Butanoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester
- Formula: C6H12O2
- Molecular weight: 116.1583
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: OCWLYWIFNDCWRZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 868-57-5
- Chemical structure:
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- Other names: Butyric acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester; Methyl α-methylbutanoate; Methyl α-methylbutyrate; Methyl 2-methylbutanoate; Methyl 2-methylbutyrate; 2-Methylbutanoic acid, methyl ester; dl-2-Methylbutyric acid methyl ester; Methyl ester of 2-methyl-butanoic acid; 2-Methylbutyric acid, methyl ester; Butyric acid, α-methyl-, methyl ester; 53955-81-0; 2-methyl(methyl butanoate)
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Phase change data
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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.
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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Tboil | 389.05 | K | N/A | Hancock, Watson, et al., 1954 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC |
Tboil | 388. | K | N/A | Liu, 1952 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔvapH° | 42. ± 1. | kJ/mol | E | Hancock, Watson, et al., 1954, 2 | Heat of formation derived by Cox and Pilcher, 1970; ALS |
ΔvapH° | 41.8 | kJ/mol | N/A | Hancock, Watson, et al., 1954, 2 | DRB |
References
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Hancock, Watson, et al., 1954
Hancock, C.K.; Watson, G.M.; Gilby, R.F.,
Heats of Combustion of Five-Carbon Fatty Acids and Their Methyl and Ethyl Esters,
J. Phys. Chem., 1954, 58, 127. [all data]
Liu, 1952
Liu, S.-L.,
Fatty Acids from Lanolin, Essays and Papers in Memory of Late President Fu Ssu-Nien 199-213 1952, 1952. [all data]
Hancock, Watson, et al., 1954, 2
Hancock, C.K.; Watson, G.M.; Gilby, R.F.,
Heats of combustion of five-carbon fatty acids and their methyl and ethyl esters,
J. Phys. Chem., 1954, 58, 127-129. [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]
Notes
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- Symbols used in this document:
Tboil Boiling point ΔvapH° Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions - Data from NIST Standard Reference Database 69: NIST Chemistry WebBook
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