Phenol, 2,6-dimethyl-

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-37.64kcal/molN/ALebedev, Vasil'ev, et al., 1996Value computed using ΔfHsolid° value of -233.1±2.9 kj/mol from Lebedev, Vasil'ev, et al., 1996 and ΔsubH° value of 75.6 kj/mol from Andon, Biddiscombe, et al., 1960.; DRB
Δfgas-41.68kcal/molN/ALindberg, Jauhiainen, et al., 1972Value computed using ΔfHsolid° value of -250.0 kj/mol from Lindberg, Jauhiainen, et al., 1972 and ΔsubH° value of 75.6 kj/mol from Andon, Biddiscombe, et al., 1960.; DRB
Δfgas-38.68 ± 0.13kcal/molCcbAndon, Biddiscombe, et al., 1960ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
10.2950.Kudchadker S.A., 1979GT
15.99100.
21.78150.
27.070200.
34.673273.15
37.278298.15
37.471300.
47.457400.
56.102500.
63.231600.
69.099700.
73.984800.
78.102900.
81.6041000.
84.6011100.
87.1751200.
89.3931300.
91.3151400.
92.9801500.

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid-55.71 ± 0.69kcal/molCcbLebedev, Vasil'ev, et al., 1996 
Δfsolid-59.7kcal/molCcbLindberg, Jauhiainen, et al., 1972 
Δfsolid-56.75 ± 0.26kcal/molCcbAndon, Biddiscombe, et al., 1960 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-1038.3 ± 0.69kcal/molCcbLebedev, Vasil'ev, et al., 1996Corresponding Δfsolid = -55.69 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcsolid-1033.8kcal/molCcbLindberg, Jauhiainen, et al., 1972Corresponding Δfsolid = -60.2 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcsolid-1037.25 ± 0.24kcal/molCcbAndon, Biddiscombe, et al., 1960Corresponding Δfsolid = -56.73 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil474. ± 2.KAVGN/AAverage of 7 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus320. ± 3.KAVGN/AAverage of 13 out of 14 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc700.95KN/AAmbrose, 1963Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap18.00kcal/molN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Δvap18.1kcal/molN/AMorawetz, 1971AC
Δvap17.9kcal/molN/AMorawetz, Elvebredd, et al., 1968AC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub18.1kcal/molN/AMorawetz, 1971AC
Δsub17.9kcal/molN/AMorawetz, Elvebredd, et al., 1968Author of Morawetz, Elvebredd, et al., 1968 refers to the determined value as the enthalpy of vaporization even though the compound is a solid; AC
Δsub18.07 ± 0.04kcal/molVAndon, Biddiscombe, et al., 1960ALS
Δsub18.1kcal/molN/AAndon, Biddiscombe, et al., 1960DRB
Δsub14.2 ± 0.2kcal/molVWolf and Weghofer, 1938ALS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
11.6432.A,GS,EBStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 417. to 476. K. See also Andon, Biddiscombe, et al., 1960, 2.; AC

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
418.0 to 476.674.203741638.455-84.416Andon, Biddiscombe, et al., 1960Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
18.1 ± 0.041277. to 313.GSAndon, Biddiscombe, et al., 1960, 2See also Cox and Pilcher, 1970.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
4.5165318.9N/APoeti, Fanelli, et al., 1982DH
4.500318.6DSCJamróz, Palczewska-Tulinska, et al., 1998AC
4.52318.9N/AAcree, 1991AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
14.16318.9Poeti, Fanelli, et al., 1982DH

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

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Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.05 ± 0.02PEMaier and Turner, 1973 
8.26PEKobayashi and Nagakura, 1974Vertical value
8.34PEDewar, Ernstbrunner, et al., 1974Vertical value

IR Spectrum

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


Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Lebedev, Vasil'ev, et al., 1996
Lebedev, B.V.; Vasil'ev, V.G.; Bykova, T.A.; Kiparisova, E.G.; Wunderliche, B., Thermodynamics of 2,6-dimethylphenol, of the reaction of its oxidative dehydropolycondensation, and of the resultant poly(2,6-dimethyl-p-phenylene oxide)at 0-600 K, Vysokomol. Soedin., Ser. A, 1996, 38, 216-225. [all data]

Andon, Biddiscombe, et al., 1960
Andon, R.J.L.; Biddiscombe, D.P.; Cox, J.D.; Handley, R.; Harrop, D.; Herington, E.F.G.; Martin, J.F., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. Part I. Preparation and physical properties of pure phenol, cresols, and xylenols, J. Chem. Soc., 1960, 5246-5254. [all data]

Lindberg, Jauhiainen, et al., 1972
Lindberg, J.J.; Jauhiainen, T.P.; Savolainen, A., Oxidative coupling of 2,6-disubstituted phenols and the heat of combustion of the resulting products, Pap. Puu, 1972, 54, 91-93. [all data]

Kudchadker S.A., 1979
Kudchadker S.A., Property data available for coal chemicals, Hydrocarbon Process., 1979, 58, 169-171. [all data]

Ambrose, 1963
Ambrose, D., Critical Temperatures of Some Phenols and Other Organic Compounds, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1963, 59, 1988. [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]

Morawetz, 1971
Morawetz, E., Chem. Scr., 1971, 1, 103. [all data]

Morawetz, Elvebredd, et al., 1968
Morawetz, Ernst; Elvebredd, I.; Brunvoll, J.; Hagen, G.; Paasivirta, Jaakko, A Non-Equilibrium Low Vapor Pressure Heat of Vaporization Calorimeter. Part I. Vapor Pressure Range 200-10^-3 mm Hg., Acta Chem. Scand., 1968, 22, 1509-1531, https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.22-1509 . [all data]

Wolf and Weghofer, 1938
Wolf, K.L.; Weghofer, H., Uber sublimationswarmen, Z. Phys. Chem., 1938, 39, 194-208. [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]

Andon, Biddiscombe, et al., 1960, 2
Andon, R.J.L.; Biddiscombe, D.P.; Cox, J.D.; Handley, R.; Harrop, D.; Herington, E.F.G.; Martin, J.F., 1009. Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. Part I. Preparation and physical properties of pure phenol, cresols, and xylenols, J. Chem. Soc., 1960, 5246, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9600005246 . [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]

Poeti, Fanelli, et al., 1982
Poeti, G.; Fanelli, E.; Braghetti, M., A differential scanning calorimetric study of some phenol derivatives, J. Therm. Anal., 1982, 24(2), 273-279. [all data]

Jamróz, Palczewska-Tulinska, et al., 1998
Jamróz, Malgorzata E.; Palczewska-Tulinska, Marcela; Wyrzykowska-Stankiewicz, Danuta; Szafranski, Andrzej M.; Polaczek, Jerzy; Dobrowolski, Jan Cz.; Jamróz, Michal H.; Mazurek, Aleksander P., The urea--phenol(s) systems, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1998, 152, 2, 307-326, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3812(98)90206-0 . [all data]

Acree, 1991
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation, Thermochimica Acta, 1991, 189, 1, 37-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(91)87098-H . [all data]

Maier and Turner, 1973
Maier, J.P.; Turner, D.W., Steric inhibition of resonance studied by molecular photoelectron spectroscopy Part 3. Anilines, Phenols and Related Compounds, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1973, 69, 521. [all data]

Kobayashi and Nagakura, 1974
Kobayashi, T.; Nagakura, S., Photoelectron spectra of substituted benzenes, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1974, 47, 2563. [all data]

Dewar, Ernstbrunner, et al., 1974
Dewar, P.S.; Ernstbrunner, E.; Gilmore, J.R.; Godfrey, M.; Mellor, J.M., Conformational analysis of alkyl aryl ethers and alkyl aryl sulphides by photoelectron spectroscopy, Tetrahedron, 1974, 30, 2455. [all data]


Notes

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