Thermodynamic properties of the methylpyridines. Part 2. Vapor pressures, heat capacities, critical properties, derived thermodynamic functions between the temperatures 250 K and 560 K, and equilibrium isomer distributions for all temperatures ≥250 K

Abstract Results are reported for measurements leading to the calculation of standard thermodynamic properties for temperatures from T  =  250 K to T  =  560 K for the methylpyridines (Chemical Abstracts registry numbers: 4-methylpyridine, 108-89-4; 2-methylpyridine, 109-06-8; 3-methylpyridine, 108-99-6). The standard state is defined as the ideal gas at the pressure p  =  p °  =  101.325 kPa. Vapor pressures were measured by comparative ebulliometry for the pressure range p  ≈  4 kPa to p  =  270 kPa. Two-phase ( liquid+vapor) heat capacities were measured for the temperature range ≈ 310 T /K) ≈  590 with a differential scanning calorimeter (d.s.c.), and saturation heat capacities C sat were derived. The critical temperature T c was determined experimentally by d.s.c., and the critical pressure and critical density were derived. Densities for the liquid phase of 3-methylpyridine at saturation pressure were measured with a vibrating-tube densimeter for the temperatures 323 T /K) T  =  250 K and T  =  560 K. Comparisons with standard entropies calculated statistically provide corroboration for the calorimetrically derived values and are used to demonstrate thermodynamic consistency for properties related through identities and correlations. Isomerization distributions derived with standard molar Gibbs free energies of formation are used to aid interpretation of literature fossil fuel characterization and pyridine methylation catalysis studies.