1,4-Butanediol

• Formula: C₄H₁₀O₂
• Molecular weight: 90.1210
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H10O2/c5-3-1-2-4-6/h5-6H,1-4H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WERYXYBDKMZEQL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 110-63-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Diol 14B; Sucol B; Tetramethylene glycol; 1,4-Butylene glycol; 1,4-Dihydroxybutane; 1,4-Tetramethylene glycol; Butane-1,4-diol; Butanediol; 1,4-BD; Tetramethylene 1,4-diol; BDO; Butylene glycol; Dabco BDO; Butane diol-1,4; NSC 406696
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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 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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₄H₉O₂^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₉O₂^- + H⁺ = C₄H₁₀O₂

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

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

 +  = ( • )

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

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Pc	Critical pressure
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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