1,4-Butanediol

• Formula: C₄H₁₀O₂
• Molecular weight: 90.1210
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H10O2/c5-3-1-2-4-6/h5-6H,1-4H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WERYXYBDKMZEQL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 110-63-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Diol 14B; Sucol B; Tetramethylene glycol; 1,4-Butylene glycol; 1,4-Dihydroxybutane; 1,4-Tetramethylene glycol; Butane-1,4-diol; Butanediol; 1,4-BD; Tetramethylene 1,4-diol; BDO; Butylene glycol; Dabco BDO; Butane diol-1,4; NSC 406696
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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

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

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₄H₉O₂^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₉O₂^- + H⁺ = C₄H₁₀O₂

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (Cl^- • C₄H₁₀O₂) + C₄H₁₀O₂ = (Cl^- • 2C₄H₁₀O₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cl^- + C₄H₁₀O₂ = (Cl^- • C₄H₁₀O₂)

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:
B - John E. Bartmess
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

Proton affinity at 298K

Gas basicity at 298K

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₄H₉O₂^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₉O₂^- + H⁺ = C₄H₁₀O₂

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, polar column, isothermal

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Normal alkane RI, polar column, custom temperature program

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References

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Knauth and Sabbah, 1990
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Knauth, P.; Sabbah, R., Combustion calorimetry on milligram samples of liquid substances with a CRMT rocking bomb calorimeter. Application to the study of ω-alkanediol at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1989, 21, 203-210. [all data]

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Markovnik, V.S.; Sachek, A.I.; Peshchenko, A.D.; Shvaro, O.V.; Andreyevskii, D.N., Vapor pressure of some glycols in Terodinamika Organ. Soedinenii., Gorkii, p 54, 1981. [all data]

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Clendenning, K.A.; Macdonald, F.J.; Wright, D.E., Effects of position isomerism on the physical properties of glycols, Can. J. Res., Sect. B, 1950, 28, 608-22. [all data]

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Vasil'ev and Petrov, 1984
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Nistratov, V.P.; Babinkov, A.G.; Shvetsova, K.G.; Kapteva, S.A., Heat capacity and thermodynamic functions of tetramethylene glycol., Termodin. Org. Soedin., 1979, No. 8, 33. [all data]

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Nistratov, V.P.; Babinkov, A.G.; Shvetsova, K.G.; Lapteva, S.A., Heat capacity and termodynamic functions of tetramethyleneglycol, Termodin. Org. Soedin., 1979, (8), 33-36. [all data]

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Zhang, W.; Beglinger, C.; Stone, J.A., High-pressure mass spectrometric study of the gas-phase association of Cl- with alpha,omega-diols, J. Phys. Chem., 1995, 99, 30, 11673, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100030a009 . [all data]

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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]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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