o-Terphenyl

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas67.59 ± 0.76kcal/molReviewRoux, Temprado, et al., 2008There are sufficient literature values to make a qualified recommendation where the suggested value is in good agreement with values predicted using thermochemical cycles or from reliable estimates. In general, the evaluated uncertainty limits are on the order of (2 to 4) kJ/mol.

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid80.571cal/mol*KN/AChang and Bestul, 1972DH
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid42.97 ± 0.74kcal/molReviewRoux, Temprado, et al., 2008There are sufficient literature values to make a qualified recommendation where the suggested value is in good agreement with values predicted using thermochemical cycles or from reliable estimates. In general, the evaluated uncertainty limits are on the order of (2 to 4) kJ/mol.; DRB
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
solid,1 bar71.417cal/mol*KN/AChang and Bestul, 1972DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
88.205298.15Chang and Bestul, 1972T = 250 to 360 K. Supercooled liquid below Tm 329.35 K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Cp,solid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
65.667298.15Chang and Bestul, 1972T = 2 to 350 K. Also data for annealed and quenched glass.; DH

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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil610.2KN/AAldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS
Tboil605.2KN/AWeast and Grasselli, 1989BS
Tboil455.KN/ABlum-Bergmann, 1938Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 25. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus331. ± 2.KAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple329.35KN/AChang and Bestul, 1972, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.01 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc857. ± 5.KN/ATsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 
Tc857.KN/AReiter, 1963Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 6. K; TRC
Tc890.9KN/AMandel and Ewbank, 1960Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 16.7 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc30. ± 6.atmN/ATsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 
Pc29.51atmN/AReiter, 1963Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 6.0000 atm; TRC
Pc34.54atmN/AMandel and Ewbank, 1960Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 6.805 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Vc0.731l/molN/ATsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc1.4 ± 0.6mol/lN/ATsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 
ρc1.37mol/lN/AReiter, 1963Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.087 mol/l; TRC
ρc1.33mol/lN/AMandel and Ewbank, 1960Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.13 mol/l; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap20.1 ± 0.1kcal/molGSVerevkin, 1997Based on data from 335. to 368. K.; AC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub24.62 ± 0.1kcal/molMERibeiro da Silva, Santos, et al., 2008Based on data from 312. to 328. K.; AC
Δsub24.6 ± 0.2kcal/molReviewRoux, Temprado, et al., 2008There are sufficient literature values to make a qualified recommendation where the suggested value is in good agreement with values predicted using thermochemical cycles or from reliable estimates. In general, the evaluated uncertainty limits are on the order of (2 to 4) kJ/mol.; DRB
Δsub23. ± 0.2kcal/molBKimura and Takagi, 1979AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
19.4 ± 0.1352.GSVerevkin, 1997Based on data from 335. to 368. K.; AC
14.5591.DSCBack, Grzyll, et al., 1996Based on data from 576. to 786. K.; AC
18.5403.N/ASasse, N'guimbi, et al., 1989Based on data from 343. to 462. K.; AC
16.4477.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 462. to 650. K.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
4.1090329.35N/AChang and Bestul, 1972DH
4.04327.8DSCVerevkin, 1997AC
4.11328.4N/AMurthy, Paikaray, et al., 1995AC
4.11329.4N/AChang, 1972AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
12.48329.35Chang and Bestul, 1972DH
12.5329.4Chang and Bestul, 1972, 2CAL

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)7.99 ± 0.01eVN/AN/AL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.0PEKobayashi, 1983LBLHLM
7.99 ± 0.01PEDewar and Goodman, 1972LLK
8.43CTSSlifkin and Allison, 1967RDSH
8.64 ± 0.05EIGallegos, 1967RDSH
8.2PEKobayashi, 1983Vertical value; LBLHLM

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C17H11+12.0 ± 0.1?EIGallegos, 1967RDSH
C18H12+11.7 ± 0.1H2EIGallegos, 1967RDSH
C18H13+11.7 ± 0.1HEIGallegos, 1967RDSH

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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State gas

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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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

Spectrum

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Source Mueller and Pickens, 1950
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Origin INSTITUTE OF ENERGY PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, RAS
Source reference RAS UV No. 719
Instrument n.i.g.
Melting point 56.2
Boiling point 332

References

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Roux, Temprado, et al., 2008
Roux, M.V.; Temprado, M.; Chickos, J.S.; Nagano, Y., Critically Evaluated Thermochemical Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2008, 37, 4, 1855-1996. [all data]

Chang and Bestul, 1972
Chang, S.S.; Bestul, A.B., Heat capacity and thermodynamic properties of o-terphenyl crystal, glass and liquid, J. Chem. D Phys., 1972, 56, 503-516. [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]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Blum-Bergmann, 1938
Blum-Bergmann, O., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 1999. [all data]

Chang and Bestul, 1972, 2
Chang, S.S.; Bestul, A.B., Heat Capacity and Thermodynamic Properties of o-Terphenyl Crystal, Glass, and Liquid, J. Chem. Phys., 1972, 56, 1, 503, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1676895 . [all data]

Tsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995
Tsonopoulos, C.; Ambrose, D., Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 3. Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995, 40, 547-558. [all data]

Reiter, 1963
Reiter, R.W., , NASA Doc. N63-19495 1963 1963, 1963. [all data]

Mandel and Ewbank, 1960
Mandel, H.; Ewbank, N., , Atomics International NAA-S-R-5129 1960, 1960. [all data]

Verevkin, 1997
Verevkin, S.P., Thermochemistry of substituted benzenes. Experimental standard molar enthalpies of formation of o-, m-, and p-terphenyls and 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1997, 29, 1495-1501. [all data]

Ribeiro da Silva, Santos, et al., 2008
Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Santos, Luís M.N.B.F.; Lima, Luís M. Spencer S., Standard molar enthalpies of formation and of sublimation of the terphenyl isomers, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2008, 40, 3, 375-385, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2007.08.008 . [all data]

Kimura and Takagi, 1979
Kimura, Takayoshi; Takagi, Sadao, Enthalpies of solution of o-, m-, and p-terphenyls in benzene at 298.15 K, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1979, 11, 1, 47-55, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(79)90082-X . [all data]

Back, Grzyll, et al., 1996
Back, Dwight D.; Grzyll, Lawrence R.; Corrigan, Mary, DSC enthalpy of vaporization measurements of high temperature two-phase working fluids, Thermochimica Acta, 1996, 272, 53-63, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(95)02615-0 . [all data]

Sasse, N'guimbi, et al., 1989
Sasse, K.; N'guimbi, J.; Jose, J.; Merlin, J.C., Tension de vapeur d'hydrocarbures polyaromatiques dans le domaine 10-3--10 Torr, Thermochimica Acta, 1989, 146, 53-61, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(89)87075-3 . [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]

Murthy, Paikaray, et al., 1995
Murthy, S.S.N.; Paikaray, A.; Arya, N., Molecular relaxation and excess entropy in liquids and their connection to the structure of glass, J. Chem. Phys., 1995, 102, 20, 8213, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.469232 . [all data]

Chang, 1972
Chang, S.S., Heat Capacity and Thermodynamic Properties of o-Terphenyl Crystal, Glass, and Liquid, J. Chem. Phys., 1972, 56, 1, 503, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1676895 . [all data]

Kobayashi, 1983
Kobayashi, T., Conformational analysis of terphenyls by photoelectron spectroscopy, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1983, 56, 3224. [all data]

Dewar and Goodman, 1972
Dewar, M.J.S.; Goodman, D.W., Photoelectron spectra of molecules. Part 5.--Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1972, 68, 1784. [all data]

Slifkin and Allison, 1967
Slifkin, M.A.; Allison, A.C., Measurement of ionization potentials from contact charge transfer spectra, Nature, 1967, 215, 949. [all data]

Gallegos, 1967
Gallegos, E.J., Mass spectrometry of some polyphenyls, J. Phys. Chem., 1967, 71, 1647. [all data]

Mueller and Pickens, 1950
Mueller, G.P.; Pickens, D., 1,2- and 2,3-bis-(p-methoxyphenyl)-cyclohexene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 72, 3626-3629. [all data]


Notes

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