Propanoic acid, 2-oxo-

• Formula: C₃H₄O₃
• Molecular weight: 88.0621
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H4O3/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h1H3,(H,5,6) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LCTONWCANYUPML-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 127-17-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Pyruvic acid; α-Ketopropionic acid; Acetylformic acid; BTS; Pyroracemic Acid; 2-Oxopropanoic acid; 2-Oxopropionic acid; CH3COCOOH
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  • Gas Chromatography
  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₃H₃O₃^- +  =

By formula: C₃H₃O₃^- + H⁺ = C₃H₄O₃

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

Gas Chromatography

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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References

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Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 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]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Graul, Schnute, et al., 1990
Graul, S.T.; Schnute, M.E.; Squires, R.R., Gas-Phase Acidities of Carboxylic Acids and Alcohols from Collision-Induced Dissociation of Dimer Cluster Ions, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1990, 96, 2, 181, https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(90)87028-F . [all data]

Ardrey and Moffat, 1981
Ardrey, R.E.; Moffat, A.C., Gas-liquid chromatographic retention indices of 1318 substances of toxicological interest on SE-30 or OV-1 stationary phase, J. Chromatogr., 1981, 220, 3, 195-252, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)81925-1 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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