Cyclopropane

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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 by: Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid34.089cal/mol*KN/ARuehrwein and Powell, 1946 

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
19.44240.Ruehrwein and Powell, 1946T = 14 to 240 K.

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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil240. ± 3.KAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus146. ± 3.KAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple145.8KN/ATickner and Lossing, 1951Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.8 K; from change in slope of obs. vapor pressure; TRC
Ttriple145.57KN/ARuehrwein and Powell, 1946, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; temp. scale for Tc = 273.10K; TRC
Ttriple145.59KN/ARuehrwein and Powell, 1946, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.08 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc398.0 ± 0.3KN/ADaubert, 1996 
Tc398.3KN/ALin, Silberberg, et al., 1970Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 K; TRC
Tc397.80KN/ABooth and Morris, 1958Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.15 K; mean of measurements on three samples by visual obssrvation; TRC
Tc397.8KN/AHorneg, 1941Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc54.7 ± 0.5atmN/ADaubert, 1996 
Pc55.0650atmN/ALin, Silberberg, et al., 1970Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.0499 atm; TRC
Pc54.23atmN/ABooth and Morris, 1958Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2000 atm; mean of measurements on 3 samples, visual observation; TRC
Pc3.231atmN/AHorneg, 1941Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.01 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Vc0.162l/molN/ADaubert, 1996 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc6.15 ± 0.05mol/lN/ADaubert, 1996 
ρc6.143mol/lN/ALin, Silberberg, et al., 1970Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.007 mol/l; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap4.328kcal/molN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Δvap4.068kcal/molN/ALin, Silberberg, et al., 1970, 2AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
4.7930240.34N/ARuehrwein and Powell, 1946P = 101.325 kPa; DH
4.792240.3N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
5.21210.N/ACalado, Filipe, et al., 1997Based on data from 195. to 225. K.; AC
4.88373.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 358. to 398. K.; AC
4.76312.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 297. to 359. K.; AC
4.85224.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 188. to 239. K.; AC
4.76254.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 239. to 298. K.; AC
5.04226.N/ARuehrwein and Powell, 1946, 3Based on data from 183. to 241. K. See also Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984.; AC

Entropy of vaporization

ΔvapS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
19.94240.34Ruehrwein and Powell, 1946P; DH

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
183.12 to 241.074.04444870.393-25.063Ruehrwein and Powell, 1946, 3Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
6.98145.BBondi, 1963AC
6.74128.A,MSTickner and Lossing, 1951, 2Based on data from 115. to 141. K.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
1.301145.57Ruehrwein and Powell, 1946DH
1.30145.6Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
8.936145.57Ruehrwein and Powell, 1946DH

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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.

Ruehrwein and Powell, 1946
Ruehrwein, R.A.; Powell, T.M., The heat capacity, vapor pressure, heats of fusion and vaporization of cyclopropane. Entropy and density of the gas, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 1063-1068. [all data]

Tickner and Lossing, 1951
Tickner, A.W.; Lossing, F.P., The Measurement of Low Vapor Pressures by Means of A Mass Spectrometer, J. Phys. Colloid Chem., 1951, 55, 733-40. [all data]

Ruehrwein and Powell, 1946, 2
Ruehrwein, R.A.; Powell, T.M., The heat capacity, vapor pressure, heats of fusion and vaporization of cyclopropane. Entropy and density of the gas, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 1063-6. [all data]

Daubert, 1996
Daubert, T.E., Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 5. Branched Alkanes and Cycloalkanes, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1996, 41, 365-372. [all data]

Lin, Silberberg, et al., 1970
Lin, D.C.K.; Silberberg, I.H.; McKetta, J.J., Volumetric Behavior, Vapor Pressure and Critical Properties of Cyclopropane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1970, 15, 483. [all data]

Booth and Morris, 1958
Booth, H.S.; Morris, W.C., The Critical Constants and Vapor Pressure of Cyclopropane, J. Phys. Chem., 1958, 62, 875. [all data]

Horneg, 1941
Horneg, A.G., Personal Communication, A. G. Horneg, Ohio Chem. & Mfg. Co., Phys. Constants of the Principal Hydrocarbons, 1941. [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]

Lin, Silberberg, et al., 1970, 2
Lin, David C.K.; Silberberg, I. Harold; McKetta, John J., Volumetric behavior, vapor pressures, and critical properties of cyclopropane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1970, 15, 4, 483-492, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60047a016 . [all data]

Calado, Filipe, et al., 1997
Calado, Jorge C.G.; Filipe, Eduardo J.M.; Lopes, José N.C., The vapour pressure of liquid cyclopropane, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1997, 29, 12, 1435-1438, https://doi.org/10.1006/jcht.1997.0256 . [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]

Ruehrwein and Powell, 1946, 3
Ruehrwein, R.A.; Powell, T.M., The Heat Capacity, Vapor Pressure, Heats of Fusion and Vaporization of Cyclopropane. Entropy and Density of the Gas 1, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 6, 1063-1066, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01210a044 . [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]

Bondi, 1963
Bondi, A., Heat of Siblimation of Molecular Crystals: A Catalog of Molecular Structure Increments., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1963, 8, 3, 371-381, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60018a027 . [all data]

Tickner and Lossing, 1951, 2
Tickner, A.W.; Lossing, F.P., The Measurement of Low Vapor Pressures by Means of a Mass Spectrometer., J. Phys. Chem., 1951, 55, 5, 733-740, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150488a013 . [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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