2-Butenal

• Formula: C₄H₆O
• Molecular weight: 70.0898
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O/c1-2-3-4-5/h2-4H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: MLUCVPSAIODCQM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 4170-30-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • 2-Butenal, (E)-
  • 2-Butenal, (Z)-
• Other names: Crotonaldehyde; Crotonal; Crotonic aldehyde; Crotylaldehyde; β-Methylacrolein; Propylene aldehyde; Krotonaldehyd; Rcra waste number U053; UN 1143; But-2-enal; 1-Formylpropene; 2-Butenaldehyde; NSC 56354
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• LIQUID; Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution

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

• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

UV/Visible spectrum

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Spectrum

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References

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Van-chin-syan, Kochubei, et al., 1996
Van-chin-syan, Yu.Ya.; Kochubei, V.V.; Sergeev, V.V.; Raevskii, Yu.A.; Gerasimchuk, S.I.; Kotovich, Kh.Z., Thermodynamic properties of some acids and aldehydes of the acrylic series, Sov. J. Chem. Phys. (Engl. Transl.), 1996, 70, 1789-1794, In original 1932. [all data]

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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]

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Markovnik, V.S.; Sachek, A.I.; Peshchenko, A.D.; Shvaro, O.V.; Andreevskii, D.N.; Olizarevich, N.M., Termodin. Org. Soedin., 1979, 107. [all data]

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Miller, Cook, et al., 1950
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Timmermans, 1922
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Timmermans, 1913
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Gurarii, Kuleshov, et al., 1987
Gurarii, L.L.; Kuleshov, G.G.; Baglai, A.K.; Petrashkevich, R.I., Thermodynamic properties of 2-methoxypropene, Khim.-Farm. Zh., 1987, 21, 247. [all data]

Van-Chin-Syan, Kochubei, et al., 1996
Van-Chin-Syan, Yu.Ya.; Kochubei, V.V.; Sergeev, V.V.; Raevskii, Yu.A.; Gerasimchuk, S.I.; Kotovich, Kh.Z., Thermodynamic properties of some acrylic-series acids and aldehydes, Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1996, 70, 11, 1932. [all data]

Wiberg, Morgan, et al., 1994
Wiberg, K.B.; Morgan, K.M.; Maltz, H., Thermochemistry of carbonyl reactions. 6. A study of hydration equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 11067-11077. [all data]

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Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ρc	Critical density

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