1,3-Propanediol

• Formula: C₃H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 76.0944
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H8O2/c4-2-1-3-5/h4-5H,1-3H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: YPFDHNVEDLHUCE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 504-63-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: β-Propylene glycol; Propane-1,3-diol; PG; Trimethylene glycol; 1,3-Dihydroxypropane; 1,3-Propylene glycol; 2-Deoxyglycerol; Propanediol-(1,3); ω-Propanediol; 1,3-Propylenediol; 2-(Hydroxymethyl)ethanol; NSC 65426; Polypropylene glycol 425
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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
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Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of fusion

References

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Lipkin and Layloff, 1970
Lipkin, D.; Layloff, T., Cyclic Sulfite and Sulfate Esters of Polymethylene Glycols, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1970, 15, 450. [all data]

Anonymous, 1953
Anonymous, R., , Physical Properties of Chemical Substances, Dow Chemical Company, 1953. [all data]

Gallaugher and Hibbert, 1936
Gallaugher, A.F.; Hibbert, H., Studies on reactions relating to carbohydrates and polysaccharides: xlix molecular weight, molar refraction, freezing point and other properties of the polyethylene glycols and their derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 813. [all data]

Knauth and Sabbah, 1990
Knauth, P.; Sabbah, R., Can. J. Chem., 1990, 68, 731. [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]

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]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Gardner and Hussain, 1972
Gardner, P.J.; Hussain, K.S., The standard enthalpies of formation of some aliphatic diols, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1972, 4, 819-827. [all data]

Gallaugher and Hibbert, 1937
Gallaugher, A.F.; Hibbert, H., Studies on reactions relating to carbohydrates and polysaccharides. LV. Vapor pressures of the polyethylene glycols and their derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 2521-2525. [all data]

Schierholtz and Staples, 1935
Schierholtz, O.J.; Staples, M.L., Vapor Pressures of Certain Glycols, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 12, 2709-2711, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01315a106 . [all data]

Jabrane, Létoffé, et al., 1998
Jabrane, S.; Létoffé, J.M.; Claudy, P., Study of the thermal behaviour of 1,3-propanediol and its aqueous solutions, Thermochimica Acta, 1998, 311, 1-2, 121-127, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(97)00416-4 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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