Methylcyclopropane

• Formula: C₄H₈
• Molecular weight: 56.1063
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H8/c1-4-2-3-4/h4H,2-3H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: VNXBKJFUJUWOCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 594-11-6
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Phase change data

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Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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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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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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References

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Gragson, Greenlee, et al., 1953
Gragson, J.T.; Greenlee, K.W.; Derfer, J.M.; Boord, C.E., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 3344-7. [all data]

Anonymous, 1952
Anonymous, R., , Physical Properties of Chemical Substances, Dow Chemical Co., 1952. [all data]

Lagerlof, 1918
Lagerlof, D., Thermodynamic research: reduced formulas for simplified calculations of latent molar heat of evaporation, J. Prakt. Chem., 1918, 98, 136. [all data]

Demjanoff, 1895
Demjanoff, N., Methyltrimethylene, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1895, 28, 21. [all data]

Pomerantz, Fookson, et al., 1954
Pomerantz, P.; Fookson, A.; Mears, T.W.; Rothberg, S.; Howard, F.L., Synth. and Phys. Prop. of Several Aliphatic and Alicyclic Hydrocarbons hydrocarbons, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1954, 52, 59-65. [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]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Schomburg and Dielmann, 1973
Schomburg, G.; Dielmann, G., Use of retention increments for identification and correlation of saturated and unsaturated cyclopropane hydrocarbons by means of Kovats indices, Anal. Chem., 1973, 45, 9, 1647-1658, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac60331a021 . [all data]

Zenkevich, Chupalov, et al., 1996
Zenkevich, I.G.; Chupalov, A.A.; Herzschuh, R., Correlation of the Increments of Gas Chromatographic Retention Indices with the Differences of Innermolecular Energies of Reagents and Products of Chemical Reactions, Zh. Org. Khim. (Rus.), 1996, 32, 11, 1685-1691. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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