Butanoic acid, methyl ester

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-2900.kJ/molCcbSchjanberg, 1935Corresponding Δfliquid = -497.1 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
198.16298.15Pintos, Bravo, et al., 1988DH
200.8298.15Fuchs, 1979DH

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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil375. ± 4.KAVGN/AAverage of 22 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc554.5KN/AYoung, 1910Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tc554.5KN/AYoung and Thomas, 1893Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tc551.2KN/AHeilbron, 1891Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC
Tc544.7KN/ADe Heen, 1888Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 8. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc34.73barN/AYoung, 1910Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.8106 bar; TRC
Pc34.704barN/AYoung and Thomas, 1893Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.40 bar; TRC
Pc36.50barN/AHeilbron, 1891Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2.0265 bar; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc2.939mol/lN/AYoung, 1910Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.098 mol/l; TRC
ρc2.940mol/lN/AYoung and Thomas, 1893Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.04 mol/l; TRC
ρc2.85mol/lN/AHeilbron, 1891Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.098 mol/l; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap40. ± 1.kJ/molAVGN/AAverage of 11 values; Individual data points

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
33.79375.9N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
36.9350.N/Avan Genderen, van Miltenburg, et al., 2002AC
41.1 ± 0.2284.N/Avan Genderen, van Miltenburg, et al., 2002AC
38.4332.N/ASwiatek and Malanowski, 2002Based on data from 317. to 360. K.; AC
36.4364.N/AOrtega, Susial, et al., 1990Based on data from 349. to 384. K.; AC
34.2390.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 375. to 545. K.; AC
42.8261.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 246. to 375. K. See also Stull, 1947.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
375.5 to 545.4.720861758.314-2.421Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.
246.4 to 375.54.584991528.058-41.606Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

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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

Trimethyl orthobutyrate + Water = Butanoic acid, methyl ester + 2Methyl Alcohol

By formula: C7H16O3 + H2O = C5H10O2 + 2CH4O

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-26.24 ± 0.059kJ/molCmWiberg, Martin, et al., 1985liquid phase; solvent: Aqueous dioxane
Δr-26.42 ± 0.059kJ/molCmWiberg, 1980liquid phase; solvent: Water; Hydrolysis

Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

kH(T) = H exp(d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

H (mol/(kg*bar)) d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) (K) Method Reference
4.8 MButtery, Ling, et al., 1969

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)836.4kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity805.4kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
10.07 ± 0.03PIWatanabe, Nakayama, et al., 1962RDSH
10.15PEBenoit and Harrison, 1977Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C3H6O2+10.18C2H4EIHolmes and Lossing, 1980LLK
C3H6O2+10.17 ± 0.05?EIHolmes and Lossing, 1979LLK
C3H6O2+11.0 ± 0.2C2H4EIHowe, Williams, et al., 1969RDSH
C4H7O+11.2 ± 0.2CH3OEIHowe, Williams, et al., 1969RDSH

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Gas Phase Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Schjanberg, 1935
Schjanberg, E., Die Verbrennungswarmen und die Refraktionsdaten einiger chlorsubstituierter Fettsauren und Ester., Z. Phys. Chem. Abt. A, 1935, 172, 197-233. [all data]

Pintos, Bravo, et al., 1988
Pintos, M.; Bravo, R.; Baluja, M.C.; Paz Andrade, M.I.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Can. J. Chem., 1988, 1179. [all data]

Fuchs, 1979
Fuchs, R., Heat capacities of some liquid aliphatic, alicyclic, and aromatic esters at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1979, 11, 959-961. [all data]

Young, 1910
Young, S., The Internal Heat of Vaporization constants of thirty pure substances, Sci. Proc. R. Dublin Soc., 1910, 12, 374. [all data]

Young and Thomas, 1893
Young, S.; Thomas, G.L., The vapour pressures, molecular volumes, and critical constants of ten of the lower esters, J. Chem. Soc., 1893, 63, 1191. [all data]

Heilbron, 1891
Heilbron, E., Summary of the Critical Data Up To Now on Liquids., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1891, 1, 601-13. [all data]

De Heen, 1888
De Heen, P., Research on Physics and Theory of Liquids, Experimental Part Paris, 1888. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

van Genderen, van Miltenburg, et al., 2002
van Genderen, Aad C.G.; van Miltenburg, J. Cees; Blok, Jacobus G.; van Bommel, Mark J.; van Ekeren, Paul J.; van den Berg, Gerrit J.K.; Oonk, Harry A.J., Liquid--vapour equilibria of the methyl esters of alkanoic acids: vapour pressures as a function of temperature and standard thermodynamic function changes, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2002, 202, 1, 109-120, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3812(02)00097-3 . [all data]

Swiatek and Malanowski, 2002
Swiatek, Barbara E.; Malanowski, Stanislaw K., Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium in m -Xylene + Cyclohexanol at 19.99 and 94.93 kPa, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 3, 478-481, https://doi.org/10.1021/je010246z . [all data]

Ortega, Susial, et al., 1990
Ortega, Juan; Susial, Pedro; De Alfonso, Casiano, Isobaric vapor-liquid equilibrium of methyl butanoate with ethanol and 1-propanol binary systems, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1990, 35, 2, 216-219, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00060a037 . [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]

Wiberg, Martin, et al., 1985
Wiberg, K.B.; Martin, E.J.; Squires, R.R., Thermochemical studies of carbonyl compounds. 3. Enthalpies of hydrolysis of ortho esters, J. Org. Chem., 1985, 50, 4717-4720. [all data]

Wiberg, 1980
Wiberg, K.B., Energies of organic compounds, Rept. DOE-E(11-1)4060 Prepared for US Dept. of Energy by Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. Avail. NTIS, 1980, 1-24. [all data]

Buttery, Ling, et al., 1969
Buttery, R.G.; Ling, L.C.; Guadagni, D.G., Volatilities Aldehydes, Ketones, and Esters in Dilute Water Solution, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1969, 17, 385-389. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [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]

Benoit and Harrison, 1977
Benoit, F.M.; Harrison, A.G., Predictive value of proton affinity. Ionization energy correlations involving oxygenated molecules, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 3980. [all data]

Holmes and Lossing, 1980
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P., Gas-phase heats of formation of keto and enol ions of carbonyl compounds., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980, 102, 1591. [all data]

Holmes and Lossing, 1979
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P., Keto and enol forms of methyl acetate molecular ions, their stability and interconvertibility prior to fragmentation in the gas phase, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1979, 14, 512. [all data]

Howe, Williams, et al., 1969
Howe, I.; Williams, D.H.; Kingston, D.G.I.; Tannenbaum, H.P., Substituent effects in the mass spectra of some - and -substituted methyl butyrates, J. Chem. Soc. B, 1969, 439. [all data]


Notes

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