Isobutane

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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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-32.07 ± 0.15kcal/molCcbPittam and Pilcher, 1972ALS
Δfgas-32.42 ± 0.13kcal/molCmProsen, Maron, et al., 1951see Prosen and Rossini, 1945, Rossini, 1935; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcgas-685.71 ± 0.14kcal/molCcbPittam and Pilcher, 1972Corresponding Δfgas = -32.07 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcgas-685.37 ± 0.11kcal/molCmProsen, Maron, et al., 1951see Prosen and Rossini, 1945, Rossini, 1935; Corresponding Δfgas = -32.41 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
8.32050.Chen S.S., 1975Recommended values are in good agreement with those calculated by [ Pitzer K.S., 1946].; GT
11.30100.
14.41150.
17.17200.
21.49273.15
23.10298.15
23.22300.
29.739400.
35.669500.
40.719600.
45.000700.
48.671800.
51.850900.
54.6011000.
57.0001100.
59.0701200.
60.8801300.
62.4501400.
63.8191500.

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
19.67 ± 0.01243.15Ernst G., 1970Other experimental values of heat capacity [ Sage B.H., 1937, Sage B.H., 1938] are less accurate, see [ Chen S.S., 1975]. Please also see Dailey B.P., 1943, Wacker P.F., 1947.; GT
21.50 ± 0.01273.15
22.76 ± 0.024293.15
24.061 ± 0.024313.15
25.423 ± 0.026333.15
26.209347.6
26.707 ± 0.026353.15
26.900359.4
28.590387.5
32.751452.5
36.551520.9
38.549561.7
40.559605.3
44.259692.7

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid47.990cal/mol*KN/AAston, Kennedy, et al., 1940 
liquid47.49cal/mol*KN/AParks, Shomate, et al., 1937Extrapolation below 67 K, 44.02 J/mol*K.

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
30.999260.Aston, Kennedy, et al., 1940T = 20 to 260 K.
30.69258.3Parks, Shomate, et al., 1937T = 79 to 261 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C4H9- + Hydrogen cation = Isobutane

By formula: C4H9- + H+ = C4H10

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr412.9 ± 2.0kcal/molBranDePuy, Gronert, et al., 1989gas phase; B
Δr414.7 ± 4.8kcal/molBranPeerboom, Rademaker, et al., 1992gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr404.3 ± 2.1kcal/molH-TSDePuy, Gronert, et al., 1989gas phase; B
Δr406.1 ± 4.9kcal/molH-TSPeerboom, Rademaker, et al., 1992gas phase; B

C4H9- + Hydrogen cation = Isobutane

By formula: C4H9- + H+ = C4H10

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr413.1 ± 2.0kcal/molBranDePuy, Gronert, et al., 1989gas phase; B
Δr414.0 ± 2.0kcal/molBranDePuy, Bierbaum, et al., 1984gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr405.7 ± 2.1kcal/molH-TSDePuy, Gronert, et al., 1989gas phase; B

1-Propene, 2-methyl- + Hydrogen = Isobutane

By formula: C4H8 + H2 = C4H10

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-28.15 ± 0.10kcal/molChydKistiakowsky, Ruhoff, et al., 1935gas phase; Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -28.39 ± 0.18 kcal/mol; At 355 °K; ALS

Butane = Isobutane

By formula: C4H10 = C4H10

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-2.318kcal/molEqkPines, Kvetinskas, et al., 1945gas phase; Heat of isomerization; ALS

References

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Pittam and Pilcher, 1972
Pittam, D.A.; Pilcher, G., Measurements of heats of combustion by flame calorimetry. Part 8.-Methane, ethane, propane, n-butane and 2-methylpropane, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 1, 1972, 68, 2224-2229. [all data]

Prosen, Maron, et al., 1951
Prosen, E.J.; Maron, F.W.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion, formation, and insomerization of ten C4 hydrocarbons, J. Res. NBS, 1951, 46, 106-112. [all data]

Prosen and Rossini, 1945
Prosen, E.J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of formation and combustion of 1,3-butadiene and styrene, J. Res. NBS, 1945, 34, 59-63. [all data]

Rossini, 1935
Rossini, F.D., Heat of combustion of isobutane, J. Res. NBS, 1935, 15, 357-361. [all data]

Chen S.S., 1975
Chen S.S., Ideal gas thermodynamic properties and isomerization of n-butane and isobutane, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1975, 4, 859-869. [all data]

Pitzer K.S., 1946
Pitzer K.S., The entropies and related properties of branched paraffin hydrocarbons, Chem. Rev., 1946, 39, 435-447. [all data]

Ernst G., 1970
Ernst G., Ideal and real gas state heat capacities Cp of C3H8, i-C4H10, C2F5Cl, CH2ClCF3, CF2ClCFCl2, and CHF2Cl, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1970, 2, 787-791. [all data]

Sage B.H., 1937
Sage B.H., Phase equilibria in hydrocarbon systems. XX. Isobaric heat capacity of gaseous propane, n-butane, isobutane, and n-pentane, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1937, 29, 1309-1314. [all data]

Sage B.H., 1938
Sage B.H., Phase equilibrium in hydrocarbon systems. Thermodynamic properties of isobutane, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1938, 30, 673-681. [all data]

Dailey B.P., 1943
Dailey B.P., Heat capacities and hindered rotation in n-butane and isobutane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1943, 65, 44-46. [all data]

Wacker P.F., 1947
Wacker P.F., Heat capacities of gaseous oxygen, isobutane, and 1-butene from -30 to +90 C, J. Res. Nat. Bur. Stand., 1947, 38, 651-659. [all data]

Aston, Kennedy, et al., 1940
Aston, J.G.; Kennedy, R.M.; Schumann, S.C., The heat capacity and entropy, heats of fusion and vaporization and the vapor pressure of isobutane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 2059-2063. [all data]

Parks, Shomate, et al., 1937
Parks, G.S.; Shomate, C.H.; Kennedy, W.D.; Crawford, B.L., Jr., The entropies of n-butane and isobutane, with some heat capacity data for isobutane, J. Chem. Phys., 1937, 5, 359-363. [all data]

DePuy, Gronert, et al., 1989
DePuy, C.H.; Gronert, S.; Barlow, S.E.; Bierbaum, V.M.; Damrauer, R., The Gas Phase Acidities of the Alkanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 6, 1968, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00188a003 . [all data]

Peerboom, Rademaker, et al., 1992
Peerboom, R.A.L.; Rademaker, G.J.; Dekoning, L.J.; Nibbering, N.M.M., Stabilization of Cycloalkyl Carbanions in the Gas Phase, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 1992, 6, 6, 394, https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1290060608 . [all data]

DePuy, Bierbaum, et al., 1984
DePuy, C.H.; Bierbaum, V.M.; Damrauer, R., Relative Gas-Phase Acidities of the Alkanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 4051. [all data]

Kistiakowsky, Ruhoff, et al., 1935
Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Ruhoff, J.R.; Smith, H.A.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of organic reactions. II. Hydrogenation of some simpler olefinic hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 876-882. [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]

Pines, Kvetinskas, et al., 1945
Pines, H.; Kvetinskas, B.; Kassel, L.S.; Ipatieff, V.N., Determination of equilibrium constants for butanes and pentanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1945, 67, 631-637. [all data]


Notes

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