Methyl vinyl ketone

• Formula: C₄H₆O
• Molecular weight: 70.0898
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O/c1-3-4(2)5/h3H,1H2,2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FUSUHKVFWTUUBE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 78-94-4
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: 3-Buten-2-one; Vinyl methyl ketone; 1-Buten-3-one; 2-Butenone; 3-Butene-2-one; CH2=CHCOCH3; Acetone, methylene-; Butenone; Ketone, methyl vinyl; Methyl ethenyl ketone; Methyl-vinyl-cetone; Methylvinylketon; Acetyl ethylene; Methylene acetone; γ-Oxo-α-butylene; UN 1251; 3-Oxobutene; 3-Butenen-2-one; But-3-en-2-one; 3-Oxo-1-butene; NSC 4853
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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

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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

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

C₄H₅O^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₅O^- + H⁺ = C₄H₆O

(CAS Reg. No. 71695-01-7 • 4294967295) +  = CAS Reg. No. 71695-01-7

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 71695-01-7 • 4294967295C₄H₆O) + C₄H₆O = CAS Reg. No. 71695-01-7

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₄H₆O = C₄H₈O

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

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Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₄H₅O^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₅O^- + H⁺ = C₄H₆O

IR Spectrum

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• Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution
• GAS (50 mmHg, N2 ADDED, TOTAL PRESSURE 600 mmHg); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 2 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION (10% IN CCl4 FOR 3800-1340, 10% IN CS2 FOR 1340-400 CM^-1); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution

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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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

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References

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Guthrie, 1978
Guthrie, J.P., Equilibrium constants for a series of simple aldol condensations, and linear free energy relations with other carbonyl addition reactions, Can. J. Chem., 1978, 56, 962-973. [all data]

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Kharitonov Yu.Ya., Thermodynamic properties of methylvinylketone calculated by statistical mechanics. Deposited at ONIITEkhim, Cherkassy, Ukraine, 16.04.87, No. 417-xn 87 (From Ref. Zh. Khim. 1987, 15 B3025DP), 1987. [all data]

Anjaneyulu Y., 1988
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Murata, Arai, et al., 1957
Murata, N.; Arai, H.; Tanaka, M., Synthesis of Methyl Vinyl Ketone, Kogyo Kagaku Zasshi, 1957, 60, 1206-7. [all data]

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Graul, S.T.; Squires, R.R., Gas-Phase Acidities Derived from Threshold Energies for Activated Reactions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 7, 2517, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00163a007 . [all data]

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Veselova, M.E.; Sul'man, E.M., Effect of the chemical structure of α,β-unsaturated esters and ketones on the selectivity of their hydrogenation, Svoistva Veshchestv i Stroenie Molekul, Kalinin, 1980, 140-143. [all data]

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Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

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Terlouw, J.K.; Heerma, W.; Holmes, J.L.; Burgers, P.C., Structure and formation of gaseous [C₄H₆O]⁺ ions. 1-The enolic ions [_CH₂=C(OH)-CH=CH₂]⁺ and [CH₂=CH-CH=CH(OH)]⁺ and their relationship with their keto counterparts, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1980, 15, 582. [all data]

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Hentrich, G.; Gunkel, E.; Klessinger, M., Photoelektronenspektren organischer verbindungen. 4. Photoelektronenspektren ungesattigter carbonylverbindungen, J. Mol. Struct., 1974, 21, 231. [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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