Erythritol

• Formula: C₄H₁₀O₄
• Molecular weight: 122.1198
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H10O4/c5-1-3(7)4(8)2-6/h3-8H,1-2H2/t3-,4+ Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UNXHWFMMPAWVPI-ZXZARUISSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 149-32-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • 1,2,3,4-Butanetetrol, [S-(R*,R*)]-
• Other names: 2(R),3(S)-1,2,3,4-Butanetetrol; meso-Erythritol; 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroxybutane, (R*,S*)-; 1,2,3,4-Butanetetrol, (R*,S*)-; Erythrit; Erythritol, meso-; Erythrol; Phycitol; Antierythrite; Erythrite; L-Erythritol; Erythroglucin; Paycite; Lichen sugar; 1,2,3,4-Butanetetrol, (2R,3S)-rel-; C*Eridex; NIK 242; NSC 8099
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  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • Henry's Law data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

k_H(T) = k°_H exp(d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
k°_H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Parks, West, et al., 1946
Parks, G.S.; West, T.J.; Naylor, B.F.; Fujii, P.S.; McClaine, L.A., Thermal data on organic compounds. XXIII. Modern combustion data for fourteen hydrocarbons and five polyhydroxy alcohols, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 2524-2527. [all data]

McClaine, 1947
McClaine, L.A., Thermodynamic data for some compounds containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, Ph.D. Thesis for Stanford University, 1947, 1-57. [all data]

Parks and Manchester, 1952
Parks, G.S.; Manchester, K.E., The heats of solution of erythritol, mannitol and dulcitol; combustion values for liquid polyhydroxy alcohols, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 3435-34. [all data]

Parks, Kelley, et al., 1929
Parks, G.S.; Kelley, K.K.; Huffman, H.M., Thermal data on organic compounds. V. A revision of the entropies and free energies of nineteen organic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1929, 51, 1969-1973. [all data]

Parks and Anderson, 1926
Parks, G.S.; Anderson, C.T., Thermal data on organic compounds. III. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of tertiary butyl alcohol, mannitol, erythritol and normal butyric acid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 1506-1512. [all data]

Spaght, Thomas, et al., 1932
Spaght, M.E.; Thomas, S.B.; Parks, G.S., Some heat capacity data on organic compounds obtained with a radiation calorimeter, J. Phys. Chem., 1932, 36, 882-888. [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]

Barone, DellaGatta, et al., 1990
Barone, G.; DellaGatta, G.; Ferro, D.; Piacente, V., Enthalpies and entropies of sublimation, vaporization and fusion of nine polyhydric alcohols, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1990, 86, 75. [all data]

Spaght, Thomas, et al., 1932, 2
Spaght, M.E.; Thomas, S.B.; Parks, G.S., Some heat capacity data on organic compounds obtained with a radiation calorimeter, J. Phys. Chem., 1932, 36, 882-8. [all data]

Nitta, Seki, et al., 1950
Nitta, I.; Seki, S.; Momotani, M.; Suzuki, K.; Nakagawa, S., On the phase transition in pentaerythritol (II)., Proc. Jpn. Acad., 1950, 26, 11. [all data]

Lopes Jesus, Tomé, et al., 2005
Lopes Jesus, A.J.; Tomé, Luciana I.N.; Eusébio, M. Ermelinda; Redinha, J.S., Enthalpy of Sublimation in the Study of the Solid State of Organic Compounds. Application to Erythritol and Threitol, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 38, 18055-18060, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp051621n . [all data]

Barone, Gatta, et al., 1990
Barone, Guido; Gatta, Giuseppe Della; Ferro, Daniela; Piacente, Vincenzo, Enthalpies and entropies of sublimation, vaporization and fusion of nine polyhydric alcohols, Faraday Trans., 1990, 86, 1, 75, https://doi.org/10.1039/ft9908600075 . [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]

Barone and Della Gatta, 1990
Barone, G.; Della Gatta, G., Ferro D., and Piacente, V., Enthalpies and entropies of sublimation, vaporization and fusion of nine polyhydric alcohols, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1990, 86(1), 75-79. [all data]

Jónsdóttir, Cooke, et al., 2002
Jónsdóttir, Svava Ósk; Cooke, Stephen A.; Macedo, Eugénia A., Modeling and measurements of solid--liquid and vapor--liquid equilibria of polyols and carbohydrates in aqueous solution, Carbohydrate Research, 2002, 337, 17, 1563-1571, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0008-6215(02)00213-6 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  S°solid,1 bar	Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  d(ln(kH))/d(1/T)	Temperature dependence parameter for Henry's Law constant
  k°H	Henry's Law constant at 298.15K
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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