Butane, 2-bromo-

• Formula: C₄H₉Br
• Molecular weight: 137.018
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H9Br/c1-3-4(2)5/h4H,3H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UPSXAPQYNGXVBF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 78-76-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: sec-Butyl Bromide; Methylethylbromomethane; 2-Bromobutane; 2-Butyl bromide; (+/-)-2-Bromobutane; sec-C4H9Br; UN 2339
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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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BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
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Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

 +  =

By formula: HBr + C₄H₈ = C₄H₉Br

 +  =

By formula: HBr + C₄H₈ = C₄H₉Br

 +  =

By formula: HBr + C₄H₈ = C₄H₉Br

=

By formula: C₄H₉Br = C₄H₉Br

IR Spectrum

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• SOLUTION (10% CCl4 FOR 3800-1340, 10% CS2 FOR 1340-430); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING $$SPECTRAL CONTAMINATION DUE TO CS2 AROUND 850 AND CCl4 AROUND 1550 CM^-1 HAVE BEEN SUBTRACTED; DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH I) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Bjellerup, 1961
Bjellerup, L., On the accuracy of heat of combustion data obtained with a precision moving-bomb calorimetric method for organic bromine compounds, Acta Chem. Scand., 1961, 15, 121-140. [all data]

Holm, 1973
Holm, T., Thermochemistry of Grignard reagents. Enthalpies of formation of alkylmagnesium bromides and of alkyl bromides, J. Organomet. Chem., 1973, 56, 87-93. [all data]

Dreisbach, 1955
Dreisbach, R.R., Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds, Advances in Chemistry Series No. 15, Am. Chem. Soc.: Washington, D. C., 1955. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Wadsö, Luoma, et al., 1968
Wadsö, Ingemar; Luoma, Sinikka; Olson, Thomas; Norin, Torbjörn, Heats of Vaporization of Organic Compounds. II. Chlorides, Bromides, and Iodides., Acta Chem. Scand., 1968, 22, 2438-2444, https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.22-2438 . [all data]

Wadso, 1968
Wadso, I., Heats of vaporization of organic compounds II. Chlorides, bromides, and iodides, Acta Chem. Scand., 1968, 22, 2438. [all data]

Wadsö, Murto, et al., 1966
Wadsö, Ingemar; Murto, Maija-Leena; Bergson, Göran; Ehrenberg, L.; Brunvoll, J.; Bunnenberg, E.; Djerassi, Carl; Records, Ruth, Heats of Vaporization for a Number of Organic Compounds at 25 degrees C., Acta Chem. Scand., 1966, 20, 544-552, https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.20-0544 . [all data]

Wadso, 1966
Wadso, I., Acta Chem. Scand., 1966, 20, 544. [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]

Dykyj, 1971
Dykyj, J., Petrochemia, 1971, 11, 2, 27. [all data]

Acree, 1991
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation, Thermochimica Acta, 1991, 189, 1, 37-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(91)87098-H . [all data]

Lacher, Billings, et al., 1952
Lacher, J.R.; Billings, T.J.; Campion, D.E., Vapor phase heats of hydrobromination of the isomeric butenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 5291-52. [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]

Alenin, Rozhnov, et al., 1974
Alenin, V.I.; Rozhnov, A.M.; Nesterova, T.N.; Strizhkov, V.N., Equilibrium in the isomerisation of liquid C₃-C₄ monobromoalkanes, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1974, 48, 1702. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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