α-Methylstyrene

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
B - John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

Hydrogen chloride + α-Methylstyrene = Benzene, (1-chloro-1-methylethyl)-

By formula: HCl + C9H10 = C9H11Cl

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-8.80 ± 0.45kcal/molCmArnett and Pienta, 1980liquid phase; solvent: Methylene chloride; Hydrochlorination; ALS
Δr-12.4 ± 1.1kcal/molCmNesterova, Kovzel, et al., 1977liquid phase; Hydrochlorination; ALS

C9H9- + Hydrogen cation = α-Methylstyrene

By formula: C9H9- + H+ = C9H10

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr385.6 ± 5.6kcal/molG+TSBartmess and Burnham, 1984gas phase; between H2O, MeOH; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr379.0 ± 5.5kcal/molIMRBBartmess and Burnham, 1984gas phase; between H2O, MeOH; B

Hydrogen + α-Methylstyrene = Benzene, (1-methylethyl)-

By formula: H2 + C9H10 = C9H12

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-26.60 ± 0.50kcal/molChydAbboud, Jimenez, et al., 1995liquid phase; solvent: Hyrocarbon; Like gas phase; ALS

Hydrogen bromide + α-Methylstyrene = Benzene, (1-bromo-1-methylethyl)-

By formula: HBr + C9H10 = C9H11Br

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-15.2 ± 1.3kcal/molCmNesterova, Kovzel, et al., 1977liquid phase; Hydrobromination; ALS

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

Spectrum

.alpha.-methylstyrene

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Origin Japan AIST/NIMC Database- Spectrum MS-NW-2072
NIST MS number 229186

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Eugeny B. Stern, Antonina A. Goncharova, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

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Source Beaven and Johnson, 1957
Owner INEP CP RAS, NIST OSRD
Collection (C) 2007 copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce
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Origin INSTITUTE OF ENERGY PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, RAS
Source reference RAS UV No. 4639
Instrument Unicam SP 500
Melting point -23.2
Boiling point 165.4

References

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Arnett and Pienta, 1980
Arnett, E.M.; Pienta, N.J., Stabilities of carbonium ions in solution. 12. Heats of formation of alkyl chlorides as an entree to heats of solvation of aliphatic carbonium ions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980, 102, 3329-3334. [all data]

Nesterova, Kovzel, et al., 1977
Nesterova, T.N.; Kovzel, E.N.; Karaseva, S.Ya.; Rozhnov, A.M., Heats of reaction of the hydrohalogenation of styrene and α-methylstyrene, Vses. Konf. Kalorim. Rasshir. Tezisy Dokl. 7th, 1977, 1, 132. [all data]

Bartmess and Burnham, 1984
Bartmess, J.E.; Burnham, R., Effect of central substituents on the gas phase acidities of propenes, J. Org. Chem., 1984, 49, 1382. [all data]

Abboud, Jimenez, et al., 1995
Abboud, J.-L.M.; Jimenez, P.; Roux, M.V.; Turrion, C.; Lopez-Mardomingo, C.; Podosenin, A.; Rogers, D.W.; Liebman, J.F., Interrelations of the energetics of amides and alkenes: enthalpies of formation of N,N-dimethyl dertivatives of pivalamide, 1-adamantylcarboxamide and benzamide, and of styrene and its a-, trans-β- and β,β-methylated derivates, J. Phys. Org. Chem., 1995, 8, 15-25. [all data]

Beaven and Johnson, 1957
Beaven, G.H.; Johnson, E.A., The relation between configuration and conjugation in diphenyl derivatives. Part VIII. Some compounds derived from 2:2'-di-acetyldiphenyl, J. Chem. Soc., 1957, 651-658. [all data]


Notes

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