Methylparaben

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus398.4KN/AManzo and Ahumanda, 1990Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap19.9kcal/molCGCTemprado, Roux, et al., 2005AC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub23.6 ± 0.2kcal/molGSPerlovich, Rodionov, et al., 2005Based on data from 303. to 327. K.; AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
19.5461.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 446. to 517. K.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
6.05399.2Giordano, Bettini, et al., 1999AC
5.810398.5Manzo and Ahumada, 1990AC

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C8H7O3- + Hydrogen cation = Methylparaben

By formula: C8H7O3- + H+ = C8H8O3

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr337.1 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSFujio, McIver, et al., 1981gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr330.3 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREFujio, McIver, et al., 1981gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)206.4kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity199.0kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

De-protonation reactions

C8H7O3- + Hydrogen cation = Methylparaben

By formula: C8H7O3- + H+ = C8H8O3

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr337.1 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSFujio, McIver, et al., 1981gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr330.3 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREFujio, McIver, et al., 1981gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B

IR Spectrum

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

Gas Phase Spectrum

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Origin NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center
State gas
Instrument HP-GC/MS/IRD

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Origin NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, 1990.
NIST MS number 118948

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

Spectrum

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Source Lang (editor), 1965
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. 19634
Instrument Zeiss VSU-1
Melting point 126-129

References

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Manzo and Ahumanda, 1990
Manzo, R.H.; Ahumanda, A.A., Effects of solvent medium on solubility. V: Enthalpic and entropic contributions to the free energy changes of Di-substituted benzene derivatives in ethanol: Water and ethanol: Cyclohexane mixtures, J. Pharm. Sci., 1990, 79, 12, 1109, https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.2600791214 . [all data]

Temprado, Roux, et al., 2005
Temprado, Manuel; Roux, Maria Victoria; Umnahanant, Patamaporn; Zhao, Hui; Chickos, James S., The Thermochemistry of 2,4-Pentanedione Revisited: Observance of a Nonzero Enthalpy of Mixing between Tautomers and Its Effects on Enthalpies of Formation, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 25, 12590-12595, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0515131 . [all data]

Perlovich, Rodionov, et al., 2005
Perlovich, German L.; Rodionov, Sergey V.; Bauer-Brandl, Annette, Thermodynamics of solubility, sublimation and solvation processes of parabens, European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2005, 24, 1, 25-33, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2004.09.007 . [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]

Giordano, Bettini, et al., 1999
Giordano, Ferdinando; Bettini, Ruggero; Donini, Cristina; Gazzaniga, Andrea; Caira, Mino R.; Zhang, Geoffrey G.Z.; Grant, David J.W., Physical properties of parabens and their mixtures: Solubility in water, thermal behavior, and crystal structures, J. Pharm. Sci., 1999, 88, 11, 1210-1216, https://doi.org/10.1021/js9900452 . [all data]

Manzo and Ahumada, 1990
Manzo, Ruben H.; Ahumada, Amelia A., Effects of solvent medium on solubility. V: Enthalpic and entropic contributions to the free energy changes of Di-substituted benzene derivatives in ethanol: Water and ethanol: Cyclohexane mixtures, J. Pharm. Sci., 1990, 79, 12, 1109-1115, https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.2600791214 . [all data]

Fujio, McIver, et al., 1981
Fujio, M.; McIver, R.T., Jr.; Taft, R.W., Effects on the acidities of phenols from specific substituent-solvent interactions. Inherent substituent parameters from gas phase acidities, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1981, 103, 4017. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Lang (editor), 1965
Lang (editor), L., Absorption Spectra in the Ultraviolet and Visible Region, 1965, 5, 81. [all data]


Notes

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