4-Octanone

• Formula: C₈H₁₆O
• Molecular weight: 128.2120
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H16O/c1-3-5-7-8(9)6-4-2/h3-7H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: YWXLSHOWXZUMSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 589-63-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Butyl propyl ketone; n-C4H9COCH2CH2CH3; Propyl n-butyl ketone; octan-4-one
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Gas phase ion energetics data

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RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Geiseler and Ratzsch, 1965
Geiseler, V.G.; Ratzsch, M., Bildungsenthalpien stellungsisomerer n-Alkanderivate. 1. Mitteilung: Bildungsenthalpien des Octanals und der drei isomeren Octanone, Ber. Bunsen-Ges. Phys. Chem., 1965, 69, 485-488. [all data]

Pulliam, Gude, et al., 1994
Pulliam, M.K.; Gude, M.T.; Teja, A.S., The Critical Properties of Twelve Isomeric n-Alkanones with Six to Nine Carbon Atoms, Experimental Results for DIPPR 1990-91 Projects on Phase Equilibria and Pure Component Properties, 1994, 1994, DIPPR Data Ser. No. 2, p. 184-87. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
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Vilesov, 1960
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Tamura, H.; Kihara, S.; Sugisawa, H., A New Identification Method for Aliphatic Compounds Using Linear Equation of the GC Retention Index Value, Agric. Biol. Chem., 1990, 54, 12, 3171-3176, https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb1961.54.3171 . [all data]

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Teai, Claude-Lafontaine, et al., 2001
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ρc	Critical density

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