1,3-Butadiyne

• Formula: C₄H₂
• Molecular weight: 50.0587
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H2/c1-3-4-2/h1-2H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LLCSWKVOHICRDD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 460-12-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • Butadiyne-d2
• Other names: Butadiyne; Biacetylene; Biethynyl; Diacetylene; HC≡CC≡CH; buta-1,3-diyne
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  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • UV/Visible spectrum
  • Gas Chromatography
  • References
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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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₄H^- +  =

By formula: C₄H^- + H⁺ = C₄H₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

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Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₄H^- +  =

By formula: C₄H^- + H⁺ = C₄H₂

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Pauling, Springall, et al., 1939
Pauling, L.; Springall, H.D.; Palmer, K.J., The Electron Diffraction Investigation of Methylacetylene, Dimethyl- acetylene, Dimethyldiacetylene, Methyl Cyanide, Diacetylene and Cyanogen cyanogen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 927-8. [all data]

Straus and Kollek, 1926
Straus, F.; Kollek, L., About Diacetylene, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1926, 59, 1664-81. [all data]

Mueller, 1925
Mueller, F.G., Diacetylene (1,3-butadiyne), Helv. Chim. Acta, 1925, 8, 826-32. [all data]

Straus and Kollek, 2006
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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]

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Straus and Kollek, 1926, 2
Straus, F.; Kollek, L., Uber Diacetylen, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1926, 59, 8, 1664-1681, https://doi.org/10.1002/cber.19260590804 . [all data]

Pino, Tulej, et al., 2002
Pino, T.; Tulej, M.; Guthe, F.; Pachkov, M.; Maier, J.P., Photodetachment spectroscopy of the C2nH- (n=2-4) anions in the vicinity of their electron detachment threshold, J. Chem. Phys., 2002, 116, 14, 6126-6131, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1451248 . [all data]

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Bieri, G.; Schmelzer, A.; Asbrink, L.; Jonsson, M., Fluorine and the fluoroderivatives of acetylene and diacetylene studied by 30.4 nm He(II) photoelectron spectroscopy, Chem. Phys., 1980, 49, 213. [all data]

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Smith, W.L., The absorption spectrum of diacetylene in the vacuum ultraviolet, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), 1967, A300, 519. [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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