Butanoic acid
- Formula: C4H8O2
- Molecular weight: 88.1051
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FERIUCNNQQJTOY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 107-92-6
- Chemical structure:
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View 3d structure (requires JavaScript / HTML 5) - Other names: Butyric acid; n-Butanoic acid; n-Butyric acid; Ethylacetic acid; Propylformic acid; 1-Butyric acid; 1-Propanecarboxylic acid; n-C3H7COOH; Propanecarboxylic acid; Butanic acid; Buttersaeure; Kyselina maselna; UN 2820; 1-Butanoic acid; NSC 8415
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Normal boiling point
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
Tboil (K) | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|
435.2 | Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990 | BS |
436. | American Tokyo Kasei, 1988 | BS |
436.7 | Radwan and Hanna, 1976 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
437. | Radecki and Kaczmarek, 1975 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
436.55 | Lebedeva, 1964 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
436. | Sisido, Kazama, et al., 1959 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 4. K; TRC |
436.15 | Zieborak and Wyrzykowska-Stankiewicz, 1958 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
433.65 | Nielsen, 1957 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
437.25 | Hansen, Miller, et al., 1955 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
437.15 | Purnell and Bowden, 1954 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC |
436.55 | Cook, 1952 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC |
436.85 | Happ and Stewart, 1952 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
436.65 | James and Martin, 1952 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
435.5 | Tomecko and Hatcher, 1951 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
436.55 | Mumford and Phillips, 1950 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC |
436.4 | Dreisbach and Martin, 1949 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC |
437.15 | Lecat, 1949 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
437.15 | Patschky and Liermeier, 1949 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
434.75 | French, 1947 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
437.2 | Lecat, 1947 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
435.65 | Sato, Barry, et al., 1947 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
437.15 | Lecat, 1943 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC |
437.15 | Lecat, 1943, 2 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC |
435.15 | Semishin, 1943 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
435.15 | Landee and Johns, 1941 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
435.55 | Butler and Ramchandani, 1935 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC |
437. | Kohlraush, Koppl, et al., 1933 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
437.2 | Timmermans and Hennaut-Roland, 1932 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC |
434.55 | Hunten and Maass, 1929 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
437.15 | Grignard and Fluchaire, 1928 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
433.65 | Ipatieff and Razuvaev, 1928 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC |
435.6 | Lecat, 1927 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
436.7 | Timmermans, 1927 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; source of data not clear; TRC |
391.0 | Hannotte, 1926 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average |
435.65 | Harkins and McLaughlin, 1925 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
434.15 | Andre, 1924 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
433.25 | Richmond, 1917 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
434.9 | Bielecki and Henri, 1913 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
433.2 | Falk, 1909 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
436.35 | Beckmann, 1906 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
433.65 | Nef, 1901 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
436.15 | Kahlbaum, 1898 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC |
436.25 | Franke, 1895 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
436.65 | Kahlbaum, 1894 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC |
455.15 | Behal, 1888 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average |
435. | Gartenmeister, 1886 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC |
434.65 | Kahlbaum, 1884 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
435.15 | Perkin, 1884 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
435.5 | Zander, 1884 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
435.65 | Zander, 1884 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
436. | Von Reis, 1881 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
435.45 | Linnemann and von Zotta, 1872 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
435.5 | Linnemann, 1871 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
435.9 | Landolt, 1868 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
434.15 | Frankland and Duppa, 1866 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
430.15 | Kopp, 1854 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 5. K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average |
430.15 | Kopp, 1848 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 5. K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average |
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Notes
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