2-Butanethiol

• Formula: C₄H₁₀S
• Molecular weight: 90.187
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H10S/c1-3-4(2)5/h4-5H,3H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LOCHFZBWPCLPAN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 513-53-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: sec-Butyl thioalcohol; sec-Butanethiol; sec-Butyl mercaptan; sec-Butyl thiol; Secondary butylmercaptan; 1-Methyl-1-propanethiol; 2-Butyl mercaptan; 2-Mercaptobutane; sec-C4H9SH; 2-Butylthiol; NSC 78417; butane-2-thiol
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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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of vaporization

Δ_vapH = A exp(-βT_r) (1 − T_r)^β
    Δ_vapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kJ/mol)
    T_r = reduced temperature (T / T_c)

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Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

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:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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

Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Ellis and Reid, 1932
Ellis, L.M.; Reid, E.E., The Preparation and Properties of A Double Series of Aliphatic Mercaptans, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1932, 54, 1674. [all data]

McCullough, Finke, et al., 1958
McCullough, J.P.; Finke, H.L.; Scott, D.W.; Pennington, R.E.; Gross, M.E.; Messerly, J.F.; Waddington, G., 2-Butanethiol: chemical thermodynamic properties between 0 and 1000 K; rotational conformations., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1958, 80, 4786-93. [all data]

Haines, Helm, et al., 1956
Haines, W.E.; Helm, R.V.; Cook, G.L.; Ball, J.S., Purification and Properties of Organic Sulfur Compounds, J. Phys. Chem., 1956, 60, 549-55. [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]

Reid, 1972
Reid, Robert C., Handbook on vapor pressure and heats of vaporization of hydrocarbons and related compounds, R. C. Wilhort and B. J. Zwolinski, Texas A Research Foundation. College Station, Texas(1971). 329 pages.$10.00, AIChE J., 1972, 18, 6, 1278-1278, https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690180637 . [all data]

Hubbard, Good, et al., 1958
Hubbard, W.N.; Good, W.D.; Waddington, G., The heats of combustion, formation and isomerization of the seven isomeric C₄H₁₀S alkane thiols and sulfides, J. Phys. Chem., 1958, 62, 614-617. [all data]

McCullough, Finke, et al., 1958, 2
McCullough, J.P.; Finke, H.L.; Scott, D.W.; Pennington, R.E.; Gross, M.E.; Messerly, J.F.; Waddington, G., 2-butanethiol: Chemical thermodynamic properties between 0 and 1000°K; rotational conformations, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1958, 80, 4786-47. [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]

McCullough, Finke, et al., 1958, 3
McCullough, J.P.; Finke, H.L.; Scott, D.W.; Pennington, R.E.; Gross, M.E.; Messerly, J.F.; Waddington, G., 2-Butanethiol: chemical thermodynamic properties between 0 and 1000K., rotational conformations, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1958, 80, 4786-4793. [all data]

Osborn and Douslin, 1966
Osborn, A.G.; Douslin, D.R., Vapor Pressure Relations of 36 Sulfur Compounds Present in Petroleum., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1966, 11, 4, 502-509, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60031a014 . [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]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Ogata, Onizuka, et al., 1973
Ogata, H.; Onizuka, H.; Nihei, Y.; Kamada, H., The photoelectron spectra of alcohols, mercaptans and amines, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1973, 46, 3036. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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