.VPeppel, 1958ALS

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
2.299224.85N/AVasil'ev, Korkhov, et al., 1976, 2DH
2.299224.85N/AVasil'ev and Korkhov, 1974DH
2.14220.3DSCDing, 2004AC
1.91218.7ACFujimori and Oguni, 1994, 2Based on data from 13. to 300. K.; AC
2.30218.2N/AVasil'ev and Korkhov, 1974, 2AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
10.2224.85Vasil'ev, Korkhov, et al., 1976, 2DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

Propylene Carbonate + 2Methyl Alcohol = Propylene Glycol + Carbonic acid, dimethyl ester

By formula: C4H6O3 + 2CH4O = C3H8O2 + C3H6O3

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-1.66kcal/molKinZhang and Luo, 1991liquid phase

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

View reactions leading to C4H6O3+ (ion structure unspecified)

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C4H6O3+10.52?PEYokoyama, Jinno, et al., 1974 

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

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Gas Chromatography

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Column type Active phase I Reference Comment
CapillaryOV-101929.Zenkevich, 200525. m/0.20 mm/0.10 μm, N2/He, 6. K/min; Tstart: 50. C; Tend: 250. C

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

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Column type Active phase I Reference Comment
CapillaryOV-101932.Zenkevich and Malamakhov, 1987He; Column length: 50. m; Column diameter: 0.24 mm; Program: not specified

References

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Vasil'eva, Zhil'tosova, et al., 1972
Vasil'eva, T.F.; Zhil'tosova, E.N.; Vvedenski, A.A., Enthalpies of combustion of alkylene carbonates, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1972, 46, 316. [all data]

Choi and Joncich, 1971
Choi, J.K.; Joncich, M.J., Heats of combustion, heats of formation and vapor pressures of some organic carbonates. Estimation of carbonate group contribution to heat of formation, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1971, 16, 87-90. [all data]

Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986
Pedley, J.B.; Naylor, R.D.; Kirby, S.P., Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1986, 1-792. [all data]

Vasilev I.A., 1984
Vasilev I.A., Thermodynamic Properties of Oxygen-Containing Organic Compounds. Khimiya, Leningrad, 1984. [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]

Rajapakse, Finston, et al., 1986
Rajapakse, N.; Finston, H.L.; Fried, V., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1986, 31, 408. [all data]

Hong, Waksiak, et al., 1982
Hong, C.S.; Waksiak, R.; Finston, H.; Fried, V., Some Thermodynamic Properties of Systems Containing Propylene Carbonate and Ethylene Carbonate, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1982, 27, 146. [all data]

Jones and Aikens, 1982
Jones, A.R.; Aikens, D.A., Propylene carbonate cryoscopy., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1982, 27, 24-5. [all data]

Fujimori and Oguni, 1994
Fujimori, H.; Oguni, M., Calorimetric study of D,L-propene carbonate: observation of the β- as well as α-glass transition in the supercooled liquid, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1994, 26, 367. [all data]

Vasil'ev and Petrov, 1984
Vasil'ev, I.A.; Petrov, V.M., Thermodynamic Properties of Oxygen-containing Organic Compounds, Handbook, Soedinenii: Khimya, Leningrad, p 240, 1984. [all data]

Vasil'ev, Korkhov, et al., 1976
Vasil'ev, I.A.; Korkhov, A.D.; Minkin, D.M.; Rabinovich, I.B.; Sheiman, M.S.; Nistratov, V.P., Heat capacity and thermodynamic functions of propylene carbonate., Termodin. Org. Soedin., 1976, No. 5, 21. [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]

Hong, Wakslak, et al., 1982
Hong, C.S.; Wakslak, R.; Finston, H.; Fried, V., Some thermodynamic properties of systems containing propylene carbonate and ethylene carbonate, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1982, 27, 2, 146-148, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00028a012 . [all data]

Granzhan and Salganikova, 1972
Granzhan, V.A.; Salganikova, E.A., Tr. Nauch. Issled. Proekt. Inst. Azotn. Prom. Prod. Org. Sin., 1972, 16, 85. [all data]

Peppel, 1958
Peppel, W.J., Preparation and properties of the alkylene carbonates, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1958, 50, 767-770. [all data]

Vasil'ev, Korkhov, et al., 1976, 2
Vasil'ev, I.A.; Korkhov, A.D.; Minkin, D.M.; Rabinovich, I.B.; Sheiman, M.S.; Nistratov, V.P., Heat capacity and thermodynamic functions for propylene carbonate. Termodin. Org. Soedin., 1976, 21-26. [all data]

Vasil'ev and Korkhov, 1974
Vasil'ev, I.A.; Korkhov, A.D., Thermodynamic properties of alkylene carbonates at low temperatures, Tr. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., Gor'kii, 1974, 36, 103-105. [all data]

Ding, 2004
Ding, Michael S., Liquid-Solid Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamic Modeling for Binary Organic Carbonates, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2004, 49, 2, 276-282, https://doi.org/10.1021/je034134e . [all data]

Fujimori and Oguni, 1994, 2
Fujimori, Hiroki; Oguni, Masaharu, Calorimetric study of l,d-propene carbonate: observation of the β- as well as α-glass transition in the supercooled liquid, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1994, 26, 4, 367-378, https://doi.org/10.1006/jcht.1994.1046 . [all data]

Vasil'ev and Korkhov, 1974, 2
Vasil'ev, I.A.; Korkhov, A.D., Tr. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 1974, 103. [all data]

Zhang and Luo, 1991
Zhang, S.; Luo, Y., Kinetics and technological conditions for the synthesis of dimethyl carbonate, Chem. React. Eng. Tech., 1991, 7, 10-19. [all data]

Yokoyama, Jinno, et al., 1974
Yokoyama, Y.; Jinno, M.; Watanabe, I.; Ikeda, S., Identification of accidentally degenerate bands in UV photoelectron spectra of ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1974, 5, 1095. [all data]

Zenkevich, 2005
Zenkevich, I.G., Experimentally measured retention indices., 2005. [all data]

Zenkevich and Malamakhov, 1987
Zenkevich, I.G.; Malamakhov, A.C., Evaluation of Molecular Weights of Organic Compounds based on Retention Parameters at Chromato-Spectral Analysys. Additional Criterion of Molecular Ions' Identification, Vestn. St. Petersb. Univ. Ser. 4: Fiz. Khim, 1987, 2, 101-106. [all data]


Notes

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