Picric acid

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid-52.07 ± 0.48kcal/molCcbFinch and Smith, 1983ALS
Δfsolid-51.14 ± 0.32kcal/molCcbVorob'yov, Privalova, et al., 1960ALS
Δfsolid-53.76kcal/molCcbRinkenbach, 1930Author hf298_condensed[kcal/mol]=-55.98; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-615. ± 7.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Cp,solid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
57.29293.Taylor and Rinkenbach, 1924T = 90 to 395 K.; DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus395. ± 1.KAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub25.12 ± 0.38kcal/molMECundall, Frank Palmer, et al., 1978Based on data from 314. - 406. K.; AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
25.43483.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987The value of 106.4 kJ/mole from Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987 is likely an enthalpy of sublimation; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
4.0870394.1Farrell, Shahidi, et al., 1979DH
4.09394.1Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
10.4394.1Farrell, Shahidi, et al., 1979DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C6H2N3O7- + Hydrogen cation = Picric acid

By formula: C6H2N3O7- + H+ = C6H3N3O7

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr310.2 ± 2.2kcal/molG+TSKoppel, Taft, et al., 1994gas phase; Per Leito, Raamat, et al., 2009, dGacid is likely too weak by up to 1.3 kcal/mol.
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr302.8 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREKoppel, Taft, et al., 1994gas phase; Per Leito, Raamat, et al., 2009, dGacid is likely too weak by up to 1.3 kcal/mol.
Δr<309.00kcal/molIMRBDzidic, Carroll, et al., 1974gas phase; I- deprotonates

Gas phase ion energetics data

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De-protonation reactions

C6H2N3O7- + Hydrogen cation = Picric acid

By formula: C6H2N3O7- + H+ = C6H3N3O7

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr310.2 ± 2.2kcal/molG+TSKoppel, Taft, et al., 1994gas phase; Per Leito, Raamat, et al., 2009, dGacid is likely too weak by up to 1.3 kcal/mol.
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr302.8 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREKoppel, Taft, et al., 1994gas phase; Per Leito, Raamat, et al., 2009, dGacid is likely too weak by up to 1.3 kcal/mol.
Δr<309.00kcal/molIMRBDzidic, Carroll, et al., 1974gas phase; I- deprotonates

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

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Source reference COBLENTZ NO. 1222
Date Not specified, most likely prior to 1970
Instrument Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.
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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Finch and Smith, 1983
Finch, A.; Smith, A.E., Thermochemistry of nitrophenols. V. Enthalpies of formation of 2,4- and 2,6-dinitrophenols, Thermochim. Acta, 1983, 69, 375-378. [all data]

Vorob'yov, Privalova, et al., 1960
Vorob'yov, A.F.; Privalova, N.M.; Storozhenko, L.V.; Skuratov, S.M., Standard enthalpies of formation of some picrates, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1960, 135, 1131-1132. [all data]

Rinkenbach, 1930
Rinkenbach, W.H., The heats of combustion and formation of aromatic nitro compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1930, 52, 115-120. [all data]

Taylor and Rinkenbach, 1924
Taylor, C.A.; Rinkenbach, W.H., The specific heats of trinitrotoluene, tetryl, picric acid and their molecular complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1924, 46, 1504-1510. [all data]

Cundall, Frank Palmer, et al., 1978
Cundall, Robert B.; Frank Palmer, T.; Wood, Colin E.C., Vapour pressure measurements on some organic high explosives, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1978, 74, 0, 1339, https://doi.org/10.1039/f19787401339 . [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]

Farrell, Shahidi, et al., 1979
Farrell, P.G.; Shahidi, F.; Casellato, F.; Vecchi, C.; Girelli, A., DSC studies of aromatic hydrocarbon picrates, Thermochim. Acta, 1979, 33, 275-280. [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Koppel, Taft, et al., 1994
Koppel, I.A.; Taft, R.W.; Anvia, F.; Zhu, S.Z.; Hu, L.Q.; Sung, K.S.; Desmarteau, D.D.; Yagupolskii, L.M., The Gas-Phase Acidities of Very Strong Neutral Bronsted Acids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 7, 3047, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00086a038 . [all data]

Leito, Raamat, et al., 2009
Leito, I.; Raamat, E.; Kutt, A.; Saame, J.; Kipper, K.; Koppel, I.A.; Koppel, I.; Zhang, M.; Mishima, M.; Yagupolskii, L.M.; Garlyauskayte, R.Y.; Filatov, A.A., Revision of the Gas-Phase Acidity Scale below 300 kcal mol(-1), J. Phys. Chem. A, 2009, 113, 29, 8421-8424, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp903780k . [all data]

Dzidic, Carroll, et al., 1974
Dzidic, I.; Carroll, D.I.; Stillwell, R.N.; Horning, E.C., Gas phase reactions. Ionization by proton transfer to superoxide anions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 5258. [all data]


Notes

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