1,3-Dioxolan-2-one

• Formula: C₃H₄O₃
• Molecular weight: 88.0621
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H4O3/c4-3-5-1-2-6-3/h1-2H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KMTRUDSVKNLOMY-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 96-49-1
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Carbonic acid, cyclic ethylene ester; Cyclic ethylene carbonate; Ethylene carbonate; Ethylene glycol carbonate; Glycol carbonate; 2-Dioxolone; Dioxolone-2; Ethylene glycol, cyclic carbonate; 1,3-Dioxacyclopentan-2-one; Ethylenester kyseliny uhlicite; Texacar EC; NSC 11801
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  • IR Spectrum
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

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

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

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
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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• LIQUID (NEAT); PERKIN-ELMER 521 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLID $$ PURITY 97+%; Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Spectrum

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References

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Vasil'ev and Korkhov, 1973
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Hong, C.S.; Wakslak, R.; Finston, H.; Fried, V., Some thermodynamic properties of systems containing propylene carbonate and ethylene carbonate, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1982, 27, 2, 146-148, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00028a012 . [all data]

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Buschek, J.M.; Holmes, J.L.; Terlouw, J.K., CH₃OCH⁺, a new stable C₂H₄O⁺ isomer, and a reassessment of the oxirane⁺ potential surface, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 7321. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  S°solid,1 bar	Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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