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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  • UV/Visible spectrum
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  • Gas Chromatography
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

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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Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Takehiko Shimanouchi

Symmetry:   D_∞h     Symmetry Number σ = 2

Source: Shimanouchi, 1972

Notes

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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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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Kiefer, Sidhu, et al., 1992
Kiefer, J.H.; Sidhu, S.S.; Kern, R.D.; Xie, K.; Chen, H.; Harding, L.B., The homogeneous pyrolysis of acetylene II: the high temperature radical chain mechanism, Combust. Sci. Technol., 1992, 82, 101-130. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1991
Dorofeeva O.V., Thermodynamic properties of linear carbon chain molecules with conjugated triple bonds. Part I. Polyacetylenes, H(CC)nH (n=2-6), cyanopolyacetylenes, H(CC)nCN (n=1-5), and dicyanopolyacetylenes, NC(CC)nCN (n=1-4), Thermochim. Acta, 1991, 178, 273-286. [all data]

Dessau L., 1988
Dessau L., Vibrations and thermodynamic functions of long-chain acetylenes, Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 1988, 269, 187-190. [all data]

Fihtengolts, et al., 1969
Fihtengolts, V.S., et al., Atlas of UV Absorption Spectra of Substances Used in Synthetic Rubber Manufacture, 1969, 172. [all data]

Shimanouchi, 1972
Shimanouchi, T., Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies Consolidated Volume I, National Bureau of Standards, 1972, 1-160. [all data]

Do and Raulin, 1992
Do, L.; Raulin, F., Gas chromatography of Titan's atmosphere. III. Analysis of low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons and nitriles with a CP-Sil-5 CB WCOT capillary column, J. Chromatogr., 1992, 591, 1-2, 297-301, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(92)80247-R . [all data]

Kaiser and Siegl, 1994
Kaiser, E.W.; Siegl, W.O., High resolution gas chromatographic determination of the atmospheric reactivity of engine-out hydrocarbon emissions from a spark-ignited engine, J. Hi. Res. Chromatogr., 1994, 17, 4, 264-270, https://doi.org/10.1002/jhrc.1240170414 . [all data]

Bramston-Cook, 2013
Bramston-Cook, R., Kovats indices for C2-C13 hydrocarbons and selected oxygenated/halocarbons with 100 % dimethylpolysiloxane columns, 2013, retrieved from http://lotusinstruments.com/monographs/List .... [all data]

Zenkevich, 2005
Zenkevich, I.G., Experimentally measured retention indices., 2005. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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