Propanenitrile
- Formula: C3H5N
- Molecular weight: 55.0785
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FVSKHRXBFJPNKK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 107-12-0
- Chemical structure:
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- Other names: Propionitrile; Cyanoethane; Ether cyanatus; Ethyl cyanide; Hydrocyanic ether; Propionic nitrile; Propiononitrile; Propylnitrile; C2H5CN; Ethylkyanid; Propannitril; Rcra waste number P101; UN 2404; n-Propanenitrile; NSC 7966
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔfH°liquid | 15.5 | kJ/mol | Ccr | Hall and Baldt, 1971 | ALS |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔcH°liquid | -1948.3 ± 0.54 | kJ/mol | Ccr | Hall and Baldt, 1971 | ALS |
ΔcH°liquid | -1918. | kJ/mol | Ccb | Lemoult and Jungfleisch, 1909 | ALS |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
S°liquid | 189.33 | J/mol*K | N/A | Weber and Kilpatrick, 1962 | DH |
Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
Cp,liquid (J/mol*K) | Temperature (K) | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
105.3 | 298.15 | Mirzaliev, Shakhuradov, et al., 1987 | T = 193 to 353 K. Unsmoothed experimental datum given as 1.845 kJ/kg*K at 293 K. Cp(liq) = 1.9082 + 0.0027614T/K + 9.3056x10-6T2/K2 kJ/kg*K (193 to 353 K). Note, second term should be negative.; DH |
106.0 | 303.15 | Guseinov and Mirzaliev, 1985 | T = 303 to 363 K. p = 0.1 MPa. Unsoothed experimental datum given as 1.9250 kJ/kg*K.; DH |
112.9 | 297. | Hall and Baldt, 1971 | DH |
119.50 | 298.15 | Weber and Kilpatrick, 1962 | T = 15 to 300 K.; DH |
Phase change data
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
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
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tboil | 370. ± 1. | K | AVG | N/A | Average of 31 out of 35 values; Individual data points |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Tfus | 180. ± 7. | K | AVG | N/A | Average of 8 values; Individual data points |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Ttriple | 180.37 | K | N/A | Weber and Kilpatrick, 1962, 2 | Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Tc | 561.3 | K | N/A | Castillo-Lopez and Trejo Rodriguez, 1987 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; Visual, TE with digital voltmeter calibr. by meas. on alkanes.; TRC |
Tc | 558.7 | K | N/A | Guye and Mallet, 1902 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
Tc | 558.85 | K | N/A | Guye and Mallet, 1902, 2 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
Tc | 558.85 | K | N/A | Guye and Mallet, 1902, 2 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Pc | 42.60 | bar | N/A | Castillo-Lopez and Trejo Rodriguez, 1987 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.10 bar; Visual; TRC |
Pc | 41.80 | bar | N/A | Guye and Mallet, 1902 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.9119 bar; TRC |
Pc | 41.7459 | bar | N/A | Guye and Mallet, 1902, 2 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.8106 bar; TRC |
Pc | 41.9485 | bar | N/A | Guye and Mallet, 1902, 2 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.8106 bar; TRC |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔvapH° | 36.3 ± 0.8 | kJ/mol | AVG | N/A | Average of 6 values; Individual data points |
Enthalpy of vaporization
ΔvapH (kJ/mol) | Temperature (K) | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
36.116 | 298.15 | N/A | Weber and Kilpatrick, 1962 | P = 6.29 kPa; DH |
31.81 | 371. | N/A | Majer and Svoboda, 1985 | |
36.1 | 303. | A | Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987 | Based on data from 288. to 371. K.; AC |
36.7 | 326. | BG | Baldt and Hall, 1971 | Based on data from 308. to 363. K.; AC |
36.5 | 280. | N/A | Milazzo, 1956 | Based on data from 189. to 295. K. See also Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984.; AC |
35.9 | 323. | N/A | Dreisbach and Shrader, 1949 | Based on data from 308. to 370. K. See also Dreisbach and Martin, 1949 and Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984.; AC |
Entropy of vaporization
ΔvapS (J/mol*K) | Temperature (K) | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
121.1 | 298.15 | Weber and Kilpatrick, 1962 | P; DH |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
308.7 to 370.50 | 3.61732 | 1036.424 | -83.76 | Dreisbach and Shrader, 1949 | Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data. |
Enthalpy of fusion
ΔfusH (kJ/mol) | Temperature (K) | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
5.03 | 180.4 | Domalski and Hearing, 1996 | AC |
Entropy of fusion
ΔfusS (J/mol*K) | Temperature (K) | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
9.67 | 177.0 | Domalski and Hearing, 1996 | CAL |
27.91 | 180.4 |
Enthalpy of phase transition
ΔHtrs (kJ/mol) | Temperature (K) | Initial Phase | Final Phase | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.7067 | 176.96 | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Weber and Kilpatrick, 1962 | DH |
5.0300 | 180.37 | crystaline, I | liquid | Weber and Kilpatrick, 1962 | DH |
Entropy of phase transition
ΔStrs (J/mol*K) | Temperature (K) | Initial Phase | Final Phase | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
9.64 | 176.96 | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Weber and Kilpatrick, 1962 | DH |
27.89 | 180.37 | crystaline, I | liquid | Weber and Kilpatrick, 1962 | DH |
References
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Hall and Baldt, 1971
Hall, H.K., Jr.; Baldt, J.H.,
Thermochemistry of strained-ring bridgehead nitriles and esters,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1971, 93, 140-145. [all data]
Lemoult and Jungfleisch, 1909
Lemoult, M.P.; Jungfleisch, M.E.,
Thermochimie. - Comparaisons entre les nitriles et les carbylamines,
Compt. Rend., 1909, 148, 1602-1604. [all data]
Weber and Kilpatrick, 1962
Weber, L.A.; Kilpatrick, J.E.,
Entropy and related thermodynamic properties of propionitrile,
J. Chem. Phys., 1962, 36, 829-834. [all data]
Mirzaliev, Shakhuradov, et al., 1987
Mirzaliev, A.A.; Shakhuradov, Sh.G.; Guseinov, S.O.,
Investigation of the isobaric heat capacity of nitriles at different temperatures, Izv. Vyssh. Ucheb. Zaved.,
Neft i Gaz, 1987, 30(4), 55-58. [all data]
Guseinov and Mirzaliev, 1985
Guseinov, S.O.; Mirzaliev, A.A.,
Experimental investigation of volumetric and isobaric heat capacity of saturated nitriles at elevated temperatures and different pressures, Izv. Vyssh. Ucheb. Zaved.,
Neft i Gaz, 1985, 28(5), 58-62. [all data]
Weber and Kilpatrick, 1962, 2
Weber, L.A.; Kilpatrick, J.E.,
Entropy and related thermodynamic properties of propionitrile,
J. Chem. Phys., 1962, 36, 829. [all data]
Castillo-Lopez and Trejo Rodriguez, 1987
Castillo-Lopez, N.; Trejo Rodriguez, A.,
The critical temperatures and pressures of several n-alkanenitriles,
J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 671. [all data]
Guye and Mallet, 1902
Guye, P.A.; Mallet, E.,
Critical Constant and Molecular Complexity of Several Organic Compds.,
C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1902, 133, 168. [all data]
Guye and Mallet, 1902, 2
Guye, P.A.; Mallet, E.,
Measurement of Critical Constants,
Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat., 1902, 13, 274-296. [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]
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]
Baldt and Hall, 1971
Baldt, J.H.; Hall, H.K.K., Jr.,
Thermochemistry of strained-ring bridgehead nitriles and esters,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1971, 93, 140-145. [all data]
Milazzo, 1956
Milazzo, G.,
Ann. Chim. (Rome), 1956, 46, 1105. [all data]
Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E.,
The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]
Dreisbach and Shrader, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Shrader, S.A.,
Vapor Pressure--Temperature Data on Some Organic Compounds,
Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 12, 2879-2880, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50480a054
. [all data]
Dreisbach and Martin, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Martin, R.A.,
Physical Data on Some Organic Compounds,
Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 12, 2875-2878, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50480a053
. [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:
Cp,liquid Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid Pc Critical pressure S°liquid Entropy of liquid at standard conditions Tboil Boiling point Tc Critical temperature Tfus Fusion (melting) point Ttriple Triple point temperature ΔHtrs Enthalpy of phase transition ΔStrs Entropy of phase transition ΔcH°liquid Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions ΔfH°liquid Enthalpy of formation of liquid 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 - Data from NIST Standard Reference Database 69: NIST Chemistry WebBook
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