1,3-Dioxolane

• Formula: C₃H₆O₂
• Molecular weight: 74.0785
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6O2/c1-2-5-3-4-1/h1-3H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WNXJIVFYUVYPPR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 646-06-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Ethylene glycol formal; Formal glycol; Glycolformal; 1,3-Dioxacyclopentane; 1,3-Dioxolan; 1,3-Dioxole, dihydro-; Dioxolan; Dioxolane
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  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • Gas Chromatography
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - 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:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

View reactions leading to C₃H₆O₂⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Pihlaja and Heikklia, 1969
Pihlaja, K.; Heikklia, J., Enthalpies of formation of cyclic acetals. 1,3-dioxolane, 2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane, and 2,4-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolanes, Acta Chem. Scand., 1969, 23, 1053-1055. [all data]

Clegg G.A., 1969
Clegg G.A., Thermodynamics of polymerization of heterocyclic compounds. Part V. The heat capacity, entropy, enthalpy and free energy of 1,3-dioxolan and poly-1,3-dioxolan, Polymer, 1969, 10, 912-922. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1992
Dorofeeva O.V., Ideal gas thermodynamic properties of oxygen heterocyclic compounds. Part 1. Three-membered, four-membered and five-membered rings, Thermochim. Acta, 1992, 194, 9-46. [all data]

Sweigart and Turner, 1972
Sweigart, D.A.; Turner, D.W., Lone pair orbitals and their interactions studied by photoelectron spectroscopy. II. Equivalent orbitals in saturated oxygen and sulfur J. Heterocycl. Chem., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1972, 94, 5599. [all data]

Collin and Conde, 1966
Collin, J.E.; Conde, G., L'ionisation et la dissociation des polyethers cycliques soumis a l'impact electronique, Bull. Classe Sci. Acad. Roy. Belg., 1966, 52, 978. [all data]

Holmes, Terlouw, et al., 1976
Holmes, J.L.; Terlouw, J.K.; Lossing, F.P., The thermochemistry of C₂H₄O⁺ ions, J. Phys. Chem., 1976, 80, 2860. [all data]

Misharina and Golovnya, 1994
Misharina, T.A.; Golovnya, R.V., Spectral and gas-chromatographic characterization of 4-methyl-2-alkyl substituted 1,3-oxothiolanes and 1,3-dithiolanes, Zh. Anal. Khim., 1994, 49, 4, 395-401. [all data]

Misharina, Golovnya, et al., 1992
Misharina, T.A.; Golovnya, R.V.; Yakovleva, V.N., GC-MS and GC-FTIR characteristics of 2-alkyl- and 4-methyl-2-alkyl-1,3-dioxolans, Zh. Anal. Khim., 1992, 47, 304-311. [all data]

Winskowski, 1983
Winskowski, J., Gaschromatographische Identifizierung von Stoffen anhand von Indexziffem und unterschiedlichen Detektoren, Chromatographia, 1983, 17, 3, 160-165, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02271041 . [all data]

Bogoslovsky, Anvaer, et al., 1978
Bogoslovsky, Yu.N.; Anvaer, B.I.; Vigdergauz, M.S., Chromatographic constants in gas chromatography (in Russian), Standards Publ. House, Moscow, 1978, 192. [all data]

Zenkevich, 2005
Zenkevich, I.G., Experimentally measured retention indices., 2005. [all data]

Flanagan, Streete, et al., 1997
Flanagan, R.J.; Streete, P.J.; Ramsey, J.D., Volatile Substance Abuse, UNODC Technical Series, No 5, United Nations, Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria, 1997, 56, retrieved from http://www.odccp.org/pdf/technical_series₁997-01-01₁.pdf. [all data]

Strete, Ruprah, et al., 1992
Strete, P.J.; Ruprah, M.; Ramsey, J.D.; Flanagan, R.J., Detection and identification of volatile substances by headspace capillary gas chromatography to aid the diagnosis of acute poisoning, Analyst, 1992, 117, 7, 1111-1127, https://doi.org/10.1039/an9921701111 . [all data]

Waggott and Davies, 1984
Waggott, A.; Davies, I.W., Identification of organic pollutants using linear temperature programmed retention indices (LTPRIs) - Part II, 1984, retrieved from http://dwi.defra.gov.uk/research/completed-research/reports/dwi0383.pdf. [all data]

Ramsey and Flanagan, 1982
Ramsey, J.D.; Flanagan, R.J., Detection and Identification of Volatile Organic Compounds in Blood by Headspace Gas Chromatography as an Aid to the Diagnosis of Solvent Abuse, J. Chromatogr., 1982, 240, 2, 423-444, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)99622-5 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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