α-Methylstyrene

• Formula: C₉H₁₀
• Molecular weight: 118.1757
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C9H10/c1-8(2)9-6-4-3-5-7-9/h3-7H,1H2,2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XYLMUPLGERFSHI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 98-83-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzene, (1-methylethenyl)-; Styrene, α-methyl-; α-Methylstyrol; β-Phenylpropylene; Isopropenylbenzene; 1-Methyl-1-phenylethylene; 1-Phenyl-1-methylethylene; 1-Propene, 2-phenyl-; 2-Phenyl-1-propene; 2-Phenylpropene; (1-Methylethenyl)benzene; AS-Methylphenylethylene; β-phenylpropene; α-Methylstyreen; α-Metil-stirolo; Isopropenil-benzolo; Isopropenyl-benzeen; Isopropenyl-benzol; 2-Phenylpropylene; UN 2303; Benzene, isopropenyl-; 2-Phenyl-2-propene; 1-Methyl-1-phenylethene; NSC 9400; a-methylstyrene
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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

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

References

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Roberts and Jessup, 1951
Roberts, D.E.; Jessup, R.S., Heat of polymerization of alpha-methylstyrene from heats of combustion of monomer and four polymer fractions, J. Res. NBS, 1951, 46, 11-17. [all data]

Lemoult, 1911
Lemoult, M.P., Thermochimie. - Recherches sur les derives du styrolene; rectification de quelques erreurs experimentales, Compt. Rend., 1911, 152, 1402-1404. [all data]

Auwsers, Roth, et al., 1910
Auwsers, K.; Roth, W.A.; Eisenlohr, F., III. Verbrennungswarmen von Terpenen und Styrolen, Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1910, 267-290. [all data]

Lebedev and Rabinovich, 1971
Lebedev, B.V.; Rabinovich, I.B., Heat capacities and thermodynamic functions of a-methylstyrene and poly(a-methylstyrene), Tr. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 1971, 1, 12-15. [all data]

Anonymous, 1952
Anonymous, R., , Physical Properties of Chemical Substances, Dow Chemical Co., 1952. [all data]

Anonymous, 1946
Anonymous, R., , Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Ohio State Univ., 1946. [all data]

Stull, 1945
Stull, D.R., Personal Commun., Dow Chemical Co., 1945. [all data]

Anonymous, 1943
Anonymous, R., , Sunbury Rep. No. 2176, Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., 1943. [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 1997
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Vapor Pressure, Heat Capacity, and Density along the Saturated Line, Measurements for Dimethyl Isophthalate, Dimethyl Carbonate, 1,3,5-Trimethyl benzene, Pentafluorophenol, 4-tert-Butylcatechol, .alp, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1997, 42, 1008-20. [all data]

Verevkin, 1999
Verevkin, Sergey P., Thermochemical investigation on α-methyl-styrene and parent phenyl substituted alkenes, Thermochimica Acta, 1999, 326, 1-2, 17-25, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(98)00585-1 . [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 1997, 2
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Vapor Pressure, Heat Capacity, and Density along the Saturation Line, Measurements for Dimethyl Isophthalate, Dimethyl Carbonate, 1,3,5-Triethylbenzene, Pentafluorophenol, 4- tert -Butylcatechol, α-Methylstyrene, and N , N '-Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1997, 42, 6, 1008-1020, https://doi.org/10.1021/je970102d . [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]

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
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ρc	Critical density

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