Benzamide

• Formula: C₇H₇NO
• Molecular weight: 121.1366
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H7NO/c8-7(9)6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H,(H2,8,9) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KXDAEFPNCMNJSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 55-21-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • Benzamide
• Other names: Benzoic acid amide; Benzoylamide; Phenylcarboxyamide
• Information on this page:
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  • Phase change data
  • Reaction thermochemistry data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • UV/Visible spectrum
  • References
  • Notes
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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

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₇H₆NO^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₆NO^- + H⁺ = C₇H₇NO

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
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₇H₆NO^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₆NO^- + H⁺ = C₇H₇NO

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• SOLID (NUJOL MULL); BECKMAN IR-7 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLID (SPLIT MULL, FLUOROLUBE FOR 3800-1333 AND NUJOL FOR 1333-420 CM ^-1); BECKMAN IR-9 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution

Data compiled by: Timothy J. Johnson, Tanya L. Myers, Yin-Fong Su, Russell G. Tonkyn, Molly Rose K. Kelly-Gorham, and Tyler O. Danby

• solid; Bruker Tensor 37 FTIR; 0.96450084 cm^-1 resolution

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

• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

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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Steele, Chirico, et al., 1990
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Nguyen, A.; Hossenlopp, I.A.; Smith, N.K., Determination of ideal-gas enthalpies of formation for key compounds, Am. Inst. Chem. Eng. Symp. Ser. (AIChE Symp. Ser.), 1990, 138-154. [all data]

Kulagina and Kiparisova, 1987
Kulagina, T.G.; Kiparisova, E.G., Enthalpies of combustion and of formation of derivatives of carbamide, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1987, 61, 261-262. [all data]

Nurachmetov, Beremzhanov, et al., 1985
Nurachmetov, N.N.; Beremzhanov, B.A.; Abramova, G.V.; Lebedev, B.V., Thermodynamics of (thio)amides and their compounds with mineral acids at (0-330)K, Thermochim. Acta, 1985, 92, 329-332. [all data]

Cole and Gilbert, 1951
Cole, L.G.; Gilbert, E.C., The heats of combustion of some nitrogen compounds and the apparent energy of the N-N bond, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 5423-5427. [all data]

Anderson and Gilbert, 1942
Anderson, C.M.; Gilbert, E.C., The apparent energy of the N-N bond as calculated from heats of combustion, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 2369-2372. [all data]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Gomez and Sabbah, 1982
Gomez, L.A.T.; Sabbah, R., Thermodynamique de substances azotees. IX. Etude thermochimique de la benzamide. Comparaison des grandeurs energetiques liees a la structure de quelques amides et thioamides, Thermochim. Acta, 1982, 58, 311-315. [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]

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]

Brittain, 2009
Brittain, Harry G., Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of Cocrystals and Salts. 1. The Benzamide-Benzoic Acid System, Crystal Growth & Design, 2009, 9, 5, 2492-2499, https://doi.org/10.1021/cg801397t . [all data]

Acree, 1991
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation, Thermochimica Acta, 1991, 189, 1, 37-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(91)87098-H . [all data]

Taft, 1987
Taft, R.W., The Nature and Analysis of Substitutent Electronic Effects, Personal communication. See also Prog. Phys. Org. Chem., 1987, 16, 1. [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]

Elder, Beynon, et al., 1976
Elder, J.F.; Beynon, J.H.; Cooks, R.G., The benzoyl ion. Thermochemistry and kinetic energy release, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1976, 11, 415. [all data]

Benoit, 1973
Benoit, F., The benzoyl cation: The participation of isolated electronic excited states in the dissociation of molecular ions of the form [C₆H₅COX]⁺, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1973, 7, 1407. [all data]

Cotter, Soc. 1965
Cotter, J.L., Electron-impact fragmentation of pentafluorobenzamide, J. Chem., Soc. 1965, 5742. [all data]

McAlduff, Lynch, et al., 1978
McAlduff, E.J.; Lynch, B.M.; Houk, K.N., Photoelectron spectra of substituted benzamides, Can. J. Chem., 1978, 56, 495. [all data]

Cotter, 1964
Cotter, J.L., Electron impact fragmentation patterns of acetanilide and benzamide, J. Chem. Soc., 1964, 5477. [all data]

Ramart-Lucas and Guilmart, 1950
Ramart-Lucas, P.; Guilmart, T., Sur les variations d'absorption dans les series homologues, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., 1950, 17, 405-411. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  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

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