1,4-Butanediol

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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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-426.0 ± 5.7kJ/molCcrKnauth and Sabbah, 1990see Knauth and Sabbah, 1989
Δfgas-427. ± 3.kJ/molCcbGardner and Hussain, 1972 

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-505.3 ± 5.7kJ/molCcrKnauth and Sabbah, 1990see Knauth and Sabbah, 1989; ALS
Δfliquid-503. ± 2.kJ/molCcbGardner and Hussain, 1972ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-2495.5 ± 5.7kJ/molCcrKnauth and Sabbah, 1990see Knauth and Sabbah, 1989; Corresponding Δfliquid = -507.7 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-2499.9 ± 2.0kJ/molCcbGardner and Hussain, 1972Corresponding Δfliquid = -503.25 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid223.4J/mol*KN/ANistratov, Babinkov, et al., 1979DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
200.1298.15Nistratov, Babinkov, et al., 1979T = 5 to 320 K.; DH
178.297.79Petit and TerMinassian, 1974T = 297 to 470 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH

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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
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
Tboil503.2KN/AAldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS
Tboil502.88KN/AMarkovnik, Sachek, et al., 1981Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 K; TRC
Tboil501.15KN/AMellan, 1962Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Tboil503.15KN/AMellan, 1962Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Tboil501.15KN/AClendenning, Macdonald, et al., 1950Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus300. ± 40.KAVGN/AAverage of 7 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple289.9KN/AKnauth and Sabbah, 1990, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC
Ttriple293.58KN/AVasil'ev and Petrov, 1984Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Ttriple293.38KN/ANistratov, Babinkov, et al., 1979, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC
Ttriple293.58KN/ANistratov, Babinkov, et al., 1979, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc727.KN/AWilson, Wilson, et al., 1996Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc62.20barN/AWilson, Wilson, et al., 1996Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.50 bar; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap78. ± 3.kJ/molAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (bar) Reference Comment
393.20.013Weast and Grasselli, 1989BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
72.395.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 380. to 510. K.; AC
77. ± 2.419.VGardner and Hussain, 1972ALS

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
18.700293.58Nistratov, Babinkov, et al., 1979DH
18.7293.6Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
63.72293.58Nistratov, Babinkov, et al., 1979DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C4H9O2- + Hydrogen cation = 1,4-Butanediol

By formula: C4H9O2- + H+ = C4H10O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1490. ± 10.kJ/molG+TSCrowder and Bartmess, 1993gas phase; ΔGacid at 80°C
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1484. ± 8.4kJ/molIMRECrowder and Bartmess, 1993gas phase; ΔGacid at 80°C
Δr1507.1 ± 1.3kJ/molCIDCHouriet, Tabet, et al., 1984gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale

(Chlorine anion • 1,4-Butanediol) + 1,4-Butanediol = (Chlorine anion • 21,4-Butanediol)

By formula: (Cl- • C4H10O2) + C4H10O2 = (Cl- • 2C4H10O2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr88.7 ± 3.3kJ/molTDAsZhang, Beglinger, et al., 1995gas phase
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr44.4 ± 4.2kJ/molTDAsZhang, Beglinger, et al., 1995gas phase

Chlorine anion + 1,4-Butanediol = (Chlorine anion • 1,4-Butanediol)

By formula: Cl- + C4H10O2 = (Cl- • C4H10O2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr126. ± 7.1kJ/molTDAsZhang, Beglinger, et al., 1995gas phase
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr73.2 ± 4.2kJ/molTDAsZhang, Beglinger, et al., 1995gas phase

Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

kH(T) = H exp(d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

H (mol/(kg*bar)) d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) (K) Method Reference Comment
>100000. EN/AValue obtained by missing citation using the group contribution method.
<5.0×10+6 EN/AValue obtained by missing citation using the group contribution method.

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)915.6kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity854.9kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Proton affinity at 298K

Proton affinity (kJ/mol) Reference Comment
>875.0Bouchoux, Buisson, et al., 2003MM
>871.7Bouchoux, Buisson, et al., 2003MM
>884.3 ± 0.5Bouchoux, Buisson, et al., 2003MM

Gas basicity at 298K

Gas basicity (review) (kJ/mol) Reference Comment
843.5Bouchoux, Buisson, et al., 2003MM
841.2Bouchoux, Buisson, et al., 2003MM
852.9 ± 0.5Bouchoux, Buisson, et al., 2003MM

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C3H6+11.1 ± 0.1H2O+CH2OEIHolmes, Mommers, et al., 1984LBLHLM
C3H8O+10.70 ± 0.05CH2OEIHolmes, Mommers, et al., 1984LBLHLM

De-protonation reactions

C4H9O2- + Hydrogen cation = 1,4-Butanediol

By formula: C4H9O2- + H+ = C4H10O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1490. ± 10.kJ/molG+TSCrowder and Bartmess, 1993gas phase; ΔGacid at 80°C; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1484. ± 8.4kJ/molIMRECrowder and Bartmess, 1993gas phase; ΔGacid at 80°C; B
Δr1507.1 ± 1.3kJ/molCIDCHouriet, Tabet, et al., 1984gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

Chlorine anion + 1,4-Butanediol = (Chlorine anion • 1,4-Butanediol)

By formula: Cl- + C4H10O2 = (Cl- • C4H10O2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr126. ± 7.1kJ/molTDAsZhang, Beglinger, et al., 1995gas phase
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr73.2 ± 4.2kJ/molTDAsZhang, Beglinger, et al., 1995gas phase

(Chlorine anion • 1,4-Butanediol) + 1,4-Butanediol = (Chlorine anion • 21,4-Butanediol)

By formula: (Cl- • C4H10O2) + C4H10O2 = (Cl- • 2C4H10O2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr88.7 ± 3.3kJ/molTDAsZhang, Beglinger, et al., 1995gas phase
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr44.4 ± 4.2kJ/molTDAsZhang, Beglinger, et al., 1995gas phase

IR Spectrum

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

Gas Phase Spectrum

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Origin Forensic Spectral Research
State GAS
Instrument Nicolet Nexus
Path length 8.36
Resolution 4.0009
Data processing small amount of water vapor stubtracted out
Sample description 99+% ALDRICH 24,055-9 LOT#06606M;
7cm gold plated vapor cell with KBr windows
Sample temp. (C) 230 C

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Knauth and Sabbah, 1990
Knauth, P.; Sabbah, R., Energetics of intra- and intermolecular bonds in ω-alkanediols (II) Thermochemical study of 1,2-ethanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, and 1,5-pentanediol at 298.15K, Struct. Chem., 1990, 1, 43-46. [all data]

Knauth and Sabbah, 1989
Knauth, P.; Sabbah, R., Combustion calorimetry on milligram samples of liquid substances with a CRMT rocking bomb calorimeter. Application to the study of ω-alkanediol at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1989, 21, 203-210. [all data]

Gardner and Hussain, 1972
Gardner, P.J.; Hussain, K.S., The standard enthalpies of formation of some aliphatic diols, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1972, 4, 819-827. [all data]

Nistratov, Babinkov, et al., 1979
Nistratov, V.P.; Babinkov, A.G.; Shvetsova, K.G.; Lapteva, S.A., Heat capacity and termodynamic functions of tetramethyleneglycol, Termodin. Org. Soedin., 1979, (8), 33-36. [all data]

Petit and TerMinassian, 1974
Petit, J.C.; TerMinassian, L., Measurements of (dV/dT)p, (dV/dP)T, and (dH/dT)p by flux calorimetry, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1974, 6, 1139-1152. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Markovnik, Sachek, et al., 1981
Markovnik, V.S.; Sachek, A.I.; Peshchenko, A.D.; Shvaro, O.V.; Andreyevskii, D.N., Vapor pressure of some glycols in Terodinamika Organ. Soedinenii., Gorkii, p 54, 1981. [all data]

Mellan, 1962
Mellan, I., Polyhydric Alcohols, Spartan Books: Washington, DC, 1962. [all data]

Clendenning, Macdonald, et al., 1950
Clendenning, K.A.; Macdonald, F.J.; Wright, D.E., Effects of position isomerism on the physical properties of glycols, Can. J. Res., Sect. B, 1950, 28, 608-22. [all data]

Knauth and Sabbah, 1990, 2
Knauth, P.; Sabbah, R., Can. J. Chem., 1990, 68, 731. [all data]

Vasil'ev and Petrov, 1984
Vasil'ev, I.A.; Petrov, V.M., Thermodynamic Properties of Oxygen-containing Organic Compounds, Handbook, Soedinenii: Khimya, Leningrad, p 240, 1984. [all data]

Nistratov, Babinkov, et al., 1979, 2
Nistratov, V.P.; Babinkov, A.G.; Shvetsova, K.G.; Kapteva, S.A., Heat capacity and thermodynamic functions of tetramethylene glycol., Termodin. Org. Soedin., 1979, No. 8, 33. [all data]

Wilson, Wilson, et al., 1996
Wilson, L.C.; Wilson, H.L.; Wilding, W.V.; Wilson, G.M., Critical Point Measurements for Fourteen Compounds by a Static Method and a Flow Method, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1996, 41, 1252-4. [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]

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]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Crowder and Bartmess, 1993
Crowder, C.; Bartmess, J., The Gas Phase Acidities of Diols, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 1993, 4, 9, 723, https://doi.org/10.1016/1044-0305(93)80051-Y . [all data]

Houriet, Tabet, et al., 1984
Houriet, R.; Tabet, J.-C.; Tchapla, A., Gas-phase Acidities of Aliphatic and Cyclic Diols, Spectros. Int. J., (1984),, 1984, 3, 132.. [all data]

Zhang, Beglinger, et al., 1995
Zhang, W.; Beglinger, C.; Stone, J.A., High-pressure mass spectrometric study of the gas-phase association of Cl- with alpha,omega-diols, J. Phys. Chem., 1995, 99, 30, 11673, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100030a009 . [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Bouchoux, Buisson, et al., 2003
Bouchoux, G.; Buisson, D.A.; Bourcier, S.; Sablier, M., Application of the kinetic method to bifunctional bases. ESI tandem quadrupole experiments, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2003, 228, 1035. [all data]

Holmes, Mommers, et al., 1984
Holmes, J.L.; Mommers, A.A.; Szulejko, J.E.; Terlouw, J.K., Two new stable [C3H8O]+ isomers: The radical cations [C3H6OH2]+, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1984, 165. [all data]


Notes

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