2(3H)-Furanone, 5-methyl-

• Formula: C₅H₆O₂
• Molecular weight: 98.0999
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H6O2/c1-4-2-3-5(6)7-4/h2H,3H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QOTQFLOTGBBMEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 591-12-8
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• Other names: α-Angelica lactone; β,γ-Angelica lactone; δ2-Angelica lactone; 3-Pentenoic acid, 4-hydroxy-, γ-lactone; 4-Hydroxy-3-pentenoic acid γ-lactone; 5-Methylfuran-2(3H)-one; Penten-3-oic acid, 4-hydroxy-, γ-lactone; 4-Hydroxypent-3-enoic acid lactone; γ-Methyl-β,γ-crotonolactone; 5-Methyl-2(3H)-furanone; 2,3-Dihydro-5-methyl-2-furanone; 2-Oxo-5-methyl-2,3-dihydrofuran; NSC 654; Angelica lactone; 2,3-Dihydro-5-methylfuran-2-one; 5-Methyl-3H-furan-2-one; 5-Methyl-2(3H)-furanone (α-angelicalactone)
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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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

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By formula: C₅H₆O₂ = C₅H₆O₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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• LIQUID; PERKIN-ELMER; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution

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• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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