Acetylacetone

• Formula: C₅H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 100.1158
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H8O2/c1-4(6)3-5(2)7/h3H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: YRKCREAYFQTBPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 123-54-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 2,4-Pentanedione; Acetoacetone; Diacetylmethane; Pentane-2,4-dione; 2-Propanone, acetyl-; 2,4-Dioxopentane; 2,4-Pentadione; CH3COCH2COCH3; Acetone, acetyl-; ACAC; Pentanedione; Pentanedione-2,4; Acetyl 2-propanone; UN 2310; 2,4-Pentandione; Pentan-2,4-dione; NSC 5575
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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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Ion clustering data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Clustering reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cl^- + C₅H₈O₂ = (Cl^- • C₅H₈O₂)

Free energy of reaction

 +  = ( • )

By formula: I^- + C₅H₈O₂ = (I^- • C₅H₈O₂)

References

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Timmermans, 1921
Timmermans, J., The Freezing Points of Organic Substances IV. New Exp. Determinations, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1921, 30, 62. [all data]

Melia and Merrifield, 1969
Melia, T.P.; Merrifield, R., Thermal properties of acetylacetone, J. Appl. Chem., 1969, 19, 79-82. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Hacking and Pilcher, 1979
Hacking, J.M.; Pilcher, G., Enthalpy of combustion of pentane-2,4-dione, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1979, 11, 1015-1017. [all data]

Irving and Wads, 1970
Irving, R.J.; Wads, I., Enthalpy of vaporization of organic compounds at 25°C. V. Acetylacetone, Acta Chem. Scand., 1970, 24, 589-592. [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]

Melia and Merrifield, 2007
Melia, T.P.; Merrifield, R., Thermal properties of acetylacetone, J. Appl. Chem., 2007, 19, 3, 79-82, https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.5010190305 . [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]

Nakanishi and Toyama, 1972
Nakanishi, Koichiro; Toyama, Osamu, Vapor Pressure of Acetylacetone below Normal Boiling Point, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1972, 45, 10, 3210-3211, https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.45.3210 . [all data]

Raviprasad and Venkateswara Rao, 1985
Raviprasad, A.; Venkateswara Rao, K., Vapour pressure of 2,4-pentanedione, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1985, 17, 2, 117-121, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(85)90063-1 . [all data]

Inoue, Arai, et al., 1981
Inoue, Mikio; Arai, Yasuhiko; Saito, Shozaburo; Suzuki, Nobuo, Vapor-liquid equilibriums of acetylacetone-organic solvent systems, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1981, 26, 3, 287-293, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00025a020 . [all data]

French, Ikuta, et al., 1982
French, M.A.; Ikuta, S.; Kebarle, P., Hydrogen bonding of O-H and C-H hydrogen donors to Cl^-. Results from mass spectrometric measurement of the ion-molecule equilibria RH + Cl^- = RHCl^-, Can. J. Chem., 1982, 60, 1907. [all data]

Caldwell, Masucci, et al., 1989
Caldwell, G.W.; Masucci, J.A.; Ikonomou, M.G., Negative Ion Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry - Binding of Molecules to Bromide and Iodide Anions, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1989, 24, 1, 8, https://doi.org/10.1002/oms.1210240103 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  T	Temperature
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  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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