Department of Chemistry
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Chem. 3022
Fall 2015
Exhaustive Search
Due Date: Wednesday December 16, 2015
One of the requirements of this course is to perform an exhaustive search of the chemical
literature on a narrow topic. This can be achieved in two ways.
1.
You may choose to work on a topic of your choice. If you choose this option you must inform
me of the topic you have chosen in advance so that I can decide whether the scope of the project is
appropriate for this assignment. This option may require a substantial narrative component to your
report. Your grade will be determined by the quality of the report you turn in. You may choose to work
on a topic of your research in Chem. 3905. In this case I may ask your research advisor to comment on
the thoroughness of your search.
2.
Alternatively, you may choose one of the topics listed below. Since the object of this project is
to conduct an exhaustive search on a narrow topic, if you choose this option, the narrative portion of
term paper need only list and document the information your have found. Documentation includes the
complete original literature reference, and an electronic copy of the available abstract. Details are
described below. Your grade will be based primarily on the thoroughness of your search and how your
material is organized. This search should be conducted using more than one source, including SciFinder
Scholar and Scopus and the Web of Science. Please see me if you have any questions?
If you choose option 2, your report should be submitted electronically on line or on a CD. Let me know
if this is not possible. All reports should contain a cover sheet that contains your name and topic.
The body of the report should include a table, a list of references, and the abstract (see below). All
references are to be cited in the following format: title, author (last name first, initials), journal name,
year, volume and pagination. Your report can be provided as a doc or pdf file. Appended to this report
may be electronic copies of any or all articles you have been able to locate (in pdf format, not html
format). However including electronic or hard copies is required.
Should your topic generate an excessive number of references (>30) or very few (<5), please come
in to see me.
Topics
1.
Conduct an exhaustive search for all experimental heats (enthalpies) of sublimation reported in
the year period, 2013 – present for organic compounds. Only include articles describing pure
materials.
2.
Conduct a similar search for all experimental enthalpies of vaporization of all organic and
organo-metallic compounds reported in the literature during the period 2013 - to the present. Only
include articles describing pure materials.
3.
Conduct a similar search for all experimental enthalpies of fusion (melting) of pure organic or
organo-metallic compounds reported in the literature during the period 2013 - to the present. Only
include articles describing pure materials.
4.
Conduct a similar search for experimental heat capacities of all pure organic compounds reported
in the literature during the period 2013 - to the present. Only include articles describing pure
materials.
5.
Conduct a similar search for experimental vapor pressures of all pure organic compounds
reported in the literature during the period 2013 - to the present.
The topics outlined rely on key words. Be sure to consider using synomyms and key words related to
your topic as well as the obvious terms.
For all the compounds you have found prepare a table listing the compound, the value of the
property and a reference number to the article in which it is found
Use the format of the following table as a rough guide:
Vaporization Enthalpies
lgHm(Tm)/kJ.mol-1
T/K
Ref.
N,N-dimethylbenzylamine
48.90.4
308 Tm
1
N,N-dimethyloctylamine
54.00.5
303-330
15
N,N-dimethyldodecylamine
69.30.3
298
16
Compounds
T/K can refer to the mean temperature of measurement; if the measurements were measured over a range
of temperatures, you can include the range of temperatures. If values are available at T = 298 K, you can
so indicate.
References
(1)
Strain Effects in Phenyl-Substituted Methanes. Geminal
Interaction between Phenyl and the Electron-
Releasing Substituents in Benzylamines and Benzyl Alcohols. Verevkin, S. P. J. Chem. Eng. Data. 1999, 44,
1245-1251.
(2)
Thermochemistry of amines: experimental standard molar enthalpies of formation of some aliphatic
and aromatic amines. Verevkin, S. P. J. Chem. Thermodyn. 1997, 29, 891- 99.
(3)
Measurement of vapour pressure of In-based metalorganics for MOVPE. Fulem, M.; Ruzicka, K.;
Ruzicka, V.; Hulicius, E.; Simecek, T.; Pangrac, J.; Rushworth, S. A.; Smith, L. M. J. Cryst. Growth 2004, 272,
42-46.