This journal is © The Owner Societies 2002 Table II Thermodynamic property data (Electronic Supplementary Information) UNITS: H 0f : kcal mole-1, S 0f , Cp: cal mole-1 K-1 SPECIES H 0f S 0f CP,300K CP,400K CP,500K CP,600K CP800K CP,1000K CP,1500K H H2 C CH CH2a HCHb CH3 CH4 O OH H2O C2 C2H C2H2 C2H3 C2H4 CO C2H5 HCO C2H6 CH2O CH3O CH2OH CH3OH O2 HO2 H2O2 C3H2c H2CCCH C3H4CYd C3H4e C3H4Pf AR C2Og 52.10 .00 171.31 142.01 102.68 94.59 35.41 -17.90 59.56 9.32 -57.80 200.24 136.03 54.19 71.60 12.54 -26.42 29.30 10.40 -20.04 -27.70 3.90 -4.10 -48.06 .00 2.50 -32.53 129.59 82.12 68.72 43.89 43.65 .00 68.51 27.39 31.21 37.76 43.72 45.12 46.12 46.40 44.47 38.47 43.88 45.10 47.64 50.17 48.66 55.90 52.38 47.21 59.38 53.66 54.73 52.25 54.61 58.88 57.28 49.01 54.73 55.66 62.99 61.61 57.87 57.86 58.85 36.98 55.68 4.97 6.90 4.98 6.95 7.94 8.20 9.30 8.43 5.23 7.15 8.00 10.27 9.21 11.32 10.47 10.23 6.95 12.36 8.24 12.58 8.40 9.08 11.32 10.51 7.01 8.34 10.41 15.94 15.62 12.22 13.79 14.18 4.97 10.31 4.97 6.96 4.98 7.00 8.30 8.54 10.06 9.84 5.14 7.10 8.23 9.49 9.79 12.47 12.37 12.79 7.03 14.88 8.78 15.69 9.50 10.79 12.94 12.40 7.22 8.95 11.44 17.36 17.74 15.71 16.81 16.95 4.97 11.09 4.97 7.00 4.97 7.05 8.66 8.88 10.82 11.14 5.08 7.07 8.44 8.94 10.31 13.39 13.99 14.94 7.14 17.19 9.28 18.62 10.50 12.43 14.38 14.25 7.44 9.49 12.34 18.47 19.49 18.65 19.40 19.37 4.97 11.72 4.97 7.02 4.97 7.11 9.02 9.21 11.55 12.41 5.05 7.06 8.67 8.60 10.78 14.15 15.37 16.83 7.27 19.29 9.77 21.30 11.47 13.98 15.62 16.01 7.65 9.97 13.11 19.34 20.94 21.12 21.61 21.48 4.97 12.24 4.97 7.07 4.97 7.37 9.72 9.85 12.93 15.00 5.02 7.13 9.22 8.45 11.56 15.32 17.57 20.05 7.61 22.88 10.74 25.82 13.36 16.63 17.54 19.07 8.07 10.78 14.29 20.58 23.16 24.94 25.12 24.90 4.97 13.06 4.97 7.21 4.97 7.78 10.39 10.44 14.15 17.25 5.00 7.33 9.87 8.62 12.14 16.21 19.20 22.51 7.95 25.72 11.52 29.30 14.88 18.60 18.79 21.40 8.35 11.39 15.21 21.45 24.79 27.67 27.72 27.51 4.97 13.66 4.97 7.73 4.97 8.75 11.85 11.73 16.33 20.63 4.98 7.87 11.26 8.93 12.96 17.94 21.86 26.22 8.41 30.21 12.56 34.61 16.97 21.51 20.95 25.02 8.72 12.45 16.85 23.16 27.57 31.82 31.81 31.68 4.97 14.64 Reference Kee et al. 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[1] This journal is © The Owner Societies 2002 C3H5h HCCO C3H6 CH2CO HCCOH NC3H7 IC3H7 CH2CHO CH3CO C3H8 CH3CHO CO2 CH3OCH2 CH3OCH3 C4H C4H2 HCCHCCHi H2CCCCHj C4H4k CH2CHCHCHl CH2CHCCH2m HCCCO C4H6-1 C4H612 C4H613 HCCCHO I-C4H7 CH2CHCO CHCHCHOn C4H8 CH2CHCHO C2H5CO C2H5CHO CH3COCH3 C5H2(L) C5H3o C5H3(L)p C5H4q C5H4(L)r C5H5 C5H4Hs C5H5(L)t 40.85 42.45 5.43 -12.40 20.43 24.64 21.83 6.00 -5.40 -24.82 -39.51 -94.06 5.60 -43.72 155.09 111.71 129.89 111.33 69.15 86.10 74.15 62.66 39.78 39.34 26.05 24.55 30.24 17.30 40.10 -.13 -17.80 -8.61 -45.90 -51.90 165.25 166.77 144.02 131.81 106.10 62.57 97.32 97.11 62.04 60.74 63.59 57.79 58.71 69.35 68.75 64.01 63.75 64.57 63.05 51.08 67.75 64.36 60.90 59.79 69.07 72.96 67.35 73.08 75.33 66.35 69.48 69.72 66.51 64.54 70.74 64.42 65.57 73.57 64.50 73.62 72.78 70.66 63.70 67.33 70.55 66.83 72.03 64.84 67.59 73.41 15.61 12.65 15.24 12.43 13.22 17.40 16.35 13.18 12.42 17.67 13.25 8.91 14.97 15.21 14.10 17.74 18.02 20.24 17.32 19.38 19.49 14.82 19.52 19.30 19.11 15.33 20.02 15.00 15.89 20.50 16.08 18.27 19.36 17.81 19.90 17.04 20.98 17.60 20.82 19.51 18.28 21.91 19.35 13.47 19.05 14.17 14.78 21.61 20.35 15.15 14.44 22.49 15.87 9.86 17.93 18.82 15.37 20.03 20.82 22.43 20.61 23.47 23.12 16.87 23.77 23.66 24.32 18.10 25.37 17.89 19.06 25.92 19.62 21.52 23.04 21.78 23.26 21.74 24.38 22.64 25.08 25.22 24.06 27.14 22.49 14.23 22.44 15.67 16.16 25.32 24.02 16.96 16.33 26.86 18.31 10.65 20.64 22.12 16.56 21.85 23.29 24.44 23.62 27.21 26.47 18.49 27.49 27.46 28.50 20.38 29.91 20.49 21.73 30.78 22.89 24.95 26.94 25.69 25.97 25.59 27.03 27.00 28.52 29.82 28.79 31.38 25.13 14.92 25.46 16.91 17.35 28.58 27.34 18.60 18.06 30.74 20.52 11.31 23.08 25.13 17.66 23.24 25.41 26.23 26.30 30.54 29.48 19.76 30.74 30.75 31.86 22.24 33.77 22.73 23.97 35.05 25.71 28.28 30.70 29.21 28.07 28.60 29.16 30.53 31.30 33.51 32.65 34.80 29.23 16.07 30.46 18.79 19.15 33.93 32.99 21.30 20.94 37.01 24.17 12.32 27.22 30.28 19.59 25.10 28.56 29.10 30.53 35.76 34.32 21.49 36.07 36.04 36.85 24.94 39.84 26.10 27.39 41.82 29.91 33.92 37.11 34.63 30.84 32.48 32.47 35.25 35.41 38.86 38.35 39.81 32.20 16.83 34.30 20.24 20.30 38.02 37.40 23.34 23.07 41.73 26.88 12.99 30.44 34.35 21.15 26.61 30.46 30.93 33.20 38.89 37.37 22.52 40.15 39.99 40.52 26.65 44.27 28.63 29.73 46.85 33.00 37.66 42.15 38.76 32.81 35.15 34.90 38.60 38.48 42.44 42.20 43.15 36.76 17.98 40.23 22.44 22.29 44.44 44.12 26.35 26.19 48.83 30.87 13.93 35.21 40.46 23.44 28.96 33.46 33.68 37.25 43.16 41.84 23.86 46.53 45.59 46.33 28.67 51.11 32.35 32.87 55.09 37.43 45.67 50.42 44.84 35.39 38.73 38.52 43.20 43.02 47.91 47.84 48.14 Sumathi [2] Kee et al. 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