Cyclobutane

Formula: C₄H₈
Molecular weight: 56.1063
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H8/c1-2-4-3-1/h1-4H2
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PMPVIKIVABFJJI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 287-23-0
Chemical structure:
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Isotopologues:
- Cyclobutane-d8
Other names: Tetramethylene; UN 2601
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

C_p,gas (J/mol*K)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
34.15	50.	Dorofeeva O.V., 1986	Discrepancies between selected values and those calculated earlier [ Rathjens G.W., 1953] increase as the temperature increases and amount to 5.4 and 3.1 J/mol*K for S(1500 K) and Cp(1500 K), respectively.
38.19	100.
42.28	150.
48.84	200.
64.23	273.15
70.6 ± 1.5	298.15
71.05	300.
97.67	400.
122.03	500.
142.64	600.
159.92	700.
174.52	800.
186.99	900.
197.67	1000.
206.85	1100.
214.76	1200.
221.59	1300.
227.50	1400.
232.62	1500.

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

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_cH°_liquid	-2720.4 ± 0.5	kJ/mol	Ccb	Kaarsemaker and Coops, 1952	Corresponding Δ_fHº_liquid = 3.0 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δ_cH°_liquid	-2720.5 ± 0.4	kJ/mol	Ccb	Coops and Kaarsemaker, 1950	Corresponding Δ_fHº_liquid = 3.1 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
S°_liquid	175.15	J/mol*K	N/A	Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953	DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

C_p,liquid (J/mol*K)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
106.32	285.	Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953	T = 15 to 285 K.; DH

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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
T_boil	284. ± 5.	K	AVG	N/A	Average of 9 values; Individual data points
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
T_fus	183.0	K	N/A	Kaarsemaker and Coops, 1952	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
T_fus	193.	K	N/A	Willstatter and Bruce, 1907	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC
T_fus	273.14	K	N/A	Willstatter and Bruce, 1907	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
T_triple	182.4 ± 0.6	K	AVG	N/A	Average of 12 values; Individual data points
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_vapH°	23.92	kJ/mol	N/A	Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Δ_vapH°	23.2	kJ/mol	V	Kaarsemaker and Coops, 1952	ALS
Δ_vapH°	23.3 ± 0.4	kJ/mol	V	Coops and Kaarsemaker, 1950	ALS

Enthalpy of vaporization

Δ_vapH (kJ/mol)	Temperature (K)	Method	Reference	Comment
24.188	285.66	N/A	Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953	P = 101.325 kPa; DH
24.19	285.7	N/A	Majer and Svoboda, 1985
25.2	272.	A	Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987	Based on data from 198. to 287. K.; AC
5.781	559.	C	Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953, 2	ALS
25.2	270.	N/A	Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953	Based on data from 217. to 285. K. See also Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984.; AC

Entropy of vaporization

Δ_vapS (J/mol*K)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
84.67	285.66	Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953	P; DH

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K)	A	B	C	Reference	Comment
213.22 to 285.34	4.07143	1038.009	-30.334	Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953	Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

Δ_subH (kJ/mol)	Temperature (K)	Method	Reference	Comment
36.4	145.	B	Bondi, 1963	AC

Enthalpy of fusion

Δ_fusH (kJ/mol)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
1.09	182.4	Domalski and Hearing, 1996	AC

Entropy of fusion

Δ_fusS (J/mol*K)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
39.17	145.7	Domalski and Hearing, 1996	CAL
5.96	182.4	Domalski and Hearing, 1996	CAL

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔH_trs (kJ/mol)	Temperature (K)	Initial Phase	Final Phase	Reference	Comment
5.707	145.7	crystaline, II	crystaline, I	Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953	Transition over about 120 to 145.7 K. Values represent excess over extrapolated Cp curves.; DH
1.088	182.42	crystaline, I	liquid	Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953	DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔS_trs (J/mol*K)	Temperature (K)	Initial Phase	Final Phase	Reference	Comment
39.17	145.7	crystaline, II	crystaline, I	Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953	Transition; DH
5.96	182.42	crystaline, I	liquid	Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953	DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₄H₇^- + = Cyclobutane

By formula: C₄H₇^- + H⁺ = C₄H₈

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	1746. ± 8.4	kJ/mol	Bran	DePuy, Gronert, et al., 1989	gas phase; B
Δ_rH°	1757. ± 8.4	kJ/mol	Bran	Peerboom, Rademaker, et al., 1992	gas phase; B
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rG°	1709. ± 8.8	kJ/mol	H-TS	DePuy, Gronert, et al., 1989	gas phase; B
Δ_rG°	1719. ± 8.8	kJ/mol	H-TS	Peerboom, Rademaker, et al., 1992	gas phase; B

2 = Cyclobutane

By formula: 2C₂H₄ = C₄H₈

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	-86.6 ± 4.2	kJ/mol	Eqk	Quick, Knecht, et al., 1972	gas phase; At 750 K; ALS

Gas Chromatography

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

Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Column type	Active phase	Temperature (C)	I	Reference	Comment
Packed	Squalane	27.	462.	Hively and Hinton, 1968	He, Chromosorb P; Column length: 15. m; Column diameter: 0.25 mm
Packed	Squalane	49.	464.	Hively and Hinton, 1968	He, Chromosorb P; Column length: 15. m; Column diameter: 0.25 mm
Packed	Squalane	67.	465.	Hively and Hinton, 1968	He, Chromosorb P; Column length: 15. m; Column diameter: 0.25 mm
Packed	Squalane	86.	467.	Hively and Hinton, 1968	He, Chromosorb P; Column length: 15. m; Column diameter: 0.25 mm

References

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Dorofeeva O.V., 1986
Dorofeeva O.V., Thermodynamic properties of twenty-one monocyclic hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1986, 15, 437-464. [all data]

Rathjens G.W., 1953
Rathjens G.W., Jr., Infrared absorption spectra, structure and thermodynamic properties of cyclobutane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 5634-5642. [all data]

Kaarsemaker and Coops, 1952
Kaarsemaker, S.; Coops, J., Thermal quantities of some cycloparaffins. Part III. Results of measurements, Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays/Bas, 1952, 71, 261. [all data]

Coops and Kaarsemaker, 1950
Coops, J.; Kaarsemaker, SJ., Heat of combustion of cyclobutane, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1950, 69, 1364. [all data]

Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953
Rathjens, G.W., Jr.; Gwinn, W.D., Heat capacities and entropy of cyclobutane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 5629-5633. [all data]

Willstatter and Bruce, 1907
Willstatter, R.; Bruce, J., Chem. Ber., 1907, 40, 3979. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [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]

Rathjens and Gwinn, 1953, 2
Rathjens, G.W., Jr.; Gwinn, W.D., Heat capacities and entropy of cyclobutane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 5629-56. [all data]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

Bondi, 1963
Bondi, A., Heat of Siblimation of Molecular Crystals: A Catalog of Molecular Structure Increments., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1963, 8, 3, 371-381, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60018a027 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

DePuy, Gronert, et al., 1989
DePuy, C.H.; Gronert, S.; Barlow, S.E.; Bierbaum, V.M.; Damrauer, R., The Gas Phase Acidities of the Alkanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 6, 1968, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00188a003 . [all data]

Peerboom, Rademaker, et al., 1992
Peerboom, R.A.L.; Rademaker, G.J.; Dekoning, L.J.; Nibbering, N.M.M., Stabilization of Cycloalkyl Carbanions in the Gas Phase, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 1992, 6, 6, 394, https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1290060608 . [all data]

Quick, Knecht, et al., 1972
Quick, L.M.; Knecht, D.A.; Back, M.H., Kinetics of the formation of cyclobutane from ethylene, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 1972, 4, 61-68. [all data]

Hively and Hinton, 1968
Hively, R.A.; Hinton, R.E., Variation of the retention index with temperature on squalane substrates, J. Gas Chromatogr., 1968, 6, 4, 203-217, https://doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/6.4.203 . [all data]

Notes

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Symbols used in this document:

C_p,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
C_p,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
S°_liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
T_boil	Boiling point
T_fus	Fusion (melting) point
T_triple	Triple point temperature
ΔH_trs	Enthalpy of phase transition
ΔS_trs	Entropy of phase transition
Δ_cH°_liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
Δ_fusH	Enthalpy of fusion
Δ_fusS	Entropy of fusion
Δ_rG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
Δ_rH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
Δ_subH	Enthalpy of sublimation
Δ_vapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
Δ_vapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
Δ_vapS	Entropy of vaporization

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