Propiolactone

• Formula: C₃H₄O₂
• Molecular weight: 72.0627
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H4O2/c4-3-1-2-5-3/h1-2H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: VEZXCJBBBCKRPI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 57-57-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: β-Propiolactone; 2-Oxetanone; β-Propanoic acid lactone; β-Propionolactone; Betaprone; BPL; Hydracrylic acid β-lactone; Propanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-, β-lactone; Propanolide; 1,3-Propiolactone; 3-Hydroxypropionic acid, lactone; 3-Propanolide; 3-Propiolactone; 2-Oxacyclobutanone; β-lactone hydracrylic acid; 2-Oxooxetane; β-Proprolactone; Propiolactone β-; Propionic acid, 3-hydroxy-, β-lactone; β-Propriolactone; β-Propiolakton; 3-Hydroxypropionic acid β-lactone; NSC-21626; Oxetan-2-one; Propionolactone; Beta-propiolactone
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
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

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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

References

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Dmitriev, Kotovich, et al., 1988
Dmitriev, Yu.G.; Kotovich, K.Z.; Kochubei, V.V.; Mineravina, L.O., Heats of combustion of alkyl derivatives of β-propiolactones, Vestn. L'vov. Politekhn. Inst., 1988, 221, 34-35. [all data]

Borjesson, Nakase, et al., 1966
Borjesson, B.; Nakase, Y.; Sunner, S., The heat of combustion and polymerization of β-propiolactone, Acta Chem. Scand., 1966, 20, 803-810. [all data]

Yevstroprov, Lebedev, et al., 1979
Yevstroprov, A.A.; Lebedev, B.V.; Kulagina, T.G.; Lyudvig, Ye.B.; Belenkaya, B.G., The thermodynamic proerties of β-propiolactone, its polymer, and its polymerization in the 0-400°K range, Polym. Sci. USSR, 1979, 21, 2249-2256. [all data]

Kudchadker S.A., 1975
Kudchadker S.A., Thermodynamic properties of oxygen compounds. II. beta-Propiolactone, gamma-butyrolactone, and gamma-butyrolactam (2-pyrrolidone), Thermochim. Acta, 1975, 12, 11-17. [all data]

Joshi R.M., 1970
Joshi R.M., Thermodynamic properties of some monomeric compounds in the standard ideal gas state, J. Polym. Sci., Part A-2, 1970, 8, 679-687. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Lebedev and Yevstropov, 1983
Lebedev, B.V.; Yevstropov, A.A. (see evstro aa), Thermodynamics of β-propiolactone, γ-butyrolactone, δ- valerolactone, and ε-caprolactone from 13.8 to 340 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 115. [all data]

Evstropov, Lebedev, et al., 1979
Evstropov, A.A.; Lebedev, B.V.; Kulagina, T.G.; Lyudvig, E.B., and Belen'kaya, B.G. Thermodynamic parameters of β-propiolactone, poly-β-propiolactone, and β-propiolactone polymerization at 0 to 400 K, Vysokomol. Soedin., Ser., 1979, A 21(9), 2038-2044. [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]

Lebedev and Yevstropov, 1983, 2
Lebedev, B.V.; Yevstropov, A.A., Thermodynamics of β-propiolactone, t-butyrolactone, d-valerolactone, and e-caprolactone from 13.8 to 340 K, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1983, 15, 115-128. [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]

Watanabe, Nakayama, et al., 1962
Watanabe, K.; Nakayama, T.; Mottl, J., Ionization potentials of some molecules, J. Quant. Spectry. Radiative Transfer, 1962, 2, 369. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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