Acetone

• Formula: C₃H₆O
• Molecular weight: 58.0791
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6O/c1-3(2)4/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CSCPPACGZOOCGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 67-64-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • Acetone-D6
• Other names: 2-Propanone; β-Ketopropane; Dimethyl ketone; Dimethylformaldehyde; Methyl ketone; Propanone; Pyroacetic ether; (CH3)2CO; Dimethylketal; Ketone propane; Ketone, dimethyl-; Chevron acetone; Rcra waste number U002; UN 1090; Sasetone; Propan-2-one; NSC 135802
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

References

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Wiberg, Crocker, et al., 1991
Wiberg, K.B.; Crocker, L.S.; Morgan, K.M., Thermochemical studies of carbonyl compounds. 5. Enthalpies of reduction of carbonyl groups, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 3447-3450. [all data]

Chao and Zwolinski, 1976
Chao, J.; Zwolinski, B.J., Ideal gas thermodynamic properties of propanone and 2-butanone, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1976, 5, 319-328. [all data]

Buckley and Herington, 1965
Buckley, E.; Herington, E.F.G., Equilibria in some secondary alcohol + hydrogen + ketone systems, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1965, 61, 1618-1625. [all data]

Pennington and Kobe, 1957
Pennington, R.E.; Kobe, K.A., The thermodynamic properties of acetone, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 300-305. [all data]

Miles and Hunt, 1941
Miles, C.B.; Hunt, H., Heats of combustion. I. The heat of combustion of acetone, J. Phys. Chem., 1941, 45, 1346-1359. [all data]

Chao J., 1986
Chao J., Thermodynamic properties of key organic oxygen compounds in the carbon range C1 to C4. Part 2. Ideal gas properties, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1986, 15, 1369-1436. [all data]

Pennington R.E., 1957
Pennington R.E., The thermodynamic properties of acetone, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 300-305. [all data]

Chao J., 1976
Chao J., Ideal gas thermodynamic properties of propanone and 2-butanone, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1976, 5, 319-328. [all data]

Vilcu R., 1975
Vilcu R., Determination of heat capacities of some alcohols and ketones in vapor phase, Rev. Roum. Chim., 1975, 20, 603-609. [all data]

Kabo G.J., 1995
Kabo G.J., Thermodynamic properties, conformation, and phase transitions of cyclopentanol, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1995, 27, 953-967. [all data]

Bennewitz K., 1938
Bennewitz K., Molar heats of vapor organic compounds, Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 1938, B39, 126-144. [all data]

Collins B.T., 1949
Collins B.T., The heat capacity of organic vapors. VI. Acetone, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 2929-2930. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  ΔcH°gas	Enthalpy of combustion of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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