Dimethylketene

• Formula: C₄H₆O
• Molecular weight: 70.0898
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O/c1-4(2)3-5/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: VDOKWPVSGXHSNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 598-26-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 1-Propen-1-one, 2-methyl-; Ketene, dimethyl-; 1,1-Dimethylketene; (CH3)2C=C=O; 2-methyl-1-propen-1-one
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

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Ionization energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997
Thermodynamics Research Center, Selected Values of Properties of Chemical Compounds., Thermodynamics Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1997. [all data]

Holmes and Lossing, 1986
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P., Title unavailable, Personal communication to S.G. Lias, 1986. [all data]

Bock, Hirabayashi, et al., 1981
Bock, H.; Hirabayashi, T.; Mohmand, S., Thermische erzeugung von alkyl- und halogenketenen, Chem. Ber., 1981, 114, 2595. [all data]

Bock, Hirabayashi, et al., 1977
Bock, H.; Hirabayashi, T.; Mohmand, S.; Solouki, B., Instabile Zwischenprodukte in der Gasphase: Der thermische Zerfall von Carbonsaurechloriden RCOCl, Angew. Chem., 1977, 89, 106. [all data]

Zenkevich, 1996
Zenkevich, I.G., Informational Maitenance of Gas Chromatographic Identification of Organic Compounds in Ecoanalytical Investigations, Z. Anal. Chem., 1996, 51, 11, 1140-1148. [all data]

Lee and Shibamoto, 2000
Lee, K.-G.; Shibamoto, T., Antioxidant properties of aroma compounds isolated from soybeans and mung beans, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2000, 48, 9, 4290-4293, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf000442u . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas

  Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

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