Hexanoic acid

• Formula: C₆H₁₂O₂
• Molecular weight: 116.1583
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6(7)8/h2-5H2,1H3,(H,7,8) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FUZZWVXGSFPDMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 142-62-1
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• Other names: Caproic acid; n-Caproic acid; n-Hexanoic acid; n-Hexoic acid; n-Hexylic acid; Butylacetic acid; Capronic acid; Hexoic acid; Pentiformic acid; Pentylformic acid; 1-Pentanecarboxylic acid; CH3(CH2)4COOH; Pentane-1-carboxylic acid; 1-Hexanoic acid; Hexacid 698; Kyselina kapronova; Pentanecarboxylic acid; NSC 8266
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Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions (nominally 298.15 K, 1 atm.)

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

References

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Fenwick, Harrop, et al., 1978
Fenwick, J.O.; Harrop, D.; Head, A.J., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. 46. Enthalpies of formation of ethyl acetate and 1-hexanoix acid, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1978, 10, 687-690. [all data]

Adriaanse, Dekker, et al., 1965
Adriaanse, N.; Dekker, H.; Coops, J., Heats of combustion of normal saturated fatty acids and their methyl esters, Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays/Bas, 1965, 84, 393-407. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Lebedeva, 1964
Lebedeva, N.D., Heats of combustion of monocarboxylic acids, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1964, 38, 1435-1437. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas

  Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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