Caprolactam

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Phase change 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:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus342.3KN/AKozyro, Marachuk, et al., 1989Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Tfus342.35KN/AMastrangelo, 1957Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.03 K; TRC
Tfus342.2KN/AStrepikheev, Skuratov, et al., 1955Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple342.31KN/AKabo, Kozyro, et al., 1992Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.01 K; TRC
Ttriple342.30KN/AKolesov, Paukov, et al., 1962Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.01 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub20.9 ± 0.05kcal/molN/AKabo, Kozyro, et al., 1992AC
Δsub21.45 ± 0.19kcal/molVKabo, Kozyro, et al., 1992, 2ALS

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (atm) Reference Comment
410.20.013Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
20.856298.15N/AKabo, Kozyro, et al., 1992DH
16.5 ± 0.07360.EBSteele, Chirico, et al., 2002Based on data from 350. - 568. K.; AC
15.7 ± 0.07400.EBSteele, Chirico, et al., 2002Based on data from 350. - 568. K.; AC
14.9 ± 0.05440.EBSteele, Chirico, et al., 2002Based on data from 350. - 568. K.; AC
14.1 ± 0.05480.EBSteele, Chirico, et al., 2002Based on data from 350. - 568. K.; AC
13.3 ± 0.07520.EBSteele, Chirico, et al., 2002Based on data from 350. - 568. K.; AC
12.5 ± 0.1560.EBSteele, Chirico, et al., 2002Based on data from 350. - 568. K.; AC
14.9388.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 373. - 543. K.; AC

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
20.6316.MEZaitsau, Paulechka, et al., 2006Based on data from 293. - 338. K.; AC
20.8320.GSZaitsau, Paulechka, et al., 2006Based on data from 302. - 339. K.; AC
21.3 ± 0.2335.MEKabo, Kozyro, et al., 1992Based on data from 330. - 340. K.; AC
20.6 ± 0.05338.CKabo, Kozyro, et al., 1992AC
18.5273.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 258. - 308. K.; AC
19.9 ± 0.2294. - 314.N/AAihara, 1953See also Jones, 1960, Cox and Pilcher, 1970, and Aihara, 1960.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
3.8470342.305N/AKabo, Kozyro, et al., 1992DH
3.8561342.36N/AMastrangelo, 1957, 2DH
3.8470342.305N/AKolesov, Paukov, et al., 1962, 2DH
3.8470342.305N/AKolesov, Paukov, et al., 1959DH
3.862342.2N/AShevelyova, Zaitsau, et al., 2007AC
3.87342.3DSCSteele, Chirico, et al., 2002AC
3.85343.3N/AKabo, Kozyro, et al., 1992AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
11.2342.305Kolesov, Paukov, et al., 1962, 2DH
11.2342.305Kolesov, Paukov, et al., 1959DH

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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Kozyro, Marachuk, et al., 1989
Kozyro, A.A.; Marachuk, L.I.; Krasulin, A.P.; Yursha, I.A.; Kabo, G.Ya., Thermodynamic properties of cyclohexanone oxime and ε-caprolactam, Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1989, 62, 595. [all data]

Mastrangelo, 1957
Mastrangelo, S.V.R., Adiabatic calorimeter for determination of cryoscopic data., Anal. Chem., 1957, 29, 841. [all data]

Strepikheev, Skuratov, et al., 1955
Strepikheev, A.A.; Skuratov, S.M.; Kachinskaya, O.N.; Muromova, R.S.; Brykina, E.P.; Shtekher, S.M., Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1955, 102, 105. [all data]

Kabo, Kozyro, et al., 1992
Kabo, G.J.; Kozyro, A.A.; Krouk, V.S.; Sevruk, V.M.; Yursha, I.A.; Simirsky, V.V.; Gogolinsky, V.I., Thermodynamic properties of 6-aminohexanoic lactam (e-caprolactam), J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1992, 24, 1-13. [all data]

Kolesov, Paukov, et al., 1962
Kolesov, V.P.; Paukov, I.E.; Skuratov, S.M., Free energy change in the polymerizations of lactams under standard conditions chloride), Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1962, 36, 770. [all data]

Kabo, Kozyro, et al., 1992, 2
Kabo, G.J.; Kozyro, A.A.; Krouk, V.S.; Sevruk, V.M.; Yursha, I.A.; Simirsky, V.V.; Gogolinsky, V.I., Thermodynamic properties of 6-aminohexanoic lactam (ε-caprolactam), J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1992, 24, 1-3. [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]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 2002
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Measurements of Vapor Pressure, Heat Capacity, and Density along the Saturation Line for γ-Caprolactam, Pyrazine, 1,2-Propanediol, Triethylene Glycol, Phenyl Acetylene, and Diphenyl Acetylene, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 4, 689-699, https://doi.org/10.1021/je010085z . [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]

Zaitsau, Paulechka, et al., 2006
Zaitsau, Dzmitry H.; Paulechka, Yauheni U.; Kabo, Gennady J.; Kolpikau, Aleh N.; Emel'yanenko, Vladimir N.; Heintz, Andreas; Verevkin, Sergey P., Thermodynamics of the Sublimation and of the Vaporization of γ-Caprolactam, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2006, 51, 1, 130-135, https://doi.org/10.1021/je050277k . [all data]

Aihara, 1953
Aihara, A., J. Chem. Soc. Jpn. Pure Chem. Sect., 1953, 74, 437. [all data]

Jones, 1960
Jones, A.H., Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 2, 196-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60006a019 . [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [all data]

Aihara, 1960
Aihara, Ariyuki, Estimation of the Energy of Hydrogen Bonds Formed in Crystals. III. Amides, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1960, 33, 9, 1188-1194, https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.33.1188 . [all data]

Mastrangelo, 1957, 2
Mastrangelo, S.V.R., Adiabatic calorimeter for determination of cryoscopic data, Anal. Chem., 1957, 29(5), 841-845. [all data]

Kolesov, Paukov, et al., 1962, 2
Kolesov, V.P.; Paukov, I.E.; Skuratov, S.M., Free energy change in the polymerization of lactams under standard conditions [low temperature heat capacities of lactams and potassium], Zhur. Fiz. Khim., 1962, 36, 770-779. [all data]

Kolesov, Paukov, et al., 1959
Kolesov, V.P.; Paukov, I.E.; Skuratov, S.M.; Seregin, E.A., Standard entropies of certain lactams, Dokl. Akad. Nauk., 1959, SSSR 128, 130-132. [all data]

Shevelyova, Zaitsau, et al., 2007
Shevelyova, Marina P.; Zaitsau, Dzmitry H.; Paulechka, Yauheni U.; Blokhin, Andrey V.; Kabo, Gennady J.; Verevkin, Sergey P.; Heintz, Andreas, Solid-Liquid Equilibrium and Activity Coefficients for Caprolactam + 1-Hexyl-3-methylimidazolium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide and Cyclohexanone Oxime + 1-Hexyl-3-methylimidazolium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2007, 52, 4, 1360-1365, https://doi.org/10.1021/je7000683 . [all data]


Notes

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