Ethyl Acetate

• Formula: C₄H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 88.1051
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H8O2/c1-3-6-4(2)5/h3H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XEKOWRVHYACXOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 141-78-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Acetic acid, ethyl ester; Acetic ether; Acetidin; Acetoxyethane; Ethyl acetic ester; Ethyl ethanoate; Vinegar naphtha; CH3COOC2H5; Aethylacetat; Essigester; Ethyle (acetate d'); Etile (acetato di); Ethylacetaat; Ethylester kyseliny octove; Rcra waste number U112; UN 1173; Ethyl ester of acetic acid; 1-Acetoxyethane; NSC 70930; ac. acetic ethyl ester
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₃H₉Si⁺ +  = (C₃H₉Si⁺ • )

By formula: C₃H₉Si⁺ + C₄H₈O₂ = (C₃H₉Si⁺ • C₄H₈O₂)

Free energy of reaction

C₃H₉Sn⁺ +  = (C₃H₉Sn⁺ • )

By formula: C₃H₉Sn⁺ + C₄H₈O₂ = (C₃H₉Sn⁺ • C₄H₈O₂)

Free energy of reaction

C₄H₇O₂^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₇O₂^- + H⁺ = C₄H₈O₂

C₄H₉O₂⁺ +  = (C₄H₉O₂⁺ • )

By formula: C₄H₉O₂⁺ + C₄H₈O₂ = (C₄H₉O₂⁺ • C₄H₈O₂)

Bond type: Hydrogen bonds of the type OH-O between organics

 +  = ( • )

By formula: NO^- + C₄H₈O₂ = (NO^- • C₄H₈O₂)

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₆O₂ + H₂ = C₄H₈O₂

 +  =  +  + 

By formula: C₉H₁₆N₂O₂ + H₂O = C₄H₈O₂ + C₃H₄N₂ + C₂H₆O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₄H₈O₂ + H₂O = C₂H₆O + C₂H₄O₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₂H₆O + C₂H₄O₂ = C₄H₈O₂ + H₂O

 +  = 2

By formula: H₂ + C₄H₈O₂ = 2C₂H₆O

 +  =

By formula: C₂H₂O + C₂H₆O = C₄H₈O₂

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

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References

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Wojtyniak and Stone, 1986
Wojtyniak, A.C.M.; Stone, A.J., A High-Pressure Mass Spectrometric Study of the Bonding of Trimethylsilylium to Oxygen and Aromatic Bases, Can. J. Chem., 1986, 74, 59. [all data]

Stone and Splinter, 1984
Stone, J.A.; Splinter, D.E., A high-pressure mass spectrometric study of the binding of (CH₃)₃Sn⁺ to lewis bases in the gas phase, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1984, 59, 169. [all data]

Haas, Giblin, et al., 1998
Haas, G.W.; Giblin, D.E.; Gross, M.L., The Mechanism and Thermodynamics of Transesterification of Acetate-Ester Enolates in the Gas Phase, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1998, 172, 1-2, 25, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1176(97)83245-4 . [all data]

Muftakhov, Vasil'ev, et al., 1999
Muftakhov, M.V.; Vasil'ev, Y.V.; Mazunov, V.A., Determination of electron affinity of carbonyl radicals by means of negative ion mass spectrometry, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 1999, 13, 12, 1104-1108, https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0231(19990630)13:12<1104::AID-RCM619>3.0.CO;2-C . [all data]

Szulejko and McMahon, 1991
Szulejko, J.E.; McMahon, T.B., A Pulsed Electron Beam, Variable Temperature, High Pressure Mass Spectrometric Reevaluation of the Proton Affinity Difference Between 2-Methylpropene and Ammonia, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1991, 109, 279, https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(91)85109-Y . [all data]

Reents and Freiser, 1981
Reents, W.D.; Freiser, B.S., Gas-Phase Binding Energies and Spectroscopic Properties of NO+ Charge-Transfer Complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1981, 103, 2791. [all data]

Farid and McMahon, 1978
Farid, R.; McMahon, T.B., Gas-Phase Ion-Molecule Reactions of Alkyl Nitrites by Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopy, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1978, 27, 2, 163, https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7381(78)80037-0 . [all data]

Vilcu and Perisanu, 1980
Vilcu, R.; Perisanu, S., The ideal gas state enthalpies of formation of some monomers, Rev. Roum. Chim., 1980, 25, 619-624. [all data]

Dolliver, Gresham, et al., 1938
Dolliver, M.A.; Gresham, T.L.; Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Smith, E.A.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of organic reactions. VI. Heats of hydrogenation of some oxygen-containing compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 440-450. [all data]

Guthrie and Pike, 1987
Guthrie, J.P.; Pike, D.C., Hydration of acylimidazoles: tetrahedral intermediates in acylimidazole hydrolysis and nucleophilic attack by imidazole on esters. The question of concerted mechanisms for acyl transfers, Can. J. Chem., 1987, 65, 1951-1969. [all data]

Wadso, 1958
Wadso, I., The heats of hydrolysis of some alkyl acetates, Acta Chem. Scand., 1958, 12, 630-633. [all data]

Halford and Brundage, 1942
Halford, J.O.; Brundage, D., The vapor phase esterification equilibrium, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 36-40. [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]

Rice and Greenberg, 1934
Rice, F.O.; Greenberg, J., Ketene. III. Heat of formation and heat of reaction with alcohols, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 38, 2268-2270. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  T	Temperature
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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