Di-tert-butyl peroxide

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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
Δfliquid-380.8 ± 2.0kJ/molCcbDiogo, Minas da Piedade, et al., 1995 
Δfliquid-385.kJ/molCcbIslam, 1980 
Δfliquid-381.kJ/molCcbBaker, Littlefair, et al., 1965 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-5339.8 ± 1.6kJ/molCcbDiogo, Minas da Piedade, et al., 1995Corresponding Δfliquid = -380.8 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-5336.3kJ/molCcbIslam, 1980Corresponding Δfliquid = -384. kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-5339.6 ± 0.8kJ/molCcbBaker, Littlefair, et al., 1965Corresponding Δfliquid = -381. kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-5334.6kJ/molCcbVaughan, 1951Corresponding Δfliquid = -386. kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-5326.kJ/molCcbRaley, Rust, et al., 1948Corresponding Δfliquid = -390. kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)

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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil382.7KN/AAldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap40. ± 3.kJ/molAVGN/AAverage of 9 values; Individual data points

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
37.0333.N/ADiogo H.P., 1995Based on data from 308. to 358. K.; AC
32.0261.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 246. to 311. K. See also Indritz, Stone, et al., 1978.; AC
31.0288.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 273. to 384. K. See also Egerton, Emte, et al., 1951.; AC
31.05253.VEgerton, Emte, et al., 1951ALS

References

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Diogo, Minas da Piedade, et al., 1995
Diogo, H.P.; Minas da Piedade, M.E.; Simoes, J.A.M.; Nagano, Y., Standard enthalpy of formation and enthalpy of vaporization of di-1,1-dimethylethyl perioxide. Re-evaluation of the standard enthalpy of formation of the di-1,1-dimethylethoxy radical, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1995, 27, 597-604. [all data]

Islam, 1980
Islam, T.S.A., Heats of combustion of di-tert-butyl and di-tert-amyl peroxides and their RO-OR bond dissociation energies, Dacca Univ. Stud., Part B, 1980, 28, 1-4. [all data]

Baker, Littlefair, et al., 1965
Baker, G.; Littlefair, J.H.; Shaw, R.; Thynne, J.C.J., 1286. The heats of formation of dimethyl, diethyl, and di-t-butyl peroxide, J. Chem. Soc., 1965, 6970-6972. [all data]

Vaughan, 1951
Vaughan, W.E., General discussion (communicated), Discuss. Faraday Soc., 1951, 10, 330. [all data]

Raley, Rust, et al., 1948
Raley, J.H.; Rust, F.F.; Vaughan, W.E., Decompositions of Di-t-alkyl peroxides. I. Kinetics, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1948, 70, 88-94. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Diogo H.P., 1995
Diogo H.P., Standard enthalpy of formation and enthalpy of vaporization of di-1,1-dimethyl peroxide. Reevaluation of the standard enthalpy of formation of the di-1,1-dimethylethoxy radical, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1995, 27, 597-604. [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]

Indritz, Stone, et al., 1978
Indritz, Doren; Stone, Jack; Williams, Frederick, Vapor pressure of di-tert-butyl peroxide, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1978, 23, 1, 6-7, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60076a002 . [all data]

Egerton, Emte, et al., 1951
Egerton, A.C.; Emte, W.; Minkoff, G.J., Some properties of organic peroxides, Faraday Discuss. Chem. Soc., 1951, 10, 278. [all data]


Notes

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