2,4-Pentanedione, 3-methyl-

• Formula: C₆H₁₀O₂
• Molecular weight: 114.1424
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H10O2/c1-4(5(2)7)6(3)8/h4H,1-3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GSOHKPVFCOWKPU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 815-57-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Methylacetylacetone; 3-Methyl-2,4-pentanedione; 3-Acetylbutan-2-one; 3-methylpentane-2,4-dione
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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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TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Ionization energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Conrath, Van de Sande, et al., 1974
Conrath, k.; Van de Sande, C.; Vandewalle, M., Studies in organic mass spectrometry. XVI. A combined approach to the structures of ions generated from the molecular ions of acyclic β-diketones through loss of small neutral molecules, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1974, 9, 585-593. [all data]

Ribeiro da Silva, Ferrao, et al., 1992
Ribeiro da Silva, M.A.V.; Ferrao, M.L.C.C.H.; Monte, M.J.S.; Esteves da Silva, R.M.G.; Ribeiro, J.C., Standard enthalpies of formation of 3-methylpentane-2,4-dione and of bis(3-methylpentane-2,4-dionato)copper(II): the mean (Cu-O) bond-dissociation enthalpy, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1992, 24, 585-594. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Sabatier and Mailhe, 1909
Sabatier, P.; Mailhe, A., New Applications of the General Method of Hydrogenation with Various Metals, Ann. Chim. Phys., 1909, 16, 70. [all data]

Sabatier and Mailhe, 1907
Sabatier, P.; Mailhe, A., The Direct Hydrogenation of Methyl Diketones, C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1907, 144, 1086. [all data]

Schweig, Vermeer, et al., 1974
Schweig, A.; Vermeer, H.; Weidner, U., A photoelectron spectroscopic study of keto-enol tautomerism in acetylacetones - a new application of photoelectron spectroscopy, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1974, 26, 229. [all data]

Jordán, Margaría, et al., 2003
Jordán, M.J.; Margaría, C.A.; Shaw, P.E.; Goodner, K.L., Volatile components and aroma active compounds in aqueous essence and fresh pink guava fruid puree (Psidium guajava L.) by GC-MS and multidimensional GC/GC-O, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2003, 51, 5, 1421-1426, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf020765l . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling 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
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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