Acetic anhydride

• Formula: C₄H₆O₃
• Molecular weight: 102.0886
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O3/c1-3(5)7-4(2)6/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WFDIJRYMOXRFFG-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 108-24-7
• Chemical structure:
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• 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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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

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

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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

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Individual Reactions

 +  = 2

By formula: C₄H₆O₃ + H₂O = 2C₂H₄O₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₄H₆O₃ + C₄H₁₁N = C₆H₁₃NO + C₂H₄O₂

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Na⁺ + C₄H₆O₃ = (Na⁺ • C₄H₆O₃)

Free energy of reaction

 + 2 =  + 2

By formula: C₄H₆O₃ + 2C₃H₆O₃ = C₆H₁₀O₅ + 2C₂H₄O₂

2 =  + 

By formula: 2C₂H₄O₂ = C₄H₆O₃ + H₂O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₄H₆O₃ + C₆H₇N = C₈H₉NO + C₂H₄O₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₂H₃NO₄ + C₂H₄O₂ = C₄H₆O₃ + HNO₃

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₄H₆O₃ + C₉H₁₃N₃O₅ = C₁₁H₁₅N₃O₆ + C₂H₄O₂

 +  =

By formula: C₂H₂O + C₂H₄O₂ = C₄H₆O₃

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

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Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Na⁺ + C₄H₆O₃ = (Na⁺ • C₄H₆O₃)

Free energy of reaction

IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Pc	Critical pressure
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  T	Temperature
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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