Anthracene, 9-methyl-

• Formula: C₁₅H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 192.2558
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C15H12/c1-11-14-8-4-2-6-12(14)10-13-7-3-5-9-15(11)13/h2-10H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CPGPAVAKSZHMBP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 779-02-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 9-Methylanthracene
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  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • UV/Visible spectrum
  • References
  • Notes
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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

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₁₅H₁₁^- +  =

By formula: C₁₅H₁₁^- + H⁺ = C₁₅H₁₂

C₂₁H₁₂N₄ =  + 

By formula: C₂₁H₁₂N₄ = C₆N₄ + C₁₅H₁₂

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
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Proton affinity at 298K

Gas basicity at 298K

Ionization energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₁₅H₁₁^- +  =

By formula: C₁₅H₁₁^- + H⁺ = C₁₅H₁₂

IR Spectrum

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• SOLUTION (2% CCl4 FOR 3800-1330, 2% CS2 FOR 1330-400 CM^-1); BECKMAN IR-9 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 2 cm^-1 resolution

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

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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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References

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Bradsher and Webster, 1957
Bradsher, C.K.; Webster, S.T., A New Base-catalyzed Cyclization Reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 393-5. [all data]

Huang-Minlon, 1949
Huang-Minlon, Reduction of Steroid Ketones and Other Carbonyl Compounds by Modified Wolff-Kishner Method, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 3301. [all data]

Hanshaw, Nutt, et al., 2008
Hanshaw, William; Nutt, Marjorie; Chickos, James S., Hypothetical Thermodynamic Properties. Subcooled Vaporization Enthalpies and Vapor Pressures of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2008, 53, 8, 1903-1913, https://doi.org/10.1021/je800300x . [all data]

Ribeiro da Silva, Amaral, et al., 2006
Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Amaral, Luísa M.P.F.; Santos, Ana Filipa L.O.M.; Gomes, José R.B., Thermochemistry of some alkylsubstituted anthracenes, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2006, 38, 4, 367-375, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2005.06.001 . [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]

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]

Sivaraman and Kobayashi, 1983
Sivaraman, Alwarappa; Kobayashi, Riki, Vapor pressures and enthalpies of vaporization of thianthrene, acridine, and 9-methylanthracene at elevated temperatures, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1983, 15, 12, 1127-1135, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(83)90003-4 . [all data]

Bartmess and Griffiths, 1990
Bartmess, J.E.; Griffiths, S.S., Tautomerization Energetics of Benzoannelated Toluenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 8, 2932, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00164a014 . [all data]

Zhang, Bordwell, et al., 1993
Zhang, X.M.; Bordwell, F.G.; Bares, J.E.; Cheng, J.P.; Petrie, B.C., Homolytic Bond Dissociation Energies of the Acidic C-H Bonds in alpha-Substituted and 10-Substituted 9-Methylanthracenes and Their Related Radical Anions, J. Org. Chem., 1993, 58, 11, 3051, https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00063a025 . [all data]

Lotfi and Roberts, 1979
Lotfi, M.; Roberts, R.M.G., Kinetics and mechanism of Diels-Alder additions of tetracyanoethylene to anthracene derivatives - I. Substituent effects, Tetrahedron, 1979, 35, 2131-2136. [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]

Aue, Guidoni, et al., 2000
Aue, D.H.; Guidoni, M.; Betowski, L.D., Ab initio calculated gas-phase basicities of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2000, 201, 283. [all data]

Mautner(Meot-Ner), 1980
Mautner(Meot-Ner), M., Ion thermochemistry of low volatility compounds in the gas phase. 3. Polycyclic aromatics: Ionization energies, proton, and hydrogen affinities. Extrapolations to graphite, J. Phys. Chem., 1980, 84, 2716. [all data]

Klasinc, Kovac, et al., 1978
Klasinc, L.; Kovac, B.; Schoof, S.; Gusten, H., Photoelectron spectroscopy of 9-substituted anthracenes, Croat. Chem. Acta., 1978, 51, 307. [all data]

Hino and Inokuchi, 1974
Hino, S.; Inokuchi, H., Photoelectron spectrum (He I) of 9-methylanthracene, Chem. Lett., 1974, 363. [all data]

Nounou, 1966
Nounou, P., Etude des composes aromatiques par spectrometrie de masse. I. Mesure des potentials d'ionisation et d'apparition par la methode du potential retardateur et interpretation des courbes d'ionisation differentielle, J. Chim. Phys., 1966, 63, 994. [all data]

Jongsma, Vermeer, et al., 1975
Jongsma, C.; Vermeer, H.; Bickelhaupt, F.; Schafer, W.; Schweig, A., 10-methyl-9-phosphaanthracene, Tetrahedron, 1975, 31, 2931. [all data]

Clar, 1949
Clar, E., Das anellierungsprinzip und die resonanz in aromatischen kohlenwasserstoffen (aromatische kohlenwasserstoffe, LIV. Mitteil), Chem. Ber., 1949, 82, 6, 495-514. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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