α-Aminoisobutanoic acid

• Formula: C₄H₉NO₂
• Molecular weight: 103.1198
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H9NO2/c1-4(2,5)3(6)7/h5H2,1-2H3,(H,6,7) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FUOOLUPWFVMBKG-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 62-57-7
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Alanine, 2-methyl-; α-Aminoisobutyric acid; α-Methylalanine; α,α-Dimethylglycine; AIB; Propionic acid, 2-amino-2-methyl-; 2-Amino-2-methylpropanoic acid; 2-Aminoisobutyric acid; 2-Methylalanine; Propanoic acid, 2-amino-2-methyl-; 2-Amino-2-methylpropionic acid; NSC 16590
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  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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

Phase change data

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Enthalpy of sublimation

IR Spectrum

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• SOLID (NUJOL MULL); PERKIN-ELMER 21 (GRATING) $$SPECTRAL CONTAMINATION DUE TO OIL AROUND 2900 CM^-1; 2 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLID (OIL MULL) $$SPECTRAL CONTAMINATION DUE TO OIL AROUND 1450 CM^-1; BAIRD (PRISM); DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH II) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLID (SPLIT MULL), FLUOROLUBE FOR 3800-1330 CM^-1, NUJOL FOR 1330-460 CM^-1; DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH I) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Steele, Chirico, et al., 1997
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Cowell, A.B.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Thermodynamic properties and ideal-gas enthalpies of formation for 2-aminoisobutyric acid (2-methylalanine), acetic acid, (4-methyl-3-penten-2-one), 4-methylpent-1-ene, 2,2'-bis(phenylthio)propane, and glycidyl phenyl ether (1,2-epoxy-3-phenoxypropane), J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1997, 42, 1052-1066. [all data]

Contineanu and Marchidan, 1994
Contineanu, J.; Marchidan, D.I., The enthalpies of combustion and formation of some isomers of aminobutyric (aminobutanoic) acid, Rev. Roum. Chim., 1994, 39, 1391-1395. [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]

Svec and Clyde, 1965
Svec, H.J.; Clyde, D.D., Vapor Pressures of Some α-Amino Acids., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1965, 10, 2, 151-152, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60025a024 . [all data]

Clyde and Svec, 1964
Clyde, D.D.; Svec, H., , U. S. Atomic Energy Comm. IS-790, 1964, 1. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation

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