Cyclobutanone

• Formula: C₄H₆O
• Molecular weight: 70.0898
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O/c5-4-2-1-3-4/h1-3H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SHQSVMDWKBRBGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1191-95-3
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₄H₅O^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₅O^- + H⁺ = C₄H₆O

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₆O + H₂ = C₄H₈O

 +  =  + 2

By formula: C₆H₁₂O₂ + H₂O = C₄H₆O + 2CH₄O

 + 2 =  + 

By formula: C₄H₆O + 2CH₄O = C₆H₁₂O₂ + H₂O

Gas Chromatography

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

Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Brickhouse and Squires, 1988
Brickhouse, M.D.; Squires, R.R., Gas Phase Bronsted vs. Lewis Acid-Base Reactions of 6,6-Dimethylfulvene. A Sensitive Probe of the Electronic Structures of Organic Anions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 9, 2706, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00217a002 . [all data]

Wiberg, Crocker, et al., 1991
Wiberg, K.B.; Crocker, L.S.; Morgan, K.M., Thermochemical studies of carbonyl compounds. 5. Enthalpies of reduction of carbonyl groups, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 3447-3450. [all data]

Wiberg, Morgan, et al., 1994
Wiberg, K.B.; Morgan, K.M.; Maltz, H., Thermochemistry of carbonyl reactions. 6. A study of hydration equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 11067-11077. [all data]

Tello, Lebron-Aguilar, et al., 2009
Tello, A.M.; Lebron-Aguilar, R.; Quintanilla-Lopez, J.E.; Santiuste, J.M., Isothermal retention indices on poly93-cyanopropylmethyl)siloxane stationary phases, J. Chromatogr. A, 2009, 1216, 10, 1630-1639, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2008.10.025 . [all data]

Lebrón-Aguilar, Quintanilla-López, et al., 2007
Lebrón-Aguilar, R.; Quintanilla-López, J.E.; Tello, A.M.; Santiuste, J.M., Isothermal retention indices on poly (3,3,3-trifluoropropylmethylsiloxane) stationary phases, J. Chromatogr. A, 2007, 1160, 1-2, 276-288, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2007.05.025 . [all data]

Zenkevich, 1996
Zenkevich, I.G., Informational Maitenance of Gas Chromatographic Identification of Organic Compounds in Ecoanalytical Investigations, Z. Anal. Chem., 1996, 51, 11, 1140-1148. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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