Experimental and computational thermochemistry of 1-phenylpyrrole and 1-(4-methylphenyl)pyrrole

The standard (p(c) = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation, in the crystalline phase, of 1-phenylpyrrole and 1-(4-methylphenyl)pyrrole, at T = 298.15 K, were derived from the standard molar energies of combustion in oxygen, measured by static-bomb combustion calorimetry. For these compounds, the standard molar enthalpies of sublimation, at T = 298.15 K. were determined from the temperature-vapour pressure dependence, obtained by the Knudsen mass-loss effusion method. Using estimated values for the heat capacity differences between the gas and the crystal phases of the studied compounds, the standard (p(c) = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies, entropies, and Gibbs energies of sublimation, at T = 298.15 K, were derived. From the experimental values, the standard molar enthalpies of formation, in the gaseous phase, at T = 298.15 K, were calculated. Additionally, the enthalpies of formation of both compounds were estimated using the composite G3(MP2)//B3LYP approach together with adequate gas-phase working reactions. There is a very good agreement between computational and experimental results. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.