Butanoic acid

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-113.7 ± 0.96kcal/molN/ALebedeva, 1964Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -533.92±0.59 kj/mol from Lebedeva, 1964 and ΔvapH° value of 58±4 kj/mol from missing citation.; DRB
Δfgas-113.7 ± 0.96kcal/molCcbLebedeva, 1964Value computed using ΔfHliquid° from Lebedeva, 1964 and ΔvapH° value of 14. kcal/mol from Konicek and Wadso, 1970.; DRB
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
gas84.431cal/mol*KN/AStull D.R., 1969See [ Stull D.R., 1969], acrylic acid, C3H4O2.; GT

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-127.61 ± 0.14kcal/molCcbLebedeva, 1964ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-521.87 ± 0.14kcal/molCcbLebedeva, 1964Corresponding Δfliquid = -127.59 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid53.85cal/mol*KN/AMartin and Andon, 1982DH
liquid54.11cal/mol*KN/AParks, Kelley, et al., 1929Extrapolation below 90 K, 53.6 J/mol*K. Revision of previous data.; DH
liquid60.99cal/mol*KN/AParks and Anderson, 1926Extrapolation below 90 K, 82.42 J/mol*K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
42.47298.15Martin and Andon, 1982T = 13 to 450 K. Data also given by equation.; DH
42.5298.15Konicek and Wadso, 1971DH
42.09290.7Parks and Anderson, 1926T = 89 to 291292 to 448 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH
42.09298.von Reis, 1881T = 292 to 448 K.; DH

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

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Individual Reactions

C4H7O2- + Hydrogen cation = Butanoic acid

By formula: C4H7O2- + H+ = C4H8O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr346.8 ± 2.0kcal/molTDEqNorrman and McMahon, 1999gas phase; B
Δr346.5 ± 2.2kcal/molG+TSCaldwell, Renneboog, et al., 1989gas phase; B
Δr346.5 ± 2.2kcal/molG+TSCumming and Kebarle, 1978gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr339.5 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRECaldwell, Renneboog, et al., 1989gas phase; B
Δr339.5 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRECumming and Kebarle, 1978gas phase; B

2Hydrogen + 3-Butynoic acid = Butanoic acid

By formula: 2H2 + C4H4O2 = C4H8O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-69.80 ± 0.20kcal/molChydFlitcroft and Skinner, 1958solid phase; Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -72.4 ± 1.1 kcal/mol; ALS

NO3 anion + Water + Butanoic acid = C4H10NO6-

By formula: NO3- + H2O + C4H8O2 = C4H10NO6-

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr3.80 ± 0.20kcal/molIMREViidanoja, Reiner, et al., 2000gas phase; B

CO3 + Water + Butanoic acid = C5H10O6-

By formula: CO3 + H2O + C4H8O2 = C5H10O6-

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr3.60 ± 0.20kcal/molIMREViidanoja, Reiner, et al., 2000gas phase; B

NO3 anion + Butanoic acid = C4H8NO5-

By formula: NO3- + C4H8O2 = C4H8NO5-

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr12.80 ± 0.20kcal/molIMREViidanoja, Reiner, et al., 2000gas phase; B

Nitrogen oxide anion + Butanoic acid = C4H8NO4-

By formula: NO2- + C4H8O2 = C4H8NO4-

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr13.30 ± 0.20kcal/molIMREViidanoja, Reiner, et al., 2000gas phase; B

References

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Lebedeva, 1964
Lebedeva, N.D., Heats of combustion of monocarboxylic acids, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1964, 38, 1435-1437. [all data]

Konicek and Wadso, 1970
Konicek, J.; Wadso, I., Enthalpies of vaporization of organic compounds. VII. Some carboxylic acids, Acta Chem. Scand., 1970, 24, 2612-26. [all data]

Stull D.R., 1969
Stull D.R., Jr., The Chemical Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds. Wiley, New York, 1969. [all data]

Martin and Andon, 1982
Martin, J.F.; Andon, R.J.L., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. Part LII. Molar heat capacity of ethanoic, propanoic, and butanoic acids, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1982, 14, 679-688. [all data]

Parks, Kelley, et al., 1929
Parks, G.S.; Kelley, K.K.; Huffman, H.M., Thermal data on organic compounds. V. A revision of the entropies and free energies of nineteen organic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1929, 51, 1969-1973. [all data]

Parks and Anderson, 1926
Parks, G.S.; Anderson, C.T., Thermal data on organic compounds. III. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of tertiary butyl alcohol, mannitol, erythritol and normal butyric acid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 1506-1512. [all data]

Konicek and Wadso, 1971
Konicek, J.; Wadso, I., Thermochemical properties of some carboxylic acids, amines and N-substituted amides in aqueous solution, Acta Chem. Scand., 1971, 25, 1541-1551. [all data]

von Reis, 1881
von Reis, M.A., Die specifische Wärme flüssiger organischer Verbindungen und ihre Beziehung zu deren Moleculargewicht, Ann. Physik [3], 1881, 13, 447-464. [all data]

Norrman and McMahon, 1999
Norrman, K.; McMahon, T.B., Intramolecular solvation of carboxylate anions in the gas phase, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103, 35, 7008-7016, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9908202 . [all data]

Caldwell, Renneboog, et al., 1989
Caldwell, G.; Renneboog, R.; Kebarle, P., Gas Phase Acidities of Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids, Based on Measurements of Proton Transfer Equilibria, Can. J. Chem., 1989, 67, 4, 661, https://doi.org/10.1139/v89-092 . [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]

Flitcroft and Skinner, 1958
Flitcroft, T.L.; Skinner, H.A., Heats of hydrogenation Part 2.-Acetylene derivatives, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1958, 54, 47-53. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Viidanoja, Reiner, et al., 2000
Viidanoja, J.; Reiner, T.; Kiendler, A.; Grimm, F.; Arnold, F., Laboratory investigations of negative ion molecule reactions of propionic, butyric, glyoxylic, pyruvic, and pinonic acids, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2000, 194, 1, 53-68, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-3806(99)00172-4 . [all data]


Notes

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