Butyrolactone

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Gas phase thermochemistry 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:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-364. ± 3.kJ/molCmWiberg and Waldron, 1991Heat of reduction; ALS
Δfgas-366.5 ± 0.8kJ/molCcbLeitao, Pilcher, et al., 1990See Brown, Conn, et al., 1989; ALS
Δfgas-365.61 ± 0.44kJ/molCcbSteele, Chirico, et al., 1989ALS
Δfgas-377.7kJ/molN/AIsmailov, Gabzalilova, et al., 1988Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -431.2±2.7 kj/mol from Ismailov, Gabzalilova, et al., 1988 and ΔvapH° value of 53.5 kj/mol from Steele, Chirico, et al., 1989.; DRB
Δfgas-368.5kJ/molN/AYevstropov, Lebedev, et al., 1980Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -422.0±1.1 kj/mol from Yevstropov, Lebedev, et al., 1980 and ΔvapH° value of 53.5 kj/mol from Steele, Chirico, et al., 1989.; DRB

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
43.46100.Kudchadker S.A., 1975GT
50.99150.
60.82200.
79.20273.15
86.10298.15
86.62300.
114.24400.
138.77500.
159.18600.
176.01700.
189.98800.
201.69900.
211.551000.
219.911100.
227.021200.
233.101300.
238.331400.
242.821500.

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:
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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil477.7KN/AAldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS
Tboil479.20KN/AVasil'eva, Naumova, et al., 1990Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus229.0KN/AAnonymous, 1954Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple229.78KN/ALebedev and Yevstropov, 1983Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Ttriple229.78KN/AEvstropov, Lebedev, et al., 1980Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.01 K; TRC
Ttriple229.78KN/AEvstropov, Lebedev, et al., 1979Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc731.0KN/AWilson, Wilson, et al., 1996Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc51.31barN/AWilson, Wilson, et al., 1996Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.40 bar; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap53. ± 5.kJ/molAVGN/AAverage of 16 values; Individual data points

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (bar) Reference Comment
362.20.016Weast and Grasselli, 1989BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
49.5 ± 0.1392.EBWiberg and Waldron, 1991Based on data from 378. to 406. K.; AC
51.8 ± 0.6357.MMWiberg and Waldron, 1991Based on data from 345. to 370. K.; AC
48.2407.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 392. to 474. K.; AC
45.2 ± 0.4349.VYevstropov, Lebedev, et al., 1980ALS

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
9.570229.78Lebedev and Yevstropov, 1983, 2DH
9.570229.78Yevstropov, Lebedev, et al., 1980, 2DH
9.57230.Acree, 1991AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
41.56229.78Lebedev and Yevstropov, 1983, 2DH
41.56229.78Yevstropov, Lebedev, et al., 1980, 2DH

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)840.0kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity808.1kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
10.26PEGerson, Worley, et al., 1978Vertical value; LLK
10.26PEBain and Frost, 1973Vertical value; LLK

References

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Wiberg and Waldron, 1991
Wiberg, K.B.; Waldron, R.F., Lactones. 2. Enthalpies of hydrolysis, reduction, and formation of the C4-C13 monocyclic lactones. strain energies and conformations, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 7697-7705. [all data]

Leitao, Pilcher, et al., 1990
Leitao, M.L.P.; Pilcher, H.; Meng-Yan, Y.; Brown, J.M.; Conn, A.D., Enthalpies of combustion of γ-butyrolactone, γ-valerolactone, and δ-valerolactone, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1990, 22, 885-891. [all data]

Brown, Conn, et al., 1989
Brown, J.M.; Conn, A.D.; Pilcher, G.; Leitao, M.L.P.; Yang, M.-Y., On the strain energy of 5-ring and 6-ring lactones, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1989, 1817-1819. [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 1989
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Nguyen, A.; Hossenlopp, I.A.; Smith, N.K., Determination of some pure compound ideal-gas enthalpies of formation, AIChE Symp. Ser., 1989, 85, 140-162. [all data]

Ismailov, Gabzalilova, et al., 1988
Ismailov, T.S.; Gabzalilova, N.R.; Makhkamoov, Kh.M., Complex study of physicochemical properties of γ-butyrolactone, Uzb. Khim. Zh., 1988, 48-50. [all data]

Yevstropov, Lebedev, et al., 1980
Yevstropov, A.A.; Lebedev, B.V.; Kiparisova, Ye.G.; Alekseyev, V.A.; Stashina, G.A., Thermodynamic parameters of transformation of γ-butyrolactone into poly-γ-butyrolactone at normal pressure in the range of 0-400°K, Polym. Sci. USSR, 1980, 22, 2685-2692. [all data]

Kudchadker S.A., 1975
Kudchadker S.A., Thermodynamic properties of oxygen compounds. II. beta-Propiolactone, gamma-butyrolactone, and gamma-butyrolactam (2-pyrrolidone), Thermochim. Acta, 1975, 12, 11-17. [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]

Vasil'eva, Naumova, et al., 1990
Vasil'eva, I.I.; Naumova, A.A.; Polyakov, A.A.; Tyvina, T.N.; Kozlova, N.V., Vapor pressure and molar volume of liquid tetrahydrofuran, γ- butyrolactone, and dibutyl maleinate at elevated temperatures and pressures, Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1990, 63, 1879-81. [all data]

Anonymous, 1954
Anonymous, R., , Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Tech. Rep. 13, Ohio State Univ., 1954. [all data]

Lebedev and Yevstropov, 1983
Lebedev, B.V.; Yevstropov, A.A. (see evstro aa), Thermodynamics of β-propiolactone, γ-butyrolactone, δ- valerolactone, and ε-caprolactone from 13.8 to 340 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 115. [all data]

Evstropov, Lebedev, et al., 1980
Evstropov, A.A.; Lebedev, B.V.; Kiparisova, Ye.G.; Alekseev, V.A.; Stashina, G.A., Thermodynamic parameters of transformation of τ-butyrolactone into poly-τ-butryrolactone at normal pressure in the range of 0 to 400 K, Vysokomol. Soedin, Ser. A, 1980, 22, 2450-2456. [all data]

Evstropov, Lebedev, et al., 1979
Evstropov, A.A.; Lebedev, B.V.; Kiparisova, E.G.; Prusakova, I.L., Heat capacity and thermodynamic properties of gamma-butyrolactone in the O-330 K range., Termodin. Org. Soedin., 1979, No. 8, 14. [all data]

Wilson, Wilson, et al., 1996
Wilson, L.C.; Wilson, H.L.; Wilding, W.V.; Wilson, G.M., Critical Point Measurements for Fourteen Compounds by a Static Method and a Flow Method, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1996, 41, 1252-4. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [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]

Lebedev and Yevstropov, 1983, 2
Lebedev, B.V.; Yevstropov, A.A., Thermodynamics of β-propiolactone, t-butyrolactone, d-valerolactone, and e-caprolactone from 13.8 to 340 K, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1983, 15, 115-128. [all data]

Yevstropov, Lebedev, et al., 1980, 2
Yevstropov, A.A.; Lebedev, B.V.; Kiparisova, Ye.G.; Alekseyev, V.A.; Stashina, G.A., Thermodynamic parameters of transformation of t-butyrolactone into poly-t-butyrolactone at normal pressure in the range of 0 to 400 K, Vysokomol. Soedin, Ser., 1980, A 22(11), 2450-2456. [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]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
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]

Gerson, Worley, et al., 1978
Gerson, S.H.; Worley, S.D.; Bodor, N.; Kaminski, J.J.; Flechtner, T.W., The photoelectron spectra of some heterocyclic compounds which contain N, O, Cl, and Br, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1978, 13, 421. [all data]

Bain and Frost, 1973
Bain, A.D.; Frost, D.C., Studies of the carbonyl group in some five-membered ring compounds by photoelectron spectroscopy, Can. J. Chem., 1973, 51, 1245. [all data]


Notes

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