title: Thermochemistry of (E)- and (Z)-disubstituted alkene species: a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of isomeric dimethyl fumarate and dimethyl maleate.
abstract: The first unequivocal thermochemical/calorimetric determination of the enthalpies of combustion, phase change, and formation of a pair of (E)- and (Z)-disubstituted olefins of the type XCH = CHX, where X is an electron withdrawing group, is reported in this paper for the isomeric species dimethyl fumarate and dimethyl maleate (X = COOCH3). The corresponding density functional calculations, corrected for vibrational and thermal effects, confirm that the former isomer is more stable by some 30 kJ mol-1.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigação em Química, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, P-4169-007 Porto, Portugal. marmatos@fc.up.pt
authors.forename: M Agostinha R
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Matos
authors.forename: Margarida S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Victor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Morais
authors.forename: Joel F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Liebman