Butanoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester

• Formula: C₆H₁₂O₂
• Molecular weight: 116.1583
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-4-5(2)6(7)8-3/h5H,4H2,1-3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: OCWLYWIFNDCWRZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 868-57-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • Butanoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester
• Isotopologues:
  • methyl 2-methylbutanoate-d-9
• 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)
• Information on this page:
  • Gas phase thermochemistry data
  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • Reaction thermochemistry data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • References
  • Notes
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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:
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.

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

 +  = 2 + 

By formula: H₂O + C₈H₁₈O₃ = 2CH₄O + C₆H₁₂O₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Appearance energy determinations

References

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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, 127-129. [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]

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. [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]

Wiberg, 1980
Wiberg, K.B., Energies of organic compounds, Rept. DOE-E(11-1)4060 Prepared for US Dept. of Energy by Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. Avail. NTIS, 1980, 1-24. [all data]

Holmes and Lossing, 1980
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P., Gas-phase heats of formation of keto and enol ions of carbonyl compounds., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980, 102, 1591. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  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
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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