Butanoic acid, ethyl ester

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-115.9 ± 0.3kcal/molCmWiberg and Waldron, 1991Heat of hydrolysis

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-126.29 ± 0.19kcal/molCmWiberg and Waldron, 1991Heat of hydrolysis; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-847.2kcal/molCcbHandrick, 1956National Bureau of Standards Report 5B116, 1952; Corresponding Δfliquid = -127.0 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-845.9kcal/molCcbSchjanberg, 1935Corresponding Δfliquid = -128.3 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
54.49298.15Fuchs, 1979DH
54.90290.Kurnakov and Voskresenskaya, 1936DH
52.61297.2Kolosovskii and Udovenko, 1934DH
52.61297.2de Kolossowsky and Udowenko, 1933DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil394. ± 2.KAVGN/AAverage of 37 out of 40 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus175.3KN/ATimmermans, 1922Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
Tfus170.65KN/ATimmermans and Mattaar, 1921Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.7 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc568.8KN/AYoung, 1994Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC
Tc558.7KN/ADe Heen, 1888Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 10. K; TRC
Tc566.0KN/ANadezhdin, 1887Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Tc577.5KN/APawlewski, 1882Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 6. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc30.24atmN/ANadezhdin, 1887Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5000 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc2.38mol/lN/ANadezhdin, 1887Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.086 mol/l; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap10. ± 1.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
9.42345.N/AHernández and Ortega, 1997Based on data from 330. to 435. K.; AC
9.61347.N/AFárková and Wichterle, 1993Based on data from 332. to 393. K.; AC
10.1 ± 0.02323.EBWiberg and Waldron, 1991Based on data from 310. to 336. K.; AC
11.5278.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 263. to 404. K.; AC
8.478394.6N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
9.99270.N/AStull, 1947Based on data from 254. to 394. K.; 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
254.8 to 394.4.326161509.443-45.284Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

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Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

kH(T) = H exp(d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

H (mol/(kg*bar)) d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) (K) Method Reference
2.8 VN/A

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C4H8O2+10.06C2H4EIHolmes and Lossing, 1980 

IR Spectrum

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


Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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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]

Handrick, 1956
Handrick, G.R., Report of the study of pure explosive compounds. Part IV. Calculation of heat of combustion of organic compounds from structural features and calculation of power of high explosives, Rpt. C-58247 for the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, contract DA-19-020-ORD-47 by the Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA, 1956, 467-573. [all data]

Schjanberg, 1935
Schjanberg, E., Die Verbrennungswarmen und die Refraktionsdaten einiger chlorsubstituierter Fettsauren und Ester., Z. Phys. Chem. Abt. A, 1935, 172, 197-233. [all data]

Fuchs, 1979
Fuchs, R., Heat capacities of some liquid aliphatic, alicyclic, and aromatic esters at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1979, 11, 959-961. [all data]

Kurnakov and Voskresenskaya, 1936
Kurnakov, N.S.; Voskresenskaya, N.K., Calorimetry of liquid binary systems, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Otdel. Mat. i Estestv. Nauk. Ser. Khim, 1936, 1936, 439-461. [all data]

Kolosovskii and Udovenko, 1934
Kolosovskii, N.A.; Udovenko, W.W., Specific heat of liquids. II., Zhur. Obshchei Khim., 1934, 4, 1027-1033. [all data]

de Kolossowsky and Udowenko, 1933
de Kolossowsky, N.A.; Udowenko, W.W., Mesure des chaleurs specifique moleculaires de quelques liquides, Compt. rend., 1933, 197, 519-520. [all data]

Timmermans, 1922
Timmermans, J., Investigation of the Freezing Point of Organic Substances VII, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1922, 31, 389. [all data]

Timmermans and Mattaar, 1921
Timmermans, J.; Mattaar, J.F., Freezing points of orgainic substances VI. New experimental determinations., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1921, 30, 213. [all data]

Young, 1994
Young, C.L., Personal Commun. 1994 1994, 1994. [all data]

De Heen, 1888
De Heen, P., Research on Physics and Theory of Liquids, Experimental Part Paris, 1888. [all data]

Nadezhdin, 1887
Nadezhdin, A., Rep. Phys., 1887, 23, 708. [all data]

Pawlewski, 1882
Pawlewski, B., The critical temperatures of ester compounds, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1882, 15, 2460-4. [all data]

Hernández and Ortega, 1997
Hernández, Pablo; Ortega, Juan, Vapor-Liquid Equilibria and Densities for Ethyl Esters (Ethanoate to Butanoate) and Alkan-2-ol (C 3 -C 4 ) at 101.32 kPa, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1997, 42, 6, 1090-1100, https://doi.org/10.1021/je970077b . [all data]

Fárková and Wichterle, 1993
Fárková, J.; Wichterle, I., Vapour pressures of some ethyl and propyl esters of fatty acids, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1993, 90, 1, 143-148, https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-3812(93)85009-B . [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]

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]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [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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