Tetrahydrofuran

• Formula: C₄H₈O
• Molecular weight: 72.1057
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H8O/c1-2-4-5-3-1/h1-4H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WYURNTSHIVDZCO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 109-99-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Furan, tetrahydro-; Butane α,δ-oxide; Butane, 1,4-epoxy-; Cyclotetramethylene oxide; Furanidine; Oxacyclopentane; Oxolane; Tetramethylene oxide; THF; Hydrofuran; Tetrahydrofuraan; Tetrahydrofuranne; Tetraidrofurano; NCI-C60560; Rcra waste number U213; UN 2056; Diethylene oxide; Dynasolve 150; Tetrahydrofurane; THF (tetrahydrofuran); NSC 57858
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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

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

Gas phase ion energetics data

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

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

View reactions leading to C₄H₈O⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Pell and Pilcher, 1965
Pell, A.S.; Pilcher, G., Measurements of heats of combustion by flame calorimetry. Part 3.-Ethylene oxide, trimethylene oxide, tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydropy, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1965, 61, 71-77. [all data]

Clegg G.A., 1968
Clegg G.A., Thermodynamics of polymerization of heterocyclic compounds. II. The heat capacity, entropy, enthalpy and free energy of polytetrahydrofuran, Polymer, 1968, 9, 501-511. [all data]

Chao J., 1986
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Lebedev B.V., 1978
Lebedev B.V., Thermodynamic properties of tetrahydrofuran from 8 to 322 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1978, 10, 321-329. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1992
Dorofeeva O.V., Ideal gas thermodynamic properties of oxygen heterocyclic compounds. Part 1. Three-membered, four-membered and five-membered rings, Thermochim. Acta, 1992, 194, 9-46. [all data]

Scott D.W., 1970
Scott D.W., Tetrahydrofuran: vibrational assignment, chemical thermodynamic properties, and vapor pressure, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1970, 2, 833-837. [all data]

Hossenlopp I.A., 1981
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Cass, Fletcher, et al., 1958
Cass, R.C.; Fletcher, S.E.; Mortimer, C.T.; Springall, H.D.; White, T.R., Heats of combustion and molecular structure. Part V. The mean bond energy term for the C-O bond in ethers, and the structures of some cyclic ethers, J. Chem. Soc., 1958, 1406-1410. [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]

Skuratov, Strepikheev, et al., 1957
Skuratov, S.M.; Strepikheev, A.A.; Kozina, M.P., About the reaction activity of five and six-membered heterocyclic compounds, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1957, 117, 452-454. [all data]

Lebedev, Lityagov, et al., 1979
Lebedev, B.V.; Lityagov, V.Ya.; Krentsina, T.I.; Milov, V.I., Thermodynamic properties of tetrahydrofuran in the range 8-322 K, Zhur. Fiz. Khim., 1979, 53, 264-265. [all data]

Lebedev, Rabinovich, et al., 1978
Lebedev, B.V.; Rabinovich, I.B.; Milov, V.I.; Lityagov, V.Ya., Thermodynamic properties of tetrahydrofuran from 8 to 322 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1978, 10, 321-329. [all data]

Lebedev and Lityagov, 1977
Lebedev, B.V.; Lityagov, V.Ya., Calorimetric study of tetrahydrofuran and its polymerization in the temperature range 0-400°K, Vysokomol. Soedin., 1977, A19, 2283-2290. [all data]

Costas and Patterson, 1985
Costas, M.; Patterson, D., Heat capacities of water + organic-solvent mixtures, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1985, 81, 2381-2398. [all data]

Costas and Patterson, 1985, 2
Costas, M.; Patterson, D., Self-association of alcohols in inert solvents, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1985, 81, 635-654. [all data]

Inglese, Castagnolo, et al., 1981
Inglese, A.; Castagnolo, M.; Dell'Atti, A.; DeGiglio, A., Thermochim. Acta, 1981, 77-87. [all data]

Kiyohara, D'Arcy, et al., 1979
Kiyohara, O.; D'Arcy, P.J.; Benson, G.C., Ultrasonic velocities, compressibilities, and heat capacities of water + tetrahydrofuran mixtures at 298.15K, Can. J. Chem., 1979, 57, 1006-1010. [all data]

Bonner and Cerutti, 1976
Bonner, O.D.; Cerutti, P.J., The partial molar heat capacities of some solutes in water and deuterium oxide, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1976, 8, 105-111. [all data]

Conti, Gianni, et al., 1976
Conti, G.; Gianni, P.; Matteoli, E.; Mengheri, M., Capacita termiche molari di alcuni composti organici mono- e bifunzionali nel liquido puro e in soluzione acquosa a 25C, Chim. Ind. (Milan), 1976, 58, 225. [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]

Holmes and Lossing, 1991
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P., Ionization energies of homologous organic compounds and correlation with molecular size, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1991, 26, 537. [all data]

Behan, Dean, et al., 1976
Behan, J.M.; Dean, F.M.; Johnstone, R.A.W., Photoelectron spectra of cyclic aromatic ethers. The question of the Mills-Nixon effect, Tetrahedron, 1976, 32, 167. [all data]

Doucet, Sauvageau, et al., 1972
Doucet, J.; Sauvageau, P.; Sandorfy, C., The vacuum ultraviolet spectrum of tetrahydrofuran, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1972, 17, 316. [all data]

Hernandez, 1963
Hernandez, G.J., Vacuum-ultraviolet absorption spectra of the cyclic ethers: trimethylene oxide, tetrahydrofuran, and tetrahydropyran, J. Chem. Phys., 1963, 38, 2233. [all data]

Watanabe, Nakayama, et al., 1962
Watanabe, K.; Nakayama, T.; Mottl, J., Ionization potentials of some molecules, J. Quant. Spectry. Radiative Transfer, 1962, 2, 369. [all data]

Kimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981
Kimura, K.; Katsumata, S.; Achiba, Y.; Yamazaki, T.; Iwata, S., Ionization energies, Ab initio assignments, and valence electronic structure for 200 molecules in Handbook of HeI Photoelectron Spectra of Fundamental Organic Compounds, Japan Scientific Soc. Press, Tokyo, 1981. [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]

Schmidt and Schweig, 1974
Schmidt, H.; Schweig, A., Notiz zur transanularen n/π-Wechselwirkung in 2,5-Dihydrofuran, Chem. Ber., 1974, 107, 725. [all data]

Pignataro and Distefano, 1974
Pignataro, S.; Distefano, G., n-σ mixing in pentatomic heterocyclic compounds of sixth group by photoelectron spectroscopy, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1974, 26, 356. [all data]

Bain, Bunzli, et al., 1973
Bain, A.D.; Bunzli, J.C.; Frost, D.C.; Weiler, L., Photoelectron spectra of cyclic ethers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1973, 95, 291. [all data]

Gallegos and Kiser, 1962
Gallegos, E.J.; Kiser, R.W., Electron impact spectroscopy of the four- and five-membered, saturated heterocyclic compounds containing nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, J. Phys. Chem., 1962, 66, 136. [all data]

Collin and Conde-Caprace, 1966
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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
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔcH°gas	Enthalpy of combustion of gas at standard conditions
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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