Hexanoic acid, ethyl ester

• Formula: C₈H₁₆O₂
• Molecular weight: 144.2114
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H16O2/c1-3-5-6-7-8(9)10-4-2/h3-7H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SHZIWNPUGXLXDT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 123-66-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • ethyl hexanoate-d11
• Other names: Ethyl caproate; Ethyl hexanoate; Caproic acid ethyl ester; n-Caproic acid ethyl ester; Acetic acid, butyl-, ethyl ester; Ethyl butyl acetate; Ethyl hexoate; Ethyl ester of hexanoic acid; Ethyl n-hexanoate; NSC 8882; 8068-81-3
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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

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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Enthalpy of vaporization

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Appearance energy determinations

References

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Wiberg and Waldron, 1991
Wiberg, K.B.; Waldron, R.F., Lactones. 2. Enthalpies of hydrolysis, reduction, and formation of the C₄-C₁₃ monocyclic lactones. strain energies and conformations, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 7697-7705. [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]

Serijan and Wise, 1951
Serijan, K.T.; Wise, P.H., Dicyclic hydrocarboms. IV. Synthesis and Physical properties of alpha,alpha - and alpha,omega-diphenyl- and dicyclohexyl- pentanes and hexanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 5191. [all data]

Gill and Dexter, 1934
Gill, A.H.; Dexter, F.P., Ind. Eng. Chem., 1934, 26, 881. [all data]

Gartenmeister, 1886
Gartenmeister, R., Investigation of the physical characterstics of liquid compounds: vi boiling point and specific volume of normal fatty acid esters, Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1886, 233, 249-315. [all data]

Fehling, 1845
Fehling, H., Acids of Coconut Oil, Justus Liebigs Ann. CHem., 1845, 53, 399-411. [all data]

Young, 1994
Young, C.L., Personal Commun. 1994 1994, 1994. [all data]

Verevkin and Heintz, 1999
Verevkin, Sergey P.; Heintz, Andreas, Determination of Vaporization Enthalpies of the Branched Esters from Correlation Gas Chromatography and Transpiration Methods, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1999, 44, 6, 1240-1244, https://doi.org/10.1021/je990122a . [all data]

Nilsson and Wadso, 1986
Nilsson, S.-O.; Wadso, I., Thermodynamic properties of some mono-, di-, and tri esters. Enthalpies of solution in water at 288.15 to 318.15 K and enthalpies of vaporization and heat capacities at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1986, 18, 673-681. [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]

Holmes and Lossing, 1980
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P., Gas-phase heats of formation of keto and enol ions of carbonyl compounds., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980, 102, 1591. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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