Enthalpy of phase transitions of lactams

The transpiration method is used to measure the temperature dependences of the vapors pressures of azacyclobutan-2-one (I, CAS 930-21-2) azacyclohexan-2-one (II, CAS 675-20-7); azacyclooctan-2-one (III, CAS 673-66-5); azacyclononan-2-one (IV, CAS 935-30-8) and azacyclotridecan-2-one (V, CAS 947-04-6). Enthalpies of sublimation and vaporisation are determined. The temperatures and enthalpies of fusion of compounds (I, III-V) are found by means of differential scanning calorimetry. The dependences of the enthalpies of vaporisation of lactones, lactams, cycloalkanes, cycloalkanones on the size of a cycle are analyzed.     

The thermodynamic characteristics of 15-pentadecanolide and 16-hexadecanolide

Combustion calorimetry was used to determine the enthalpies of formation of 15-pentadecanolide (I) and 16-hexadecanolide (II). The temperature dependences of vapor pressure of lactones and the enthalpies of vaporization were determined by the transpiration method. Differential scanning calorimetry measurements were performed to find the temperatures and enthalpies of fusion of lactones. Conformational analysis and quantum-chemical calculations of the structural, vibrational, and energy characteristics of stable conformers of I were performed. The molecular and spectral data were used to calculate the thermodynamic properties of I in the ideal gas state. An explanation was suggested of the special features of changes in the enthalpies of vaporization in the series of unsubstituted lactones as the size of their rings increased.     

Thermodynamic properties of mixtures containing ionic liquids: Activity coefficients of aldehydes and ketones in 1-methyl-3-ethyl-imidazolium bis(trifluoromethyl-sulfonyl) imide using the transpiration method

Vapor–liquid equilibria (VLE) of binary mixtures containing the high boiling solutes: nonan-1-al, 4-methyl-benzaldehyde, nonan-2-one, and 4-phenylbutan-2-one and the ionic liquid (IL) [EMIM][NTf₂] were studied by using the transpiration method. VLE measurements were carried out over the whole concentration range at different temperatures between 298 and 323 K. Activity coefficients γ_i of these solvents in the ionic liquid have been determined from these data using the NRTL-equation. In addition vapor pressures of the pure solutes 4-methyl-benzaldehyde, nonan-2-one and 4-phenylbutan-2-one have been measured as function of temperature and their enthalpies of vaporization have been obtained.     

Regioselective synthesis of functionally hindered α-methylstyrenes through ring transformation of 2H-pyran-2-ones with mesityl oxide

A regioselective synthesis of α-methylstyrenes with electron-withdrawing or -donating substituents is described and illustrated by carbanion-induced ring transformation of 2H-pyran-2-one with mesityl oxide in excellent yield. The potential of the reaction lies in the creation of an aromatic ring possessing an isopropenyl unit from six-membered lactones at room temperature under mild reaction conditions.     

Thermochemistry of aromatic ketones. Experimental enthalpies of formation and structural effects

The standard enthalpies of formation Δ_fH^o (liq. or cr.) at the temperature T = 298.15 K were measured using combustion calorimetry for benzophenone (A), 1-indanone (B), -tetralone (C), 9-fluorenone (D), anthrone (E) and dibenzosuberone (F). The standard enthalpies of vaporization Δ_vH^o or sublimation Δ_sH^o of A-F and 5,7-dihydro-6H-dibenzo[a,c]cyclohepten-6-one (G) were obtained from the temperature function of the vapor pressure measured in a flow system. Enthalpies of fusion Δ_mH of solid compounds were measured by DSC. From the enthalpies of formation of the gaseous compounds of A-G the values of their strain enthalpies were derived and structural effects discussed.

     

Hydroxy lactones with the gem-dimethylcyclohexane system – Synthesis and antimicrobial activity

Two new lactones comprising the gem-dimethylcyclohexane ring: 2-chloro-5,5-dimethyl-9-oxabicyclo[4.3.0]nonan-8-one and 2-bromo-5,5-dimethyl-9-oxabicyclo[4.3.0]nonan-8-one as well as the already known 2-iodo-5,5-dimethyl-9-oxabicyclo[4.3.0]nonan-8-one, were obtained from (6,6-dimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl)acetic acid. These lactones were used as substrates for the screening of biotransformation by whole cells of nine fungal strains (Fusarium species, Syncephalastrum racemosum and Cunninghamella japonica). Some of these microorganisms (mainly Fusarium species) transformed all three lactones during the hydrolytic dehalogenation into 2-hydroxy-5,5-dimethyl-9-oxabicyclo[4.3.0]nonan-8-one. It is worth noting that two microorganisms (Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium scirpi) converted iodolactone with very high enantioselectivity (75.1% and 91.6%, respectively). The (+) isomer of hydroxy lactone was preferred. At the last step the hydroxy lactone obtained during biotransformation was examined for its biological activity against bacteria, yeasts and fungi. It was found that this compound inhibits growth of some tested microorganisms.     

Recommended vapor pressures for thiophene, sulfolane, and dimethyl sulfoxide

Recommended vapor pressure data for important industrial solvents, thiophene (CAS RN: 110-02-1), sulfolane (CAS RN: 126-33-0), and dimethyl sulfoxide (CAS RN: 67-68-5), were developed by the simultaneous correlation of vapor pressure and related thermal data (heat capacities of condensed phases, ideal gas heat capacities and calorimetrically determined enthalpies of vaporization). For sulfolane and dimethyl sulfoxide, new vapor pressure data were obtained using the static method in the temperature interval from 273 to 308 K. Liquid heat capacities and calorimetric enthalpies of vaporization were taken from the literature and/or determined by Calvet calorimetry. The thermodynamic properties in the ideal gaseous state were calculated using the methods of statistical thermodynamics based on experimental as well as calculated fundamental vibrational frequencies and molecular structure data. Comparisons with literature values are shown for all measured and derived properties.     

Thermochemische Untersuchungen an cyclischen Ketonen

The enthalpies of formation of the nine cyclic ketones C_nH_2n?2O (n = 4–12) were determined by combustion calorimetry. The heats of vaporization were determined by measuring the vapor pressure as a function of temperature and the heats of fusion of the three compounds with n = 8, 9, 12 which are solids at room temperature, by DSC.     

The temperature dependence of saturated vapor pressure over alkaline-earth metal pivaloyltrifluoroacetonate complexes

The temperature dependences of saturated vapor pressure over M(PTA)₂ · 15-crown-5, where M = Ca, Sr, or Ba and PTA is the pivaloyltrifluoroacetonate anion, were studied by the Knudsen effusion method, and the enthalpies of compound sublimation were calculated. Changes in volatility depending on the central metal atom were determined.     

The enthalpies of vaporization of some hydrocarbons with three-membered rings

The enthalpies of vaporization of four compounds with three-membered rings (bicyclopropyl, 1,2-bicyclopropylacetylene, 1-cyclopropylpentadiine-1,3, and 1,2,2-trimethylcyclopropene) were determined calorimetrically. The temperature dependence of saturated vapor pressure of 1,2,2-trimethylcyclopropene was studied by ebulliometry, and the results were approximated by the equation lnp = A + B/T. The enthalpy of vaporization, normal boiling temperature, critical parameter, and similarity criterion according to the law of corresponding states in the variant suggested by Filippov were calculated. The calculated corrections to the enthalpy of vaporization (kJ/mol) for the cyclopropene ring containing methyl substituents are discussed in comparison with the data on related compounds.     

Structural studies of cyclic ureas: 1. Enthalpies of formation of imidazolidin-2-one and N,N′-trimethyleneurea

A thermophysical and thermochemical study has been carried out for crystalline imidazolidin-2-one and N,N′-trimethyleneurea [tetrahydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one]. The thermophysical study was made by differential scanning calorimetry, d.s.c., in the temperature intervals between T = 268 K and their respective melting temperatures. Several solid–solid transitions have been detected in imidazolidin-2-one. The standard (p^° = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation, at T = 298.15 K, for crystalline imidazolidin-2-one and N,N′-trimethyleneurea [tetrahydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one], were determined using static-bomb combustion calorimetry. The standard molar enthalpies of sublimation, at T = 298.15 K, for the two compounds were derived from the variation of their vapour pressures, measured by the Knudsen effusion method, with the temperature. These two thermochemical parameters yielded the standard molar enthalpies of formation of the two cyclic urea compounds studied in the gaseous phase at T = 298.15 K. These values are discussed in terms of molecular structural contributions and interpreted on the bases of the “benzo-condensed effect” and of the ring strain of imidazolidin-2-one.     

Melting,volatilisation and crystal lattice enthalpies of acridin-9(10H)-ones

The enthalpies and temperatures of melting and sublimation of acridin-9(10H)-one, 10-methylacridin-9(10H)-one, 2,10-dimethylacridin-9(10H)-one, 10-methyl-2-nitroacridin-9(10H)-one, 10-ethylacridin-9(10H)-one and 10-phenylacridin-9(10H)-one were measured by DSC. Enthalpies and temperatures of volatilisation were also obtained by fitting TG curves to the Clausius-Clapeyron relationship. Complementary investigations for anthracene showed the extent to which the thermodynamic characteristics thus obtained compare with those determined by means of other techniques. For compounds whose crystal structures are known, experimental enthalpies of sublimation correspond reasonably well to crystal lattice enthalpies predicted theoretically as the sum of electrostatic, dispersive and repulsive interactions. Analysis of crystal lattice enthalpy contributions indicates that dispersive interactions always predominate. Interactions are enhanced in acridin-9(10H)-one where intermolecular hydrogen bonds occur: this is reflected in the relatively high enthalpy of sublimation. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

A new approach for the estimation of sublimation enthalpies and vapor pressures of crystalline benzene derivatives

This work presents a new approach for estimating sublimation enthalpies and vapor pressures of substituted benzenes. Proposed estimating equations were based on a collection of selected literature results of vapor pressures of ca. 240 benzene derivatives attached with 30 different substituents. Compared to experimental results, best estimates are obtained from the equations that include the temperature of fusion. A review of the results determined for substituted benzenes using two different calorimetric techniques shows that the results of enthalpies of sublimation derived from vapor pressures seem to be more reliable than those derived from the calorimetric techniques.     

The thermodynamic properties of DL- and L-lactides

The enthalpies of formation of DL-lactide and L-lactide, cyclic esters of lactic acid, were determined by combustion calorimetry. The transfer method was used to measure their vapor pressures and obtain the enthalpies of sublimation. A conformational analysis of lactides was performed, and the most stable conformations were determined. The equilibrium structures of lactides, sets of fundamental vibrations, moments of inertia, and total energies of the most stable conformers were calculated quantum-chemically at the B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,3pd) level. The G3MP2 composite method was used to estimate the enthalpies of formation of lactides in the gas phase. The thermodynamic properties of lactides in the ideal gas state were calculated over the temperature range 100–1500 K.     

The thermodynamic properties of alkylated γ-lactones

The enthalpies of formation of γ-pentanolactone (I), γ-hexanolactone (II), and γ-nonanolactone (III) were determined by combustion calorimetry. The enthalpies of vaporization of these lactones were measured by the transfer method. Conformational analysis was performed and equilibrium structures, sets of fundamental vibrations, moments of inertia, and total energies of the stablest conformers of I, II, and III were calculated by the B3LYP/6-311G(d,p), G3MP2, and CBS-QB3 methods. The experimental IR spectra and calculated vibrational frequencies were used to obtain sets of fundamental vibrations of the stablest conformations. The thermodynamic properties of I–III in the ideal gas state were determined over the temperature range 0–1500 K. Additive and quantum-chemical methods were applied to estimate the Δ_f H ^o(g) values of a number of γ-lactones. Composite quantum-chemical methods were used to obtain the energies of monomethyl γ-butyrolactones and estimate their relative stability depending on the position of the methyl substituent in the ring.     

Heat capacity,saturation vapor pressure,and thermodynamic functions of ethyl esters of C<Subscript>3</Subscript>–C<Subscript>5</Subscript> and C<Subscript>18</Subscript> carboxylic acids

The heat capacities of ethyl propanoate (EPr), ethyl n-pentanoate (EPen), and ethyl n-octadecanoate (ethyl stearate, ESt) were measured by vacuum adiabatic calorimetry in the temperature range of 6 to 373 K. Triple point temperatures, fusion enthalpies and entropies, and purity of the samples of the sub-stances under study were determined. The saturation vapor pressures for EPr and EPen were determined by comparative ebulliometry in an atmospheric pressure range of 4.0 to 101.7 kPa. The normal boiling points and vaporization enthalpies vs. temperature were obtained. The standard thermodynamic functions (S, H, and G) were calculated for the condensed and ideal gas states on the basis of the experimental data. The vapor pressures of the atmospheric range were extrapolated to entire ranges of the liquid phases of EPr and EPen using the principle of corresponding states and the combined processing of pT parameters and low-temperature differences in the heat capacities of an ideal gas and liquid.     

The enthalpies of formation of two dibenzocyclooctadienones

The standard molar enthalpies of formation (Δ_fH_m⁰(s)/kJmol⁻¹) for 2,3:6,7-dibenzocycloocta-2,6-dien-1-one and 2,3:7,8-dibenzocycloocta-2,7-dien-1-one [6H-11,12-dihydro-dibenzo[a,e]cycloocten-5-one (ketone 1) and 10H-11,12-dihydrodibenzo[a,d]-cycloocten-5-one (ketone 2), respectively] were derived from enthalpies of combustion, measured by means of a microbomb calorimeter. The fusion and vaporization enthalpies of these compounds were obtained from DSC and correlation gas chromatography measurements. The standard molar enthalpies of formation in the gas phase were calculated by combining the condensed phase standard molar enthalpies of formation with the fusion and vaporization enthalpies adjusted to 298.15 K. Values for Δ_fH_m⁰(g) of (−39.9±5.5) and (−14.8±5.3) kJ mol⁻¹ were obtained for 2,3:6,7-dibenzocycloocta-2,6-dien-1-one and 2,3:7,8-dibenzocycloocta-2,7-dien-1-one, respectively. Quantum chemical calculations are reported for the compounds investigated experimentally and an additional four isomers. Isomerization enthalpies are derived from computed energies. The enthalpies of formation are also calculated by group additivity, compared with the experimental values and then correlated with the structure of the molecules investigated. The X-ray analysis of ketone 1 is also reported.     

Temperature dependences of saturated vapor pressure and the enthalpy of vaporization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-pentyl esters of dicarboxylic acids

The saturated vapor pressures and enthalpies of vaporization of n-pentyl esters of linear С₂–С₆ dicarboxylic acids are determined by the transpiration method in the temperature range of 309.2–361.2 K. The dependences of enthalpies of vaporization on the number of carbon atoms in the molecule and on the retention indices have been determined. The predictive capabilities of the existing calculation schemes for estimation of enthalpy of vaporization of the studied compounds have been analyzed.     

Calorimetric and computational study of 1,3- and 1,4-oxathiane sulfones

The enthalpies of formation in the condensed and gas states, DeltafH degrees m(cd) and DeltafH degrees m(g), of 1,3- and 1,4-oxathiane sulfones were derived from their respective enthalpies of combustion in oxygen, measured by a rotating bomb calorimeter and the variation of vapor pressures with temperatures determined by the Knudsen effusion technique. Standard ab initio molecular orbital calculations at the G2(MP2) and G3 levels were performed, and a theoretical study on molecular and electronic structure of the compounds has been carried out. Calculated DeltafH degrees m(g) values at the G3 level using atomization reactions agree well with the experimental ones. These experimental and theoretical studies support that the destabilization found in 1,3-oxathiane sulfone, 11.2 kJ mol-1 respecting to 1,4-oxathiane sulfone, is due to the electrostatic repulsion between the negative charges of the axial oxygen of the sulfone and the oxygen of the ring and apparently masks any stabilization originating from the hyperconjugative nO --> sigma*C-SO2 stereoelectronic interaction.