Energies of organic compounds

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6562568· OSTI ID:6562568

The enthalpy of reduction of lactones to the corresponding diols has been determined, allowing the enthalpies of formation of the lactones to be determined. The results of this study agree well with the data we have obtained for the enthalpies of hydrolysis of the lactones. We have begun the measurement of the enthalpies of reduction of norbornanones, and we have shown that it is possible to determine the difference in energy between the exo and endo forms of the product alcohols by measuring the equilibrium constant as a function of temperature. The study of the enthalpies of hydration of carbonly compounds has continued, and the enthalpies of hydrolysis of the corresponding ketals is being determined. The study of the enthalpies of hydration of alkenes is nearly completed, and the rearrangement reactions which were uncovered are being investigated.

• Research Organization: Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-86ER13460
• OSTI ID: 6562568
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/13460-4; ON: DE91001252
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400201* -- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties
ALKENES
CARBONYLS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENTHALPY
ESTERS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDRATION
HYDROCARBONS
LACTONES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROGRESS REPORT
REDUCTION
SOLVATION
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES