Thermodynamic properties of tert-butylbenzene and 1,4-di-tert-butylbenzene

Published

November 1, 2008

Author(s)

Robert D. Chirico, William Steele

Abstract

Heat capacities, enthalpies of phase transitions, and derived thermodynamic properties in the temperature range 5 < (T/K) < 442 were determined with adibatic calorimetry for tert-butylbenzene (TBB) {Chemical Abstracts Service registry number (CASRN) [98-06-6]} and 1,4-di-tert-butylbenzene (DTBB) {CASRN [1012-72-2]}. A crystal to plastic crystal transition very near the triple-point temperature of DTBB was observed. New vapor pressures near the triple-point temperature are also reported for DTBB for the liquid and crystal states. These measurements, when combined with published results, allow calculation of the thermodynamic properties for the ideal gas state for both compounds. The contribution of the tert-butyl group to the entropy of the ideal gas is determined quantitatively here for the first time based on the calorimetric results for the tert-butyl compounds for the temperature range 298.15 < (T/K) <600. Comparisons with literature values are shown for all measured and derived properties, including entropies for the ideal gas derived from ab initio calculations.

Citation

Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics

Volume

41

Issue

3

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2008.10.008

Keywords

tert-butylbenzene, 1, 4-di-tert-butylbenzene, heat capacity, vapor pressure, ideal gas properties, entropy, group contribution, plastic crystal, phase transition

Citation

Chirico, R. and Steele, W. (2008), Thermodynamic properties of tert-butylbenzene and 1,4-di-tert-butylbenzene, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2008.10.008 (Accessed April 26, 2024)