2,3-Butanediol, 2,3-dimethyl-

• Formula: C₆H₁₄O₂
• Molecular weight: 118.1742
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H14O2/c1-5(2,7)6(3,4)8/h7-8H,1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: IVDFJHOHABJVEH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 76-09-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Pinacol; Tetramethylethylene glycol; 2,3-Dimethyl-2,3-butanediol; meso-2,3-Dimethyl-2,3-butanediol; 2,3-Dihydroxy-2,3-dimethylbutane; 2,3-Dimethyl-2,3-dihydroxybutane
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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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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, polar column, temperature ramp

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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References

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Guthrie, 1977
Guthrie, J.P., Cyclization of glycol monoesters to give hemiorthoesters: a test of the thermochemical method for determining free energies of tetrahedral intermediates, Can. J. Chem., 1977, 55, 3562-3574. [all data]

Priest, Woolley, et al., 1983
Priest, J.G.; Woolley, E.M.; Ott, J.B.; Goates, J.R., Solid+liquid phase equilibria, excess enthalpies, and enthalpies of fusion fusion in 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-butanediol + water., J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 357-66. [all data]

Mellan, 1962
Mellan, I., Polyhydric Alcohols, Spartan Books: Washington, DC, 1962. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
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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]

Priest, Woolley, et al., 1983, 2
Priest, Jeffrey G.; Woolley, Earl M.; Ott, J. Bevan; Goates, J. Rex, Solid + liquid phase equilibria, excess enthalpies, and enthalpies of fusion in (2,3-dimethyl-2,3-butanediol + water), The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1983, 15, 4, 357-366, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(83)90065-4 . [all data]

Holmes, Lossing, et al., 1991
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P.; Mayer, P.M., Heats of formation of oxygen-containing organic free radicals from appearance energy measurements, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 9723. [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]

Shiratsuchi, Shimoda, et al., 1994
Shiratsuchi, H.; Shimoda, M.; Imayoshi, K.; Noda, K.; Osajima, Y., Off-flavor compounds in spray-dried skim milk powder, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1994, 42, 6, 1323-1327, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf00042a014 . [all data]

Shiratsuchi, Shimoda, et al., 1994, 2
Shiratsuchi, H.; Shimoda, M.; Imayoshi, K.; Noda, K.; Osajima, Y., Volatile flavor compounds in spray-dried skim milk powder, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1994, 42, 4, 984-988, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf00040a028 . [all data]

Vinogradov, 2004
Vinogradov, B.A., Production, composition, properties and application of essential oils, 2004, retrieved from http://viness.narod.ru. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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