L-Cysteine

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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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid-127.65 ± 0.15kcal/molCcrSabbah and Minadakis, 1981ALS
Δfsolid-135.6kcal/molCcbBecker and Roth, 1934hf_H2SO4.10,000H2O=-900.752 kJ/mol; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-537.49 ± 0.13kcal/molCcrSabbah and Minadakis, 1981ALS
Δcsolid-542.00 ± 0.50kcal/molCcrSunner, 1946Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -542.28 kcal/mol; ALS
Δcsolid-537.50 ± 0.50kcal/molCcbHuffman and Ellis, 1935Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -531.38 ± 0.50 kcal/mol; ALS
Δcsolid-532.7 ± 0.7kcal/molCcbBecker and Roth, 1934hf_H2SO4.10,000H2O=-900.752 kJ/mol; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
solid,1 bar40.61cal/mol*KN/AHuffman and Ellis, 1935, 2Extrapolation below 90 K, 48.99 J/mol*K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Cp,solid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
38.79297.6Huffman and Ellis, 1935, 2T = 85 to 298 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C3H6NO2S- + Hydrogen cation = L-Cysteine

By formula: C3H6NO2S- + H+ = C3H7NO2S

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr333.4 ± 2.2kcal/molCIDCJones, Bernier, et al., 2007gas phase
Δr334.3 ± 2.3kcal/molG+TSTian, Pawlow, et al., 2007gas phase; Calcn say SH is 3.1 kcal/mol more acidic than CO2H. See DeBlase, Kass, et al., 2014 for spectroscopy saying that it is a cyclic H-bonded species
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr327.5 ± 2.1kcal/molN/ATian, Pawlow, et al., 2007gas phase; Calcn say SH is 3.1 kcal/mol more acidic than CO2H. See DeBlase, Kass, et al., 2014 for spectroscopy saying that it is a cyclic H-bonded species
Δr326.0 ± 3.0kcal/molCIDCO'Hair, Bowie, et al., 1992gas phase

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)215.9kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity207.8kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

De-protonation reactions

C3H6NO2S- + Hydrogen cation = L-Cysteine

By formula: C3H6NO2S- + H+ = C3H7NO2S

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr333.4 ± 2.2kcal/molCIDCJones, Bernier, et al., 2007gas phase; B
Δr334.3 ± 2.3kcal/molG+TSTian, Pawlow, et al., 2007gas phase; Calcn say SH is 3.1 kcal/mol more acidic than CO2H. See DeBlase, Kass, et al., 2014 for spectroscopy saying that it is a cyclic H-bonded species; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr327.5 ± 2.1kcal/molN/ATian, Pawlow, et al., 2007gas phase; Calcn say SH is 3.1 kcal/mol more acidic than CO2H. See DeBlase, Kass, et al., 2014 for spectroscopy saying that it is a cyclic H-bonded species; B
Δr326.0 ± 3.0kcal/molCIDCO'Hair, Bowie, et al., 1992gas phase; B

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

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Origin Japan AIST/NIMC Database- Spectrum MS-NW-1942
NIST MS number 228086

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

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Source Johnson, 1971
Owner INEP CP RAS, NIST OSRD
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Origin INSTITUTE OF ENERGY PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, RAS
Source reference RAS UV No. 19869
Instrument Unicam SP 500

References

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Sabbah and Minadakis, 1981
Sabbah, R.; Minadakis, C., Thermodynamique de substances soufrees. II. Etude thermochimique de la l-cysteine et de la l-methionine, Thermochim. Acta, 1981, 43, 269-277. [all data]

Becker and Roth, 1934
Becker, G.; Roth, W.A., Zur bestimmung der verbrennungswarme von organischen schwefelverbindunge, Z. Phys. Chem., 1934, 169, 287-296. [all data]

Sunner, 1946
Sunner, S., Determination of combustion heats of organo-sulphur compounds, Svensk. Kim. Tidr., 1946, 58, 71-81. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Huffman and Ellis, 1935
Huffman, H.M.; Ellis, E.L., Thermal Data. II. The heats of combustion of l-cysteine, of l-cystine, β-thiolactic acid and β,β'-dithiodilactic acid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 41-46. [all data]

Huffman and Ellis, 1935, 2
Huffman, H.M.; Ellis, E.L., Thermal data. III. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of four organic compounds containing sulfur, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 46-48. [all data]

Jones, Bernier, et al., 2007
Jones, C.M.; Bernier, M.; Carson, E.; Colyer, K.E.; Metz, R.; Pawlow, A.; Wischow, E.D.; Webb, I.; Andriole, E.J.; Poutsma, J.C., Gas-phase Acities of the 20 Protein Amino Acids, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2007, 267, 1-3, 54-62, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2007.02.018 . [all data]

Tian, Pawlow, et al., 2007
Tian, Z.X.; Pawlow, A.; Poutsma, J.C.; Kass, S.R., Are carboxyl groups the most acidic sites in amino acids? Gas-phase acidity, H/D exchange experiments, and computations on cysteine and its conjugate base, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 17, 5403-5407, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0666194 . [all data]

DeBlase, Kass, et al., 2014
DeBlase, A.F.; Kass, S.R.; Johnson, M.A., On the character of the cyclic ionic H-bond in cryogenically cooled deprotonated cysteine, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 10, 4569-4575, https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cp54117g . [all data]

O'Hair, Bowie, et al., 1992
O'Hair, R.J.; Bowie, J.H.; Gronert, S., Gas Phase Acidity of the alpha-Amino Acids, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1992, 117, 23, https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(92)80083-D . [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Johnson, 1971
Johnson, E.A., UV atlas of organic compounds, 1971, 5, J2/3. [all data]


Notes

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