2-Butenoic acid, methyl ester, (E)-

• Formula: C₅H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 100.1158
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H8O2/c1-3-4-5(6)7-2/h3-4H,1-2H3/b4-3+ Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: MCVVUJPXSBQTRZ-ONEGZZNKSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 623-43-8
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Species with the same structure:
  • Methyl (E)-2-butenoate
• Stereoisomers:
  • 2-Butenoic acid, methyl ester
  • 2-Butenoic acid, methyl ester, (Z)-
• Other names: Crotonic acid, methyl ester, (E)-; trans-2-Butenoic acid methyl ester; Methyl trans-crotonate; Methyl trans-2-butenoate; (E)-2-Butenoic acid methyl ester; Methyl crotonate, (E)-; (E)-CH3CH=CHC(O)OCH3; (E)-Crotonic acid methyl ester; Methyl α-crotonate, trans-; Methyl E-crotonate; Methyl 2-butenoate, (E)-; Methyl (E)-2-butenoate; 2-Butenoic acid, methyl ester, (2E)-; Methyl E-propene-1-carboxylate; Methyl crotonate
• Information on this page:
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  • Phase change data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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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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BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Schjanberg, 1936
Schjanberg, E., Die verbrennungswarmen und die refraktionsdaten einiger crotonsaureeste, Z. Phys. Chem., 1936, 175, 289-342. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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