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Elsevier, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 12(38), p. 1515-1522

DOI: 10.1016/j.jct.2006.04.008

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Thermochemical study of two anhydrous polymorphs of caffeine

Journal article published in 2006 by Susana S. Pinto, Hermínio P. Diogo ORCID
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Abstract

The mean values of the standard massic energy of combustion of caffeine in phase I (or alpha) and in phase II (or beta) measured by static-bomb combustion calorimetry in oxygen, at T=298.15K, are Δcu∘ (C8H10O2N4, I)=−(21823.27±0.68)J·g−1 and Δcu∘ (C8H10O2N4, II)=−(21799.96±1.08)J·g−1, respectively.The standard (p∘=0.1MPa) molar enthalpy of formation in condensed phase for each form was derived from the corresponding standard molar enthalpies of combustion as, ΔfHm∘(C8H10O2N4,cr,I)=-(340.6±2.3)kJ·mol-1 and ΔfHm∘(C8H10O2N4,cr,II)=-(345.1±2.3)kJ·mol-1.The difference between the standard enthalpy of formation of the two polymorphs in condensed phase was also evaluated by using reaction-solution calorimetry. The obtained result, 2.04±0.25kJ·mol−1, is in agreement, within the uncertainty, with the difference between the molar enthalpies of formation obtained from combustion experiments (4.5±3.2)kJ·mol−1, which can be considered as an internal test for consistency of the results.A value for the standard enthalpy of formation of caffeine in the gaseous state was proposed: ΔfHm∘(C8H10O2N4,g)=-(229.7±6.1)kJ·mol-1, estimated from the values of the standard enthalpies of formation of both crystalline forms obtained in this work, and the data on standard enthalpies of sublimation collected from the literature.