β-Alanine

• Formula: C₃H₇NO₂
• Molecular weight: 89.0932
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H7NO2/c4-2-1-3(5)6/h1-2,4H2,(H,5,6) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UCMIRNVEIXFBKS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 107-95-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • .beta.-alanine
• Other names: β-Aminopropionic acid; Abufene; Alanine, beta-; Propanoic acid, 3-amino-; 3-Aminopropanoic acid; 3-Aminopropionic acid; ω-Aminopropionic acid; 2-Carboxyethylamine; NSC 7603; Beta-alanine
• Information on this page:
  • Gas phase thermochemistry data
  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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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

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 solid

Phase change data

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ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of sublimation

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

Spectrum

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References

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Skoulika and Sabbah, 1983
Skoulika, S.; Sabbah, R., Thermodynamique de composes azotes X. Etude thermochimique de quelques acides ω-amines, Thermochim. Acta, 1983, 61, 203-214. [all data]

Skoulika and Sabbah, 1982
Skoulika, S.; Sabbah, R., Enthalpy of formation of some ω-amino acids in the solid state, C. R. Seances Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, 1982, 295, 657-660. [all data]

Gerasimov, Geidarova, et al., 1988
Gerasimov, P.A.; Geidarova, E.L.; Gubareva, A.I.; Beregovykh, V.V.; Danilov, I.S., Energetic and transport properties of β-alanine, Khim.-Farm. Zh., 1988, 22, 1149-1150. [all data]

Contineanu and Marchidan, 1984
Contineanu, I.; Marchidan, D.I., The enthalpies of combustion and formation of D-alanine, L-alanine, DL-alanine, and β-alanine, Rev. Roum. Chim., 1984, 29, 43-48. [all data]

Badelin, Kulikov, et al., 1990
Badelin, V.G.; Kulikov, O.V.; Batagin, V.S.; Udzig, E.; Zielenkiewicz, A.; Zielenkiewicz, W.; Krestov, G.A., Physico-chemical properties of peptides and their solutions, Thermochim. Acta, 1990, 169, 81-93. [all data]

Kulikov, Kozlov, et al., 1989
Kulikov, O.V.; Kozlov, V.A.; Malenkina, L.I.; Badelin, V.G., Heat capacities of amino acids and peptides and excess characteristics ot their aqueous solutions, Sbornik Nauch. Trud., Termodin. Rast. neelect., Ivanovo, Inst. nevod. rast., 1989, Akad. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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