This paper reports the values of the standard (p(o) = 0. 1 MPa) molar enthalpy of formation in the condensed, at T = 298.15 K, for 2-R-benzimidazoles (R = propyl, isopropyl), derived from, the respective enthalpies of combustion in oxygen, measured by static bomb combustion calorimetry and the standard molar enthalpies of sublimation, at T = 298.15 K, obtained using Calvet micro-calorimetry in the case of 2-isopropylbenzimidazole and, by the variation of vapour pressures, determined by the Knudsen effusion technique, with temperatures between (344 and 365) K for 2-propylbenzimidazole. Heat capacities, in the temperature ranges from T = 268 K to near their respective melting temperatures, T = 421 K for 2-propylbenzimidazole and T = 464 K for 2-isopropylbenzimidazole, were measured with a differential scanning calorimeter. These values were used to derive the standard molar enthalpies of formation, of the two 2-benzimidazole derivatives, in gaseous phase. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.