We have investigated the thermochemistry and ion energetics of the oxybenzone (2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-benzophenone, C
14H
12O
3,
1H) molecule. The following parameters have been determined for this species:gas-phase enthalpy for the of neutral molecule at 298.15K, (
fjournals/
jpcafh/112/i14/eqn/
jp7111999e10001.gif">(g) = -303.5 ± 5.1 kJ·mol
-1), the intrinsic(gas-phase) acidity (GA(
1H) = 1402.1 ± 8.4 kJ·mol
-1), enthalpy of formation for the oxybenzone anion (
fjournals/
jpcafh/112/i14/eqn/
jp7111999e10002.gif">(
1-,g) = -402.3 ± 9.8 kJ·mol
-1). We also have obtained the enthalpy of formation of, 4-hydroxy-4'-methoxybenzophenone (
fjournals/
jpcafh/112/i14/eqn/
jp7111999e10003.gif">(g) = -275.4 ± 10 kJ·mol
-1) and 3-methoxyphenol anion (
fjournals/
jpcafh/112/i14/eqn/
jp7111999e10004.gif">(C
7H
7O
2-,g)= -317.7 ± 8.7 kJ·mol
-1). A reliable experimental estimation of enthalpy related to intramolecular hydrogenbonding in oxybenzone has also been obtained (30.1 ± 6.3 kJ·mol
-1) and compared with our theoreticalcalculations at the B3LYP/6-311++G** level of theory, by means of an isodesmic reaction scheme. In addition,heat capacities, temperature, and enthalpy of fusion have been determined for this molecule by differentialscanning calorimetry.