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Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem A. 2015 Nov 9;119(46):11329–11365. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b07908

Table 17.

Corrected Values of the Enthalpy of Formation ΔfH298K° (kJ/mol) Computed Using the G3MP2B3 model chemistry

name formula CAS registry no.
ΔfH298K°(expt)
ΔfH298K°(corr) G3MP2B3 residual
Benzene/Alkyls
benzene C6H6 71-43-2     82.9 ± 0.9 84.5 1.6
toluene C7H8 108-88-3     50.1 ± 1.1 52.1 2.0
ethylbenzene C8H10 100-41-4     29.8 ± 0.8 30.3 0.5
prop-1-ylbenzene C9H12 103-65-1       7.8 ± 0.8 7.7 −0.1
prop-2-ylbenzene C9H12 98-82-8       3.9       3.1 −0.8
but-1-ylbenzene C10H14 104-51-8   −13.8 ± 1.3 −13.7 0.1
but-2-ylbenzene C10H14 135-98-8   −17.4 ± 1.4 −16.9 0.5
isobutylbenzene C10H14 538-93-2   −21.5 ± 1.4 −23.2 −1.7
tert-butylbenzene C10H14 98-06-6   −22.7 ± 1.4 −25.1 −2.4
Benzene/Alkyls-Multi
1,2-dimethylbenzene C8H10 95-47-6     19.0 ± 1.1 18.9 −0.1
1,3-dimethylbenzene C8H10 108-38-3     17.2 ± 0.8 17.5 0.3
1,4-dimethylbenzene C8H10 106-42-3     17.9 ± 1.0 17.9 0.0
1-ethyl-2-methylbenzene C9H12 611-14-3       1.2 ± 1.2 −0.7 −1.9
1-ethyl-3-methylbenzene C9H12 620-14-4     −1.9 ± 1.2 −2.9 −1.0
1-ethyl-4-methylbenzene C9H12 622-96-8     −3.3 ± 1.5 −1.5 1.9
1,2-diethylbenzene C10H14 135-01-3   −19.5 ± 2.2 −21.7 −2.2
1,3-diethylbenzene C10H14 141-93-5   −21.6 ± 2.2 −24.1 −2.5
1,4-diethylbenzene C10H14 105-05-5   −22.1 ± 2.2 −23.2 −1.1
1,2,3-trimethylbenzene C9H12 526-73-8     −9.6 ± 1.3 −8.8 0.8
1,2,4-trimethylbenzene C9H12 95-63-6   −13.9 ± 1.1 −15.3 −1.4
1,3,5-trimethylbenzene C9H12 108-67-8   −15.9 ± 1.3 −14.9 1.0
Benzene/Cycloalkyls
1-cyclopropyl-2-methylbenzene C10H12 27546-46-9   125.5 ± 2.2 126.8 1.3
cyclohexylbenzene C12H16 827-52-1   −16.7 ± 1.5 −19.8 −3.1
Naphthalene/Alkyls
naphthalene C10H8 91-20-3   150.6 ± 1.6 149.4 −1.2
1-methylnaphthalene C11H10 90-12-0   116.9 ± 2.7 116.7 −0.2
2-methylnaphthalene C11H10 91-57-6   116.1 ± 2.6 115.6 −0.5
1-ethylnaphthalene C12H12 1127-76-0     98.0 ± 5.0 97.1 −0.9
1,8-dimethylnaphthalene C12H12 569-41-5   108.8 ± 3.0 109.5 0.7
2,3-dimethylnaphthalene C12H12 581-40-8     79.9 ± 2.0 82.3 2.4
2,6-dimethylnaphthalne C12H12 581-42-0     78.7 ± 2.5 82.0 3.3
2,7-dimethylnaphthalene C12H12 582-16-1     79.5 ± 0.6 82.0 2.5
1-ethyl-8-methylnaphthalene C13H14 61886-71-3     98.1 ± 1.5 96.5 −1.6
1,4,5,8-tetramethylnaphthalene C14H16 2717-39-7     81.6 ± 3.6 80.7 −0.9
Naphthalene/Hydro
1,2-dihydronaphthalene C10H10 447-53-0   124.8 ± 3.3 124.4 −0.4
1,4-dihydronaphthalene C10H10 612-17-9   137.5 ± 3.2 136.8 −0.7
1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene C10H12 119-64-2     24.0 ± 3.2 22.9 −1.1
trans-decalin C10H18 493-02-7 −182.2 ± 2.3 −186.2 −4.0
Benzene/Benzocyclo
benzocyclobutane C8H8 694-87-1   199.4 ± 0.9 199.8 0.4
indan C9H10 496-11-7     60.9 ± 2.1 59.5 −1.5
4,6-dimethylindan C11H14 1685-82-1     −5.8 ± 1.7 −6.4 −0.6
benzocyclobutene C8H6 4026-23-7   406.0 ± 17.0 408.3 2.3
indene C9H8 95-13-6   161.2 ± 2.3 159.8 −1.4
Naphthalene/Naphthacyclo
cyclopropa[b]naphthalene C11H8 286-85-1   435.0 ± 5.0 440.4 5.4
acenaphthylene C12H8 208-96-8   263.2 ± 3.7 260.9 −2.3
acenaphthene C12H10 83-32-9   156.8 ± 3.1 155.7 −1.1
Benzene/Alkenyls
ethenylbenzene C8H8 100-42-5   146.9 ± 1.0 148.4 1.5
(E)-propen-1-ylbenzene C9H10 873-66-5   117.2 117.0 −0.2
(Z)-propen-1-ylbenzene C9H10 766-90-5   121.4 124.2 2.8
propen-2-ylbenzene C9H10 98-83-9   118.3 ± 1.4 117.0 −1.3
propen-3-ylbenzene C9H10 300-57-2   133.8 ± 1.1 134.3 0.5
Benzene/Phenyl
phenylbenzene C12H10 92-52-4   180.3 ± 3.3 178.1 −2.2
benzylbenzene C13H12 101-81-5   162.3 ± 2.3 163.6 1.3
2-phenyltoluene C13H12 643-58-3   152.8 ± 1.5 149.7 −3.1
phenylethylbenzene C14H14 103-29-7   135.6 ± 1.3 139.9 4.3
PAH/Misc
biphenylene C12H8 259-79-0   417.2 ± 1.9 415.8 −1.4
anthracene C14H10 120-12-7   230.9 ± 3.7 229.7 −1.2
phenanthrene C14H10 85-01-8   201.4 ± 3.5 206.6 5.2
pyrene C16H10 129-00-0   225.5 ± 4.3 226.5 1.0
chrysene C18H12 218-01-9   268.5 ± 2.8 269.2 0.7
benzo[c]phenanthrene C18H12 195-19-7   295.3 ± 9.1 291.1 −4.2
perylene C20H12 198-55-0   317.4 ± 3.5 315.6 −1.8
6,6-diphenylfulvene C18H14 2175-90-8   402.0 ± 15.0 396.0 −6.0
fluoranthene C16H10 206-44-0   291.4 ± 4.0 282.4 −9.0
coronene C24H12 191-07-1   300.9 ± 9.9 294.9 −6.0
fluorene C13H10 86-73-7   176.7 ± 3.1 179.4 2.4
Deviations (>3σ Low)
3-phenyltoluene C13H12 643-93-6   152.5 ± 8.0 145.3 −7.2
benz[a]anthracene C18H12 56-55-3   290.3 ± 6.0 279.8 −10.5
1,2-diphenylbenzene C18H14 84-15-1   282.8 ± 3.2 273.2 −9.6
azulene C10H8 275-51-4   308.0 292.1 −15.9
Deviations (>3σ High)
9-methylfluorene C14H12 2523-37-7   148.0 ± 1.1 155.0 7.0
4-phenyltoluene C13H12 644-08-6   138.2 ± 2.9 145.9 7.7
(E)-1,2-diphenylethene C14H12 103-30-0   233.7 ± 2.0 239.4 5.7
(Z)-1,2-diphenylethene C14H12 645-49-8   245.9 ± 1.3 252.9 7.0
ethynylbenzene C8H6 536-74-3   306.6 ± 1.7 318.2 11.6
propyn-1-ylbenzene C9H8 673-32-5   268.2 ± 2.2 277.2 9.0
Deviations (Large Low)
naphthacene C18H12 92-24-0   340.7 ± 3.9 316.2 −24.5
corannulene C20H10 5821-51-2   458.7 ± 9.1 427.0 −31.7
triphenylmethane C19H16 519-73-3   276.1 ± 4.1 212.9 −55.1
Deviations (Large High)
pyracyclene C14H8 187-78-0   408.6 ± 5.0 426.7 18.1
pyracene C14H12 567-79-3   174.1 ± 5.1 190.2 16.1
diphenylethyne C14H10 501-65-5   385.0 ± 2.7 405.1 20.1
triquinacene C10H10 6053-74-3   224.0 ± 4.2 239.3 15.3
benzyne C6H4 462-80-6   446.0 ± 13.0 456.2 10.2