Acetic anhydride
- Formula: C4H6O3
- Molecular weight: 102.0886
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WFDIJRYMOXRFFG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 108-24-7
- Chemical structure:
This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file or as a computed 3d SD file
The 3d structure may be viewed using Java or Javascript. - Other names: Acetic acid, anhydride; Acetic oxide; Acetyl anhydride; Acetyl ether; Acetyl oxide; Ethanoic anhydride; (CH3CO)2O; Ethanoic anhydrate; Acetanhydride; Anhydride acetique; Anhydrid kyseliny octove; Anidride acetica; Azijnzuuranhydride; Essigsaeureanhydrid; Octowy bezwodnik; UN 1715; Acetyl acetate; Acetic acid, 1,1'-anhydride
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Phase change data
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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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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Tboil | 412. ± 5. | K | AVG | N/A | Average of 10 values; Individual data points |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Tfus | 200. ± 1. | K | AVG | N/A | Average of 8 values; Individual data points |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Tc | 606. | K | N/A | Ambrose and Ghiassee, 1987 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 4. K; decomposition of sample prevented accurate measurement, reported value based partly on a correlation; TRC |
Tc | 569. | K | N/A | Vespigniani, 1903 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 20. K; TRC |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Pc | 40.00 | bar | N/A | Ambrose and Ghiassee, 1987 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2.00 bar; based partly on a corelation because of decompostion of smp.; TRC |
Pc | 46.80 | bar | N/A | Vespigniani, 1903 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 4.053 bar; TRC |
Reduced pressure boiling point
Tboil (K) | Pressure (bar) | Reference | Comment |
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317.2 | 0.020 | Weast and Grasselli, 1989 | BS |
317. | 0.020 | Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982 | BS |
Enthalpy of vaporization
ΔvapH (kJ/mol) | Temperature (K) | Method | Reference | Comment |
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43.3 | 364. | EB | Ambrose and Ghiassee, 1987, 2 | Based on data from 349. to 429. K.; AC |
47.6 | 428. | A | Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987 | Based on data from 413. to 526. K.; AC |
45.5 | 335. | A | Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987 | Based on data from 320. to 413. K. See also Dykyj, 1971.; AC |
44.2 | 351. | N/A | McDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959 | Based on data from 336. to 412. K.; AC |
Antoine Equation Parameters
log10(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
P = vapor pressure (bar)
T = temperature (K)
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Temperature (K) | A | B | C | Reference |
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335.99 to 412.57 | 4.24655 | 1427.77 | -75.113 | McDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959 |
References
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Ambrose and Ghiassee, 1987
Ambrose, D.; Ghiassee, N.B.,
Vapor Pressure, Critical Temperature and Critical Pressure of Acetic Anhydride,
J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 911. [all data]
Vespigniani, 1903
Vespigniani, G.R.,
Gazz. Chim. Ital., 1903, 33, 73-8. [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]
Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M.,
Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]
Ambrose and Ghiassee, 1987, 2
Ambrose, D.; Ghiassee, N.B.,
Vapour pressure, critical temperature, and critical pressure of acetic anhydride,
The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1987, 19, 9, 911-913, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(87)90037-1
. [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]
Dykyj, 1971
Dykyj, J.,
Petrochemia, 1971, 11, 2, 27. [all data]
McDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959
McDonald, R.A.; Shrader, S.A.; Stull, D.R.,
Vapor Pressures and Freezing Points of Thirty Pure Organic Compounds.,
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1959, 4, 4, 311-313, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60004a009
. [all data]
Notes
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- Symbols used in this document:
Pc Critical pressure Tboil Boiling point Tc Critical temperature Tfus Fusion (melting) point ΔvapH Enthalpy of vaporization - Data from NIST Standard Reference Database 69: NIST Chemistry WebBook
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