R e p le 2 octobre 1990 R. SABBAH et E. N. L. E. BULUKU. Can. J. Chem. 69,481 (1991). Le prtsent travail porte sur 1'Ctude thermodynamique des trois isomeres du dihydroxybenzene. Cette ttude a permis la dCtermination des enthalpies de combustion, de sublimation, de fusion et de transition des 1,2-, 1,3-et 1,4-dihydroxybenzenes. Les techniques utilisCes ont Ct C la calorimCtrie de combustion de faibles quantitCs de substances, la calorimCtrie de changement d'Ctat (sublimation), l'analyse thermique differentielle et la mesure des capacitts calorifiques. L'ensemble des rCsultats expCrimentaux a permis de : mettre en Cvidence l'existence d'une liaison hydrogkne intramolCculaire dans l'isomkre ortho; prkciser la stabilitk relative des trois molCcules de dihydrobenzenes; et determiner : i partir de l'enthalpie de sublimation, une valeur CnergCtique pour les liaisons intermolCculaires; 1'Cnergie de conjugaison expkrimentale et de la comparer i la valeur thtorique; l'enthalpie d'atomisation 3 partir de laquelle a Ct C calculCe I'enthalpie de la liaison intramolCculaire Cb-OH.Mots clts : thermodynamique, calorimCtrie, analyse thermique differentielle, 1,2-dihydroxybenzkne ou catCcho1; 1,3-dihydroxybenzkne ou rCsorcino1; 1,4-dihydroxybenzene ou hydroquinone ou quinol; enthalpies de combustion, de sublimation, de fusion, de transition; Cnergie de conjugaison; enthalpies d'atomisation, de liaisons inter-et intra-molCculaires; temperature du point triple et de transition.R. SABBAH and E. N. L. E. BULUKU. Can. J. Chem. 69,481 (1991). The present work is concerned with a thermodynamic study of the three isomers of dihydroxybenzene. By combustion calorimetry of small amounts of substance, sublimation calorimetry, differential thermal analysis, and heat capacity measurements, it was possible to determine the enthalpies of formation of 1,2-, 1 3 , and 1,4-dihydroxybenzene in the condensed and gaseous phases, their enthalpies of fusion and transition, and the temperature of their triple point and transition. The experimental results are used to discuss the relative stability and determine the conjugation energy of the three compounds. The values are in good agreement with the theoretical values obtained from a quantum chemical calculation. The enthalpies of atomization enabled us to determine an energy value for the intramolecular Cb-OH bond in dihydroxybenzenes and to correlate it with previous results obtained from a study of alkane-diols. The enthalpies of sublimation were discussed. An intramolecular hydrogen bond was displayed in the ortho isomer. Intermolecular hydrogen bonds associated with van der Waals interactions exist in dihydroxybenzenes. Their energy contributions were determined.Key words: thermodynamics, calorimetry, differential thermal analysis, 1,2-benzenediol or 1,2-dihydroxybenzene or catechol; 1,3-benzenediol or 1 $dihydroxybenzene or resorcinol; 1,4-benzenediol or 1,4-dihydroxybenzene or hydroquinone or quinol; enthalpies of combustion, of sublimation, of fusion, of transition, energy of conjugation, enthalp...