Acetylacetone

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-384.4 ± 1.3kJ/molCcbHacking and Pilcher, 1979Heat of enolization=-11.3±0.4 kJ/mol
Δfgas-420.1kJ/molIonConrath, Van de Sande, et al., 1974Mass spectrometery (enol)
Δfgas-376.1 ± 2.0kJ/molCmMelia and Merrifield, 1969Thermochemical cycle

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-427.6 ± 1.1kJ/molCcbHacking and Pilcher, 1979Heat of enolization=-11.3±0.4 kJ/mol
Δfliquid-447.3 ± 8.0kJ/molCcbVilcu and Perisanu, 1979 
Δfliquid-414.1 ± 2.0kJ/molCmMelia and Merrifield, 1969Thermochemical cycle
Δfliquid-528.94kJ/molCcbGuinchant, 1918Author hf288_condensed[kcal/mol]=-131.2 kcal/mol
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-2685.4 ± 0.8kJ/molCcbHacking and Pilcher, 1979Heat of enolization=-11.3±0.4 kJ/mol; Corresponding Δfliquid = -425.5 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-2667. ± 12.kJ/molCcbVilcu and Perisanu, 1979Corresponding Δfliquid = -443.88 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-2687.0 ± 1.5kJ/molCcbNicholson, 1957Corresponding Δfliquid = -423.92 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-2581.9kJ/molCcbGuinchant, 1918Author hf288_condensed[kcal/mol]=-131.2 kcal/mol; Corresponding Δfliquid = -528.98 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil411. ± 2.KAVGN/AAverage of 9 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus249.95KN/ATimmermans, 1921Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple254.8KN/AMelia and Merrifield, 1969Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap41.78kJ/molN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Δvap43.2 ± 0.1kJ/molVHacking and Pilcher, 1979Heat of enolization=-11.3±0.4 kJ/mol; ALS
Δvap43.2 ± 1.0kJ/molCIrving and Wads, 1970ALS

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (bar) Reference Comment
412.20.995Weast and Grasselli, 1989BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
39.4347.N/AMelia and Merrifield, 2007Based on data from 297. to 398. K.; AC
35.2393.A,I,EBStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 378. to 411. K. See also Nakanishi and Toyama, 1972.; AC
42.7303.A,EBStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 288. to 378. K.; AC
34.3411.1N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
39.2322.EBRaviprasad and Venkateswara Rao, 1985Based on data from 307. to 414. K.; AC
40.6304.N/AInoue, Arai, et al., 1981Based on data from 295. to 313. K.; AC

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Individual Reactions

C5H7O2- + Hydrogen cation = Acetylacetone

By formula: C5H7O2- + H+ = C5H8O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1438. ± 8.8kJ/molG+TSTaft and Bordwell, 1988gas phase; at 330K: neutral enol/keto ratio should be 8:1 ( Strohmeier and Höhne, 1952); B
Δr1438. ± 9.6kJ/molG+TSCumming and Kebarle, 1978gas phase; At 500K: neutral enol/keto ratio is 1.7:1, Folkendt, Weiss-Lopez, et al., 1989. ΔH=-4.7 kcal/mol, enol favored. Carbonyls anti in anion, via calc: Irikura, 1999; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1409. ± 8.4kJ/molIMRETaft and Bordwell, 1988gas phase; at 330K: neutral enol/keto ratio should be 8:1 ( Strohmeier and Höhne, 1952); B
Δr1408. ± 8.4kJ/molIMRECumming and Kebarle, 1978gas phase; At 500K: neutral enol/keto ratio is 1.7:1, Folkendt, Weiss-Lopez, et al., 1989. ΔH=-4.7 kcal/mol, enol favored. Carbonyls anti in anion, via calc: Irikura, 1999; B

Acetylacetone = 3-Penten-2-one, 4-hydroxy-

By formula: C5H8O2 = C5H8O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-7.9 ± 0.4kJ/molKinSchweig, Vermeer, et al., 1974liquid phase; Photoelectron spectroscopy; ALS
Δr-10. ± 0.8kJ/molEqkThompson and Allred, 1971liquid phase; solvent: Cyclohexane; NMR, UV; ALS
Δr-12. ± 0.8kJ/molEqkCalmon, 1969liquid phase; ALS

Chlorine anion + Acetylacetone = (Chlorine anion • Acetylacetone)

By formula: Cl- + C5H8O2 = (Cl- • C5H8O2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr56.07kJ/molTDEqFrench, Ikuta, et al., 1982gas phase; B

Free energy of reaction

ΔrG° (kJ/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
46.0421.PHPMSFrench, Ikuta, et al., 1982gas phase; M

Iodide + Acetylacetone = (Iodide • Acetylacetone)

By formula: I- + C5H8O2 = (I- • C5H8O2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr63.2 ± 4.2kJ/molTDAsCaldwell, Masucci, et al., 1989gas phase; B,M

Acetylacetone = 2-Propenoic acid, 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-, ethyl ester

By formula: C5H8O2 = C6H10O3

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-19.5 ± 0.75kJ/molEqkFolkendt, Weiss-Lopez, et al., 1985gas phase; NMR; ALS

3-Penten-2-one, 4-hydroxy- = Acetylacetone

By formula: C5H8O2 = C5H8O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr16.8kJ/molEqkMines and Thompson, 1975gas phase; ALS

IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Hacking and Pilcher, 1979
Hacking, J.M.; Pilcher, G., Enthalpy of combustion of pentane-2,4-dione, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1979, 11, 1015-1017. [all data]

Conrath, Van de Sande, et al., 1974
Conrath, k.; Van de Sande, C.; Vandewalle, M., Studies in organic mass spectrometry. XVI. A combined approach to the structures of ions generated from the molecular ions of acyclic β-diketones through loss of small neutral molecules, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1974, 9, 585-593. [all data]

Melia and Merrifield, 1969
Melia, T.P.; Merrifield, R., Thermal properties of acetylacetone, J. Appl. Chem., 1969, 19, 79-82. [all data]

Vilcu and Perisanu, 1979
Vilcu, R.; Perisanu, S., The standard enthalpies of formation of some C, H, O containing compounds, Rev. Roum. Chim., 1979, 24, 237-243. [all data]

Guinchant, 1918
Guinchant, M.J., Etude sur la fonction acide dans les derives metheniques et methiniques, Ann. Chem., 1918, 10, 30-84. [all data]

Nicholson, 1957
Nicholson, G.R., The heat of combustion of acetylacetone, J. Chem. Soc., 1957, 2431-2432. [all data]

Timmermans, 1921
Timmermans, J., The Freezing Points of Organic Substances IV. New Exp. Determinations, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1921, 30, 62. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Irving and Wads, 1970
Irving, R.J.; Wads, I., Enthalpy of vaporization of organic compounds at 25°C. V. Acetylacetone, Acta Chem. Scand., 1970, 24, 589-592. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Melia and Merrifield, 2007
Melia, T.P.; Merrifield, R., Thermal properties of acetylacetone, J. Appl. Chem., 2007, 19, 3, 79-82, https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.5010190305 . [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Nakanishi and Toyama, 1972
Nakanishi, Koichiro; Toyama, Osamu, Vapor Pressure of Acetylacetone below Normal Boiling Point, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1972, 45, 10, 3210-3211, https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.45.3210 . [all data]

Raviprasad and Venkateswara Rao, 1985
Raviprasad, A.; Venkateswara Rao, K., Vapour pressure of 2,4-pentanedione, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1985, 17, 2, 117-121, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(85)90063-1 . [all data]

Inoue, Arai, et al., 1981
Inoue, Mikio; Arai, Yasuhiko; Saito, Shozaburo; Suzuki, Nobuo, Vapor-liquid equilibriums of acetylacetone-organic solvent systems, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1981, 26, 3, 287-293, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00025a020 . [all data]

Taft and Bordwell, 1988
Taft, R.W.; Bordwell, F.G., Structural and Solvent Effects Evaluated from Acidities Measured in Dimethyl Sulfoxide and in the Gas Phase, Acc. Chem. Res., 1988, 21, 12, 463, https://doi.org/10.1021/ar00156a005 . [all data]

Strohmeier and Höhne, 1952
Strohmeier, W.; Höhne, I., Keto-Enol-Umwandlung des Acetylacteons in Gaszustand, Z. Naturfor., 1952, 7B, 184. [all data]

Cumming and Kebarle, 1978
Cumming, J.B.; Kebarle, P., Summary of gas phase measurements involving acids AH. Entropy changes in proton transfer reactions involving negative ions. Bond dissociation energies D(A-H) and electron affinities EA(A), Can. J. Chem., 1978, 56, 1. [all data]

Folkendt, Weiss-Lopez, et al., 1989
Folkendt, M.M.; Weiss-Lopez, B.E.; Chauvel, J.P., Jr.; True, N.S., Gas-Phase 1H NMR Studies of Keto-Enol Tautomerization of Acetylacetone, Methyl Acetoacetate, and Ethyl Acetoacetate, J. Phys. Chem., 1989, 89, 15, 3347, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100261a038 . [all data]

Irikura, 1999
Irikura, K.K., Acetylacetonate (acac) anion in the gas phase: predicted structures, vibrational spectra, and photodetachment energies, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 1999, 187, 577-587, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-3806(98)14192-1 . [all data]

Schweig, Vermeer, et al., 1974
Schweig, A.; Vermeer, H.; Weidner, U., A photoelectron spectroscopic study of keto-enol tautomerism in acetylacetones - a new application of photoelectron spectroscopy, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1974, 26, 229-233. [all data]

Thompson and Allred, 1971
Thompson, D.W.; Allred, A.L., Keto-enol equilibria in 2,4-Pentanedione and 3,3-dideuterio-2,4-pentanedione, J. Phys. Chem., 1971, 75, 433-435. [all data]

Calmon, 1969
Calmon, J.P., Thermodynamic functions of enolization of aliphatic β-diketones, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 1969, 268, 1435-1438. [all data]

French, Ikuta, et al., 1982
French, M.A.; Ikuta, S.; Kebarle, P., Hydrogen bonding of O-H and C-H hydrogen donors to Cl-. Results from mass spectrometric measurement of the ion-molecule equilibria RH + Cl- = RHCl-, Can. J. Chem., 1982, 60, 1907. [all data]

Caldwell, Masucci, et al., 1989
Caldwell, G.W.; Masucci, J.A.; Ikonomou, M.G., Negative Ion Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry - Binding of Molecules to Bromide and Iodide Anions, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1989, 24, 1, 8, https://doi.org/10.1002/oms.1210240103 . [all data]

Folkendt, Weiss-Lopez, et al., 1985
Folkendt, M.M.; Weiss-Lopez, B.E.; Chauvel, J.P., Jr.; True, N.S., Gas-phase 1H NMR studies of keto-enol tautomerism of acetylacetone, methyl acetoacetate, and ethyl acetoacetate, J. Phys. Chem., 1985, 89, 3347-3352. [all data]

Mines and Thompson, 1975
Mines, G.W.; Thompson, H., Infrared and photoelectron spectra, and keto-enol tautomerism of acetylacetones and acetoacetic esters, Proc. Roy. Soc. London A, 1975, 342, 327-339. [all data]


Notes

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