Possible precursors and products of deep hydrodesulfurization of gasoline and distillate fuels. Part 2. The thermodynamic properties of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]thiophene

Measurements leading to the calculation of the standard thermodynamic properties for gaseous 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]thiophene (Chemical Abstracts registry number [4565-32-6]) are reported. Experimental methods include combustion calorimetry, adiabatic heat-capacity calorimetry, vibrating-tube densitometry, comparative ebulliometry, inclined-piston gauge manometry, and differential-scanning calorimetry (d.s.c.). Critical properties are estimated for 2,3-dihydobenzo[b]thiophene. Standard molar entropies, standard molar enthalpies, and standard molar Gibbs free energies of formation are derived at selected temperatures between T=298.15 K and T=680 K.     

Possible precursors and products of deep hydrodesulfurization of gasoline and distillate fuels IV. Heat capacities,enthalpy increments,vapor pressures,and derived thermodynamic functions for dicyclohexylsulfide between the temperatures (5 and 520) K

Measurements leading to the calculation of the standard thermodynamic properties for gaseous dicyclohexylsulfide (Chemical Abstracts registry number [7133-46-2]) are reported. Experimental methods include adiabatic heat-capacity calorimetry, and inclined-piston gauge manometry combined with earlier reported measurements of combustion calorimetry, vibrating-tube densitometry, comparative ebulliometry, and differential-scanning calorimetry (d.s.c.). Critical properties are estimated for dicyclohexylsulfide. Standard molar entropies, standard molar enthalpies, and standard molar Gibbs free energies of formation are derived at selected temperatures between (298.15 and 520) K.     

Synthesis of heterocyclic steroids—III An unsuccessful attempt at the synthesis of B-nor-6-thiaequilenin through 3-cyano-7-methoxy-4-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrodibenzothiophene

The synthesis of 3-cyano-7-methoxy-3-methyl-4-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrodibenzothiophene is described. The latter could not be converted to B-nor-6-thiaequilenin, the thioster of equilenin since it failed to undergo Stobbe Condensation with diethyl succinate.     

Thermodynamic properties of 1,2-dihydronaphthalene: Glassy crystals and missing entropy

Measurements leading to the calculation of the standard thermodynamic properties for gaseous 1,2-dihydronaphthalene (Chemical Abstracts registry number [447-53-0]) are reported. Experimental methods include oxygen combustion-bomb calorimetry, adiabatic heat-capacity calorimetry, vibrating-tube densitometry, comparative ebulliometry, and inclined-piston gauge manometry. 1,2-Dihydronaphthalene decomposed significantly when heated to temperatures above T = 480 K. Consequently, the critical temperature, critical pressure, and critical density were estimated. Standard molar entropies, standard molar enthalpies, and standard molar Gibbs free energies of formation were derived at selected temperatures between T = 250 K and 500 K. The standard state is defined as the ideal gas at the pressure p = p^° = 101.325 kPa. Standard entropies are compared with those calculated statistically on the basis of assigned vibrational spectra from the literature for the vapor phase. A large and near constant difference between the entropies calculated statistically and those determined calorimetrically was observed over the entire temperature range studied. Two glass-like features are observed in the heat capacity against temperature curve for the solid state, indicating that the crystals are disordered. A quantitative accounting for the entropy discrepancy is proposed based on possible molecular orientations of 1,2-dihydronaphthalene. Results are compared with experimental values reported in the literature.     

Experimental and Theoretical Investigation on the Thermochemistry of 3-Methyl-2-benzoxazolinone and 6-Nitro-2-benzoxazolinone

The determination of the reliable thermodynamic properties of 2-benzoxazolinone derivatives is the main goal of this work. Some correlations are established between the energetic properties determined and the structural characteristics of the title compounds, and the reactivity of this class of compounds is also evaluated. Static-bomb combustion calorimetry and high-temperature Calvet microcalorimetry were used to determine, respectively, the standard molar enthalpies of formation in the solid state and the standard molar enthalpies of sublimation, both at T = 298.15 K. Using the results obtained for each compound, the respective gas-phase standard molar enthalpy of formation was derived. High-level quantum chemical calculations were performed to estimate the same property and the results evidence good accordance. Moreover, the gas-phase relative thermodynamic stability of 2-benzoxazolinone derivatives was also evaluated using the respective gas-phase standard molar Gibbs energy of formation. In addition, the relationship between the energetic and structural characteristics of the benzoxazolinones is presented, evidencing the enthalpic increments associated with the presence of a methyl and a nitro groups in the molecule, and this effect is compared with similar ones in other structurally related compounds.     

Thermodynamic Stability of Fenclorim and Clopyralid

The present work reports an experimental thermodynamic study of two nitrogen heterocyclic organic compounds, fenclorim and clopyralid, that have been used as herbicides. The sublimation vapor pressures of fenclorim (4,6-dichloro-2-phenylpyrimidine) and of clopyralid (3,6-dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid) were measured, at different temperatures, using a Knudsen mass-loss effusion technique. The vapor pressures of both crystalline and liquid (including supercooled liquid) phases of fenclorim were also determined using a static method based on capacitance diaphragm manometers. The experimental results enabled accurate determination of the standard molar enthalpies, entropies and Gibbs energies of sublimation for both compounds and of vaporization for fenclorim, allowing a phase diagram representation of the (p,T) results, in the neighborhood of the triple point of this compound. The temperatures and molar enthalpies of fusion of the two compounds studied were determined using differential scanning calorimetry. The standard isobaric molar heat capacities of the two crystalline compounds were determined at 298.15 K, using drop calorimetry. The gas phase thermodynamic properties of the two compounds were estimated through ab initio calculations, at the G3(MP2)//B3LYP level, and their thermodynamic stability was evaluated in the gaseous and crystalline phases, considering the calculated values of the standard Gibbs energies of formation, at 298.15 K. All these data, together with other physical and chemical properties, will be useful to predict the mobility and environmental distribution of these two compounds.     

Thermodynamic properties of methylquinolines: Experimental results for 2,6-dimethylquinoline and mutual validation between experiments and computational methods for methylquinolines

Measurements leading to the calculation of the standard thermodynamic properties for gaseous 2,6-dimethylquinoline (Chemical Abstracts registry number [877-43-0]) are reported. Experimental methods included adiabatic heat-capacity calorimetry, vibrating-tube densimetry, comparative ebulliometry, inclined-piston gauge manometry, differential-scanning calorimetry (d.s.c.), and combustion calorimetry. The critical temperature was measured with d.s.c. The critical pressure and critical density were estimated. Molar entropies, molar enthalpies, and molar Gibbs free energies of formation for the ideal gas state were derived at selected temperatures between 298.15 K and 700 K. Results are compared with experimental property values reported previously in the literature. Independent calculations of the ideal gas entropies were performed at the B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) model chemistry for 2,6-dimethylquinoline and other methylquinolines (including hindered internal rotations) and are shown to be in excellent accord with the calorimetric results. Implications of these results are discussed.     

Standard molar enthalpies of combustion of five trans -dimethoxycinnamic acids

The standard (p^o =  0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation for 2,3-, 2,4-, 2,5-, 3,4- and 3,5- trans -dimethoxycinnamic acids, in the gaseous phase, were derived from the standard molar enthalpies of combustion in oxygen, of the crystalline compounds, determined by static bomb combustion calorimetry at T =  298.15 K and from the literature values for the respective enthalpies of sublimation.     

Dipropargyl ethers possessing nitramine units

The syntheses and characterization of novel propargyl ethers of N-(hydroxymethyl)nitramines that contain from one to four nitramine units are reported. All nitramine-functionalized ethers were well characterized by IR and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy as well as CHN analysis, and the X-ray crystal structures of two of them are described. For ethers bearing two or three nitramine units, the standard molar enthalpies of formation at 298.15 K were determined from the experimental standard molar energies of combustion in oxygen measured by static bomb combustion calorimetry     

Thermochemical study of the dicyanoimidazole isomers

The standard (p° = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpy of formation at T = 298.15 K for 4,5-dicyanoimidazole, in the crystalline phase, was derived from the standard molar energy of combustion measured by static bomb combustion calorimetry. This value and the literature value of the standard molar enthalpy of sublimation of the compound allow the calculation of the corresponding gas-phase standard molar enthalpy of formation, at T = 298.15 K. Additionally, theoretical calculations for 4,5-dicyanoimidazole were performed by density functional theory with the hybrid functional B3LYP and the 6-31G(d) basis set, extending the study to the 2,4- and 2,5-dicyanoimidazole isomers. Single-point energy calculations for both molecules were determined at the B3LYP/6-311+G(2df,2p) level of theory. With the objective of assessing the quality of the results, standard ab initio molecular orbital calculations at the G3 level were also performed. Enthalpies of formation, obtained using appropriate working reactions, were calculated and compared with the experimental data.     

Di(propargyl)nitramine: synthesis and reactivity

An improved synthesis of (propargyl)nitramine and its pioneering conversion to di(propargyl)nitramine involve the alkylation of NH nitramines with propargyl halides or tosylate as the key steps. The standard (p° = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpy of formation at 298.15 K for di(propargyl)nitramine was determined from the experimental standard molar energy of combustion in oxygen, measured by static bomb combustion calorimetry. Propargyl nitramines are suitable substrates for 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions with azides, nitrile oxides and diazo compounds.     

Thermodynamic and aromaticity studies for the assessment of the halogen⋯cyano interactions on Iodobenzonitrile

The standard (p° = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation, in the gaseous phase, of the 2-, 3- and 4-iodobenzonitrile isomers were derived from the combination of the corresponding standard molar enthalpies of formation, in the condensed phase, at T = 298.15 K, and the standard molar enthalpies of sublimation, at the same temperature, calculated respectively from the standard molar energies of combustion in oxygen, measured by rotating-bomb calorimetry, and from the vapour-pressure study of the referred compounds, measured by mass-loss Knudsen effusion technique. The strength of the halogen-halogen and the halogen-cyano intermolecular interactions, in the crystal, are evaluated by the enthalpies and entropies of phase transition of the iodobenzonitrile derived from mass-loss Knudsen technique and differential scanning calorimetry measurements and compared with those reported to fluorobenzonitrile and bromobenzonitrile isomers. The computational calculations complement the experimental work, using different aromaticity criteria (HOMA, NICS, Shannom Aromaticity, PDI and ATI) for the analysis of the electronic behaviour of each iodobenzonitrile isomer.     

Synthesis of 4,6-dimethyl-tetrahydro- and hexahydro-dibenzothiophene

2-Bromo-3-methylcyclohexanone was synthesized by conjugate addition of trimethylaluminium to 2-bromo-2-cyclohexen-1-one with copper bromide as catalyst, coupled with 2-methylthiophenol and annulated with the aid of polyphosphoric acid to 4,6-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrodibenzothiophene. The latter was hydrogenated to 4,6-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,9b-hexahydrodibenzothiophene, another intermediate in the hydrodesulfurization of 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene, by zinc and trifluoroacetic acid, and dehydrogenated to 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene.     

Energetic study of bromobenzonitrile isomers: insights on the intermolecular interactions, aromaticity and electronegativity

The standard (p ^o = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation, in the gaseous phase, of 2-, 3- and 4-bromobenzonitrile isomers were calculated from the combination of the following two parameters experimentally determined: the standard molar enthalpy of formation in the condensed phase, derived from the standard molar energy of combustion in oxygen at T = 298.15 K, measured by rotating-bomb combustion calorimetry, and the standard molar enthalpy of sublimation at the same reference temperature, derived from vapour pressure studies at several temperatures, as measured by mass-loss Knudsen effusion. The computational calculations complement the energetic study and analysis of the electron delocalization allows a comparison between the fluorine and bromine benzonitrile isomers. The harmonic oscillator model of aromaticity and nucleus-independent chemical shift aromaticity criteria and the natural bond orbital analysis were applied and related with the intramolecular enthalpic interactions. The intermolecular interactions in the crystal packing were analysed in terms of enthalpic and entropic contributions, using the crystallographic structures available in literature.     

Thermodynamic properties of bromine fluorene derivatives: An experimental and computational study

This report presents a comprehensive experimental and computational study of the thermodynamic properties of two bromine fluorene derivatives: 2-bromofluorene and 2,7-dibromofluorene. The standard (p° = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation in the crystalline phase of these compounds were derived from the standard molar energies of combustion, in oxygen, at T = 298.15 K, measured by rotating bomb combustion calorimetry. The vapour pressures of the crystalline phase of the two compounds were measured using the Knudsen effusion method and a static method that has also been used to measure the liquid vapour pressures of 2-bromofluorene. From these results the standard molar enthalpies, entropies and Gibbs energies of sublimation of the two compounds studied and of vapourisation of 2-bromofluorene were derived. The enthalpies and temperatures of fusion were determined from DSC experiments. Derived results of standard enthalpies and Gibbs energies of formation, in both gaseous and crystalline phases, were compared with the ones reported in the literature for fluorene.The experimental values of the gas-phase enthalpies of formation of each compound were compared with estimates based on density functional theory calculations using the B3LYP hybrid exchange–correlation energy functional with the 6-311++G(d,p) basis set.     

Thermochemical study of 1-, 3- and 4-piperidinecarboxamide derivatives

The standard (p° = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation, at T = 298.15 K, in the gaseous phase, of three piperidinecarboxamide derivatives, namely 1-, 3- and 4-piperidinecarboxamide, were determined from their enthalpies of combustion and sublimation, obtained by static bomb calorimetry in oxygen and by Calvet microcalorimenty, respectively.The final results are analysed and discussed in terms of molecular structure.     

Thermochemical Study of 1-Methylhydantoin

Using static bomb combustion calorimetry, the combustion energy of 1-methylhydantoin was obtained, from which the standard molar enthalpy of formation of the crystalline phase at T = 298.15 K of the compound studied was calculated. Through thermogravimetry, mass loss rates were measured as a function of temperature, from which the enthalpy of vaporization was calculated. Additionally, some properties of fusion were determined by differential scanning calorimetry, such as enthalpy and temperature. Adding the enthalpy of fusion to the enthalpy of vaporization, the enthalpy of sublimation of the compound was obtained at T = 298.15 K. By combining the enthalpy of formation of the compound in crystalline phase with its enthalpy of sublimation, the respective standard molar enthalpy of formation in the gas phase was calculated. On the other hand, the results obtained in the present work were compared with those of other derivatives of hydantoin, with which the effect of the change of some substituents in the base heterocyclic ring was evaluated.     

Experimental and computational study of the thermodynamic properties of 2-nitrofluorene and 2-aminofluorene

This report presents a comprehensive experimental and computational study of the thermodynamic properties of two fluorene derivatives: 2-aminofluorene and 2-nitrofluorene. The standard (p° = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation in the crystalline phase of these compounds were derived from the standard molar energies of combustion, in oxygen, at T = 298.15 K, measured by static bomb combustion calorimetry. A Knudsen effusion method was used to perform the vapour pressure study of the referred compounds, yielding an accurate determination of the standard molar enthalpies and entropies of sublimation. The enthalpies of sublimation were also determined using Calvet microcalorimetry and the enthalpy and temperature of fusion were derived from DSC experiments. Derived results of standard enthalpy and Gibbs energy of formation in both gaseous and crystalline phases were compared with the ones reported in literature for fluorene. A theoretical study at the G3 and G4 levels has been carried out, and the calculated enthalpies of formation have been compared to the experimental values.     

Volumetric properties of binary systems between tetralin and alkylbenzenes

Excess molar volumes of binary mixtures of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (tetralin) with benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, n-propylbenzene, iso-propylbenzene, n-butylbenzene, tert-butylbenzene, and sec-butylbenzene over the whole mole fraction range were measured with a continuous dilution dilatometer. All the experimental values, except that of benzene system, are negative. Flory theory and its extended form, the two-parameter method, were used to describe the volumetric properties. Theoretical prediction of volumetric properties is discussed in terms of the efficiency of the segmental contact sites. It is concluded that the two-parameter method can improve greatly the theoretical results.     

Experimental standard molar enthalpies of formation of crystalline 3,5-dimethylpyrazole, 3,5-dimethyl-4-nitrosopyrazole, 1,3,5-trimethyl-4-nitrosopyrazole,and 3,5-dimethyl-1-phenyl-4-nitrosopyrazole

The standard (p^o =  0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of combustion in oxygen, at T =  298.15 K, for crystalline 3,5-dimethylpyrazole (Me₂Pyr), 3,5-dimethyl-4-nitrosopyrazole (Me₂PyrNO), 1,3,5-trimethyl-4-nitrosopyrazole (Me₃PyrNO), and 3,5-dimethyl-1-phenyl-4-nitrosopyrazole (Me₂PhPyrNO) were measured by static-bomb calorimetry. These values were used to derive the standard molar enthalpies of formation of the crystalline compounds. The standard molar enthalpies of sublimation for these four compounds were measured by microcalorimetry.The experimental results obtained allow us to derive the values of the standard molar enthalpies of formation, in the gaseous state, for the monomeric compounds involved in this work. These last values are discussed comparatively with results previously obtained for some aromatic nitroso derivatives.