tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide

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Gas 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
Δfgas-234.9kJ/molEqkKhursan and Martem'yanov, 1991hf from V. P.Komissarov's report
Δfgas-246. ± 5.0kJ/molCcbKozlov and Rabinovich, 1964 

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-294. ± 5.0kJ/molCcbKozlov and Rabinovich, 1964 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-2710. ± 5.0kJ/molCcbKozlov and Rabinovich, 1964Corresponding Δfliquid = -294. kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-2737.kJ/molCcbVaughan, 1951Corresponding Δfliquid = -266. kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-2736. ± 1.kJ/molCcbBell, Dickey, et al., 1949Corresponding Δfliquid = -267. kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)

Phase change 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.

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap47.7 ± 0.2kJ/molVKozlov and Rabinovich, 1964ALS
Δvap48.0kJ/molN/AKozlov and Rabinovich, 1964DRB
Δvap48.1kJ/molVVaughan, 1951ALS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
46.568153.VEgerton, Emte, et al., 1951ALS

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C4H9O2- + Hydrogen cation = tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide

By formula: C4H9O2- + H+ = C4H10O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1552. ± 8.8kJ/molG+TSClifford, Wenthold, et al., 1998gas phase
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1520. ± 8.4kJ/molIMREClifford, Wenthold, et al., 1998gas phase

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

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References

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Khursan and Martem'yanov, 1991
Khursan, S.L.; Martem'yanov, V.S., Thermochemistry of the recombination of peroxyl radicals, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1991, 65, 321-325. [all data]

Kozlov and Rabinovich, 1964
Kozlov, N.A.; Rabinovich, I.B., Thermodynamics of isopropylbenzene and tert-butyl hydroperoxides. I. Heat of combustion and the formation of hydroperoxides; [bond] energy of oxygen-oxygen bond, Tr. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 1964, 189-193. [all data]

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

Bell, Dickey, et al., 1949
Bell, E.R.; Dickey, F.H.; Raley, J.H.; Rust, F.F.; Vaughan, W.E., Oxidation of branched-chain compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 2597-2604. [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]

Clifford, Wenthold, et al., 1998
Clifford, E.P.; Wenthold, P.G.; Gareyev, R.; Lineberger, W.C.; DePuy, C.H.; Bierbaum, V.M.; Ellison, G.B., Photoelectron spectroscopy, gas phase acidity, and thermochemistry of tert-butyl hydroperoxide: Mechanisms for the rearrangement of peroxyl radicals, J. Chem. Phys., 1998, 109, 23, 10293-10310, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.477725 . [all data]


Notes

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