Naphthalene, 2-methyl-

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas27.75 ± 0.62kcal/molCcbSperos and Rossini, 1960Hfusion=2.83±0.01; ALS
Δfgas25.38kcal/molN/ARichardson and Parks, 1939Value computed using ΔfHsolid° value of 35.0±2.2 kj/mol from Richardson and Parks, 1939 and ΔsubH° value of 71.2 kj/mol from Richardson and Parks, 1939.; DRB

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
10.350.Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997p=1 bar.; GT
14.8100.
19.3150.
24.67200.
33.72273.15
36.95298.15
37.19300.
49.64400.
60.28500.
68.95600.
76.00700.
81.81800.
86.64900.
90.681000.
94.21100.
97.01200.
99.71300.
102.1400.
103.1500.

Condensed phase thermochemistry 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:
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid52.579cal/mol*KN/AMcCullough, Finke, et al., 1957DH
liquid48.71cal/mol*KN/AHuffman, Parks, et al., 1931Extrapolation below 90 K, 65.86 J/mol*K. Value is for crystal. Did not observe transition at 288 K with S= 19.2 J/mol*K.; DH
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid10.72 ± 0.35kcal/molCcbSperos and Rossini, 1960Hfusion=2.83±0.01; ALS
Δfsolid8.36 ± 0.53kcal/molCcbRichardson and Parks, 1939Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = 7.99 kcal/mol; see Richardson, 1939; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-1386.88 ± 0.35kcal/molCcbSperos and Rossini, 1960Hfusion=2.83±0.01; Corresponding Δfsolid = 10.74 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcsolid-1384.50 ± 0.52kcal/molCcbRichardson and Parks, 1939Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -1383.91 kcal/mol; see Richardson, 1939; Corresponding Δfsolid = 8.36 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
46.840298.15McCullough, Finke, et al., 1957T = 10 to 400 K.; DH
54.49310.4Huffman, Parks, et al., 1931T = 94 to 310 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH

References

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Speros and Rossini, 1960
Speros, D.M.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion and formation of naphthalene, the two methylnaphthalenes, cis and trans decahydronaphthalene and related compounds, J. Phys. Chem., 1960, 64, 1723-1727. [all data]

Richardson and Parks, 1939
Richardson, J.W.; Parks, G.S., Thermal data on organic compounds. XIX. Modern combustion data for some non-volatile compounds containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 3543-3546. [all data]

Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997
Thermodynamics Research Center, Selected Values of Properties of Chemical Compounds., Thermodynamics Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1997. [all data]

McCullough, Finke, et al., 1957
McCullough, J.P.; Finke, H.L.; Messerly, J.F.; Kincheloe, T.C.; Waddington, G., The low temperature thermodynamic properties of naphthalene, 1-methylnaphthalene, 2-methylnaphthalene, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene, trans-decahydronaphthalene and cis-decahydronaphthalene, J. Phys. Chem., 1957, 61, 1105-1116. [all data]

Huffman, Parks, et al., 1931
Huffman, H.M.; Parks, G.S.; Barmore, M., Thermal data on organic compounds. X. Further studies on the heat capacities, entropies and free energies of hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3876-3888. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Richardson, 1939
Richardson, J.W., Precise determination of the heats of combustion of some representative organic compounds, Ph.D. Thesis for Standford University, 1939, 1-122. [all data]


Notes

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