Thermodynamics of a seventh generation carbosilane dendrimer with phenylic substituent on the initial branching center and terminal butyl groups

The temperature dependence of the heat capacity of carbosilane dendrimer of the seventh generation of series 3 × 3 with phenylic substituent on the initial branching center and terminal butyl groups was studied by the methods of precision adiabatic vacuum calorimetry and differential scanning calorimetry over the temperature range T = 7–580 K for the first time. Physical transformations in the above temperature range were detected and their standard thermodynamic characteristics estimated and analyzed. The experimental results were used to calculate standard thermodynamic functions C _p ^∘(T), H ^∘(T)-H ^∘(0), S ^∘(T)-S ^∘(0), and G ^∘(T)-H ^∘(0) (0) over the range T → 0–580 K and standard entropy of formation of dendrimer at T = 298.15 K. The thermodynamic properties of carbosilane dendrimers of the seventh generation of series 4 × 3 with terminal butyl groups and the samples studied in this work were compared.