is an outstanding culmination of up-dating, expanding, and enhancing a previous book entitled The Chemical Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds by D. R. Stull, E. F. Westrum, Jr., and G. C. Sinke published in 1969. The current compilation consists of a brief introduction, three chapters, and at the end of each volume one finds a formula index, compound name index, and Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number (CASRN) Index.
The first chapter deals with the applications of statistical thermodynamics to the standard molar properties of organic compounds in the ideal-gas state. A review of various group-contribution methods and the calculation of equilibrium compositions is provided as well.
The second chapter contains 1168 tables of standard molar thermodynamic values as a function of temperature for the ideal-gas state. Of these, 31 tables provide values for elemental species, 66 tables are devoted to inorganic compounds and inorganic radicals, and 1071 tables cover organic compounds and organic radicals. The arrangement of the tables is alphabetical according to empirical formula for the elemental species, inorganic compounds, and inorganic radicals, and according to increasing carbon number for the organic compounds and organic radicals. Each table identifies the sources for the spectroscopic information, authors who performed the calculations, most of the time when and where the calculations were carried out, and the source for the standard molar enthalpy of formation D f H°m at the temperature T=298.15 K. A small fraction of the tables have an asterisk after the table number which indicates that no new information has become available for this compound since the appearance of the book by Stull, Westrum, and Sinke.
The third chapter discusses the development of empirical functions for the variation of standard molar heat capacity C°p , m with temperature from which one may derive similar relationship for enthalpy increment D T 0 H°m; entropy S' m ; and the function F°m. An evaluation of the advantages, limitations, and deficiencies of the mathematical functions reported and used by various researchers is provided. Also, a comparison and testing of parameters and constants of integration for linear and non-linear functions is given using a small sample set of organic compounds. At the end of the chapter, 1168 sets of values of parameters and constants of integration are given for both linear and non-linear functions over the temperature range for which