Ethanol, 2-butoxy-

Formula: C₆H₁₄O₂
Molecular weight: 118.1742
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H14O2/c1-2-3-5-8-6-4-7/h7H,2-6H2,1H3
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: POAOYUHQDCAZBD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 111-76-2
Chemical structure:
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Other names: β-Butoxyethanol; Butyl cellosolve; Butyl glycol; Butyl oxitol; BuCs; Dowanol EB; Ethylene glycol butyl ether; Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether; Gafcol EB; Glycol butyl ether; Glycol monobutyl ether; Monobutyl glycol ether; O-Butyl ethylene glycol; Poly-Solv EB; 2-Butoxy-1-ethanol; 2-Butoxyethanol; 3-Oxa-1-heptanol; Butyl 2-hydroxyethyl ether; 2-Hydroxyethyl n-butyl ether; n-Butoxyethanol; 2-n-Butoxyethanol; Ethylene glycol mono-n-butyl ether; Butoksyetylowy alkohol; Butoxyethanol; Butyglycol; Ethylene glycol n-butyl ether; Monobutyl ether of ethylene glycol; 2-Butossi-etanolo; 2-Butoxy-aethanol; Butylcelosolv; Ektasolve EB; Glycol ether EB; Jeffersol EB; Butyl Cellu-Sol; Chimec NR; Butyl monoether glycol; Minex BDH; Butyl icinol; 2-Butoxyethan-1-ol; 2-n-Butoxy-1-ethanol; EGBE; NSC 60759; n-Butyl cellosolve; Glycol ether eb acetate; UN 2369; Ektasolve EB solvent; Ether alcohol; 2-butoxyethanol (butyl cellosolve)
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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

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
T_boil	444.2	K	N/A	Weast and Grasselli, 1989	BS
T_boil	444.30	K	N/A	Lecat, 1947	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.7 K; TRC
T_boil	442.6	K	N/A	Whitmore and Lieber, 1935	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
T_c	633.9	K	N/A	Teja and Rosenthal, 1991	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
T_c	633.9	K	N/A	Teja and Anselme, 1990	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.2 K; TRC
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
P_c	32.27	atm	N/A	Teja and Rosenthal, 1991	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.20 atm; TRC
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
ρ_c	2.36	mol/l	N/A	Teja and Anselme, 1990	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 mol/l; TRC
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_vapH°	13.53	kcal/mol	N/A	Majer and Svoboda, 1985

Reduced pressure boiling point

T_boil (K)	Pressure (atm)	Reference	Comment
444.2	0.978	Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990	BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

Δ_vapH (kcal/mol)	Temperature (K)	Method	Reference	Comment
12.2	373.	MM	Escobedo-Alvarado and Sandler, 1999	Based on data from 363. to 382. K.; AC
11.8	351.	A	Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987	Based on data from 336. to 443. K. See also Dykyj, 1972.; AC
12.6	351.	N/A	Dykyj, Seprakova, et al., 1957	Based on data from 336. to 443. K. See also Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
P = vapor pressure (atm)
T = temperature (K)

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Temperature (K)	A	B	C	Reference	Comment
365.8 to 443.4	4.25055	1511.414	-88.815	Dykyj, Seprakova, et al., 1957, 2	Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

Δ_fusH (kcal/mol)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
2.82	199.5	Atake, Kawaji, et al., 2000	AC

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References

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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]

Lecat, 1947
Lecat, M., Orthobaric Azeotropes of Sulfides, Bull. Cl. Sci., Acad. R. Belg., 1947, 33, 160-82. [all data]

Whitmore and Lieber, 1935
Whitmore, W.F.; Lieber, E., Identification of Certain SOlvens by the Xanthate Reaction, Ind. Eng. Chem., Anal. Ed., 1935, 7, 127-9. [all data]

Teja and Rosenthal, 1991
Teja, A.S.; Rosenthal, D.J., The critical pressures and temperatures of ten substances using a low residence time flow apparatus in Experimental Results for Phase Equilibria and Pure Component Properties, DIPPR DATA Series No. 1, 1991. [all data]

Teja and Anselme, 1990
Teja, A.S.; Anselme, M.J., The critical properties of thermally stable and unstable fluids. I. 1985 results, AIChE Symp. Ser., 1990, 86, 279, 115-21. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [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]

Escobedo-Alvarado and Sandler, 1999
Escobedo-Alvarado, Gonzalo N.; Sandler, Stanley I., Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of Two Aqueous Systems that Exhibit Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1999, 44, 2, 319-322, https://doi.org/10.1021/je980228q . [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]

Dykyj, 1972
Dykyj, J., Petrochemia, 1972, 12, 1, 13. [all data]

Dykyj, Seprakova, et al., 1957
Dykyj, J.; Seprakova, M.; Paulech, J., Chem. Zvesti, 1957, 11, 461. [all data]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

Dykyj, Seprakova, et al., 1957, 2
Dykyj, J.; Seprakova, M.; Maulech, J., Physikalische Eigenschaften des Athylenglykols und Seiner Derivate (II) Dampftensionen von Alkoxyathanolen und Aneren Drivaten des Athylenglykols, Chem. Zvesti, 1957, 11, 461-466. [all data]

Atake, Kawaji, et al., 2000
Atake, Tooru; Kawaji, Hitoshi; Tojo, Takeo; Kawasaki, Koji; Ootsuka, Yasushiro; Katou, Maki; Koga, Yoshikata, Heat Capacities of Isomeric 2-Butoxyethanols from 13 to 300 K. Fusion and Glass Transition., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2000, 73, 9, 1987-1991, https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.73.1987 . [all data]

Notes

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Symbols used in this document:

P_c	Critical pressure
T_boil	Boiling point
T_c	Critical temperature
Δ_fusH	Enthalpy of fusion
Δ_vapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
Δ_vapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
ρ_c	Critical density

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