1,3-Butadiene

• Formula: C₄H₆
• Molecular weight: 54.0904
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6/c1-3-4-2/h3-4H,1-2H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KAKZBPTYRLMSJV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 106-99-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: α,γ-Butadiene; Biethylene; Bivinyl; Buta-1,3-diene; Butadiene; Divinyl; Erythrene; Pyrrolylene; Vinylethylene; CH2=CHCH=CH2; Butadieen; Buta-1,3-dieen; Butadien; Buta-1,3-dien; NCI-C50602
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  • IR Spectrum
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of vaporization

Δ_vapH = A exp(-βT_r) (1 − T_r)^β
    Δ_vapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kcal/mol)
    T_r = reduced temperature (T / T_c)

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Entropy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
B - John E. Bartmess
RCD - Robert C. Dunbar

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Individual Reactions

 + 2 =

By formula: C₄H₆ + 2H₂ = C₄H₁₀

C₄H₅^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₅^- + H⁺ = C₄H₆

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Na⁺ + C₄H₆ = (Na⁺ • C₄H₆)

Free energy of reaction

(CAS Reg. No. 88032-19-3 • 4294967295) +  = CAS Reg. No. 88032-19-3

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 88032-19-3 • 4294967295C₄H₆) + C₄H₆ = CAS Reg. No. 88032-19-3

=  + 

By formula: C₈H₈O₃ = C₄H₆ + C₄H₂O₃

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₆ + O₂S = C₄H₆O₂S

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₆ + C₄H₂O₃ = C₈H₈O₃

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₆ + O₂S = C₄H₆O₂S

=

By formula: C₄H₆ = C₄H₆

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Au⁺ + C₄H₆ = (Au⁺ • C₄H₆)

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• GAS (100 mmHg, N2 ADDED, TOTAL PRESSURE 600 mmHg); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH II) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution

Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

• gas

Data compiled by: Pamela M. Chu, Franklin R. Guenther, George C. Rhoderick, and Walter J. Lafferty

• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); 3-Term B-H Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); Boxcar Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); Happ Genzel Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); NB Strong Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); Triangular Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution

References

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Prosen and Rossini, 1945
Prosen, E.J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of formation and combustion of 1,3-butadiene and styrene, J. Res. NBS, 1945, 34, 59-63. [all data]

Scott, Meyers, et al., 1945
Scott, R.B.; Meyers, C.H.; Rands, R.D., Jr.; Brickwedde, F.G.; Bekkedahl, N., Thermodynamic properties of 1,3-butadiene in the solid, liquid, and vapor states, J. Res. NBS, 1945, 35, 39-85. [all data]

Tsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1996
Tsonopoulos, C.; Ambrose, D., Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 6. Unsaturated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1996, 41, 645-656. [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]

Reid, 1972
Reid, Robert C., Handbook on vapor pressure and heats of vaporization of hydrocarbons and related compounds, R. C. Wilhort and B. J. Zwolinski, Texas A Research Foundation. College Station, Texas(1971). 329 pages.$10.00, AIChE J., 1972, 18, 6, 1278-1278, https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690180637 . [all data]

Prosen and Rossini, 1945, 2
Prosen, E.J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of formation and combustion of 1,3-butadiene and styrene, J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1945, 34, 1, 59-17, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.034.031 . [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]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

Heisig, 1933
Heisig, G.B., Action of Radon on Some Unsaturated Hydrocarbons. III. Vinylacetylene and Butadiene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1933, 55, 6, 2304-2311, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01333a015 . [all data]

Vaughan, 1932
Vaughan, William E., THE HOMOGENEOUS THERMAL POLYMERIZATION OF 1,3-BUTADIENE, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1932, 54, 10, 3863-3876, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01349a008 . [all data]

Acree, 1991
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation, Thermochimica Acta, 1991, 189, 1, 37-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(91)87098-H . [all data]

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Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Ruhoff, J.R.; Smith, H.A.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of organic reactions. IV. Hydrogenation of some dienes and of benzene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 146-153. [all data]

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Devisser, Dekoning, et al., 1995
Devisser, S.P.; Dekoning, L.J.; Vanderhart, W.J.; Nibbering, N.M.M., Chemical properties of butadienyl anions in the gas-phase, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1995, 114, 6, 267, https://doi.org/10.1002/recl.19951140603 . [all data]

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DePuy, C.H.; Gronert, S.; Barlow, S.E.; Bierbaum, V.M.; Damrauer, R., The Gas Phase Acidities of the Alkanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 6, 1968, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00188a003 . [all data]

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Mackle, H.; McNally, D.V., Studies in the thermochemistry of sulphones. Part 9 - Thermochemistry of the butadiene and isoprene sulphones, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1969, 65, 1738-1741. [all data]

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Prosen, E.J.; Maron, F.W.; Rossini, F.D., Heat of isomerization of the two butadienes, J. Res. NBS, 1949, 42, 269-275. [all data]

Schroeder, Hrusak, et al., 1995
Schroeder, D.; Hrusak, J.; Hertwig, R.H.; Koch, W.; Schwerdtfeger, P.; Schwarz, H., Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Gold(I) Complexes Au(L)+ (L=H2O, CO, NH3, C2H4, C3H6, C4H6, C6H6, C6F6), Organometallics, 1995, 14, 1, 312, https://doi.org/10.1021/om00001a045 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Pc	Critical pressure
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  T	Temperature
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  Vc	Critical volume
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ΔvapS	Entropy of vaporization
  ρc	Critical density

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