Salicylic acid

• Formula: C₇H₆O₃
• Molecular weight: 138.1207
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H6O3/c8-6-4-2-1-3-5(6)7(9)10/h1-4,8H,(H,9,10) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: YGSDEFSMJLZEOE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 69-72-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-; o-Hydroxybenzoic acid; Phenol-2-carboxylic acid; Psoriacid-S-Stift; Retarder W; Rutranex; Salicylic acid collodion; Salonil; 2-Hydroxybenzoic acid; Acido salicilico; Keralyt; Kyselina 2-hydroxybenzoova; Kyselina salicylova; Orthohydroxybenzoic acid; Duoplant; Freezone; Ionil; Saligel; Compound W; 2-Hydroxybenzenecarboxylic acid; 2-Carboxyphenol; o-Carboxyphenol; Advanced pain relief callus removers; Advanced pain relief corn removers; Clear away wart remover; Dr. Scholl's Callus Removers; Dr. Scholl's Corn Removers; Dr. Scholl's Wart Remover Kit; Duofil Wart Remover; Ionil plus; Salicylic acid soap; Stri-Dex; Benzoic acid, o-hydroxy-; NSC 180; Trans-Ver-Sal; Domerine; Duofilm; Fostex; Pernox; Salicylic acid & Sulfur Soap; Sebucare; Sebulex; component of Fostex medicated bar and cream; component of Keralyt; Retarder SAX; component of Solarcaine first aid spray; component of Tinver; 7681-06-3; 8052-31-1; Salicyclic acid; Domerine (Salt/Mix); Duofilm (Salt/Mix); Fostex (Salt/Mix); Pernox (Salt/Mix); Salicylic acid & Sulfur Soap (Salt/Mix); Sebucare (Salt/Mix); Sebulex (Salt/Mix); component of Fostex medicated bar and cream (Salt/Mix); component of Keralyt (Salt/Mix); Retarder SAX (Salt/Mix); component of Solarcaine first aid spray (Salt/Mix); component of Tinver (Salt/Mix)
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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

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

References

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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]

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]

Sabbah and Le, 1993
Sabbah, R.; Le, T.H.D., Etude thermodynamique des trois isomeres de l'acide bydroxybenzolque, Can. J. Chem., 1993, 71, 1378-1383. [all data]

Colomina, Jimenez, et al., 1980
Colomina, M.; Jimenez, P.; Roux, M.V.; Turrion, C., Thermochemical properties of o-, m-, and p-hydroxybenzoic acids, J. Therm Anal. Calorim., 1980, 11, 3-19-1/3-19-6. [all data]

Colomina, Jimenez, et al., 1981
Colomina, M.; Jimenez, P.; Roux, M.V.; Turrion, C., Propiedades Termoquimicas de derivados del acido benzoico. IX. Entalpias de combustion y formacion de los acidos o-, m-, y p-hidroxibenzoicos, An. Quim., 1981, 77, 114. [all data]

De Kruif and Van Ginkel, 1977
De Kruif, C.G.; Van Ginkel, C.H.D., Torsion-weighing effusion vapour-pressure measurements on organic compounds, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1977, 9, 8, 725-730, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(77)90015-5 . [all data]

Arshadi, 1974
Arshadi, Mohammed R., Determination of heats of sublimation of organic compounds by a mass spectrometric--knudsen effusion method, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1974, 70, 0, 1569, https://doi.org/10.1039/f19747001569 . [all data]

Malaspina, 1973
Malaspina, L., Microcalorimetric determination of the enthalpy of sublimation of benzoic acid and anthracene, J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 59, 1, 387, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1679817 . [all data]

Davies and Jones, 1954
Davies, M.; Jones, J.I., The sublimation pressures and heats of sublimation of some carboxylic acids, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1954, 50, 1042. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [all data]

Jones, 1960
Jones, A.H., Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 2, 196-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60006a019 . [all data]

Rabinovich, Sheiman, et al., 1986
Rabinovich, I.B.; Sheiman, M.S.; Kamelova, G.P.; Nistratov, V.P., Heat capacity and thermodynamic functions of salicylic acid, 1986, Termodinam. [all data]

Good and Rodriguez-Hornedo, 2009
Good, David J.; Rodriguez-Hornedo, Nair, Solubility Advantage of Pharmaceutical Cocrystals, Crystal Growth & Design, 2009, 9, 5, 2252-2264, https://doi.org/10.1021/cg801039j . [all data]

Peña, Escalera, et al., 2009
Peña, M.A.; Escalera, B.; Reíllo, A.; Sánchez, A.B.; Bustamante, P., Thermodynamics of cosolvent action: Phenacetin, salicylic acid and probenecid, J. Pharm. Sci., 2009, 98, 3, 1129-1135, https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.21497 . [all data]

Pinto, Diogo, et al., 2005
Pinto, Susana S.; Diogo, Hermínio P.; Guedes, Rita C.; Costa Cabral, Benedito J.; Minas da Piedade, Manuel E.; Martinho Simões, José A., Energetics of Hydroxybenzoic Acids and of the Corresponding Carboxyphenoxyl Radicals. Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in 2-Hydroxybenzoic Acid, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2005, 109, 42, 9700-9708, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp054220g . [all data]

Mota, Queimada, et al., 2008
Mota, Fatima L.; Queimada, Antonio J.; Pinho, Simao P.; Macedo, Eugenia A., Aqueous Solubility of Some Natural Phenolic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2008, 47, 15, 5182-5189, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie071452o . [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:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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