2,3-Butanedione

• Formula: C₄H₆O₂
• Molecular weight: 86.0892
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O2/c1-3(5)4(2)6/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QSJXEFYPDANLFS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 625-34-3
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• Species with the same structure:
  • 2,3-Butanedione
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Spectrum

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References

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Nicholson, Szwarc, et al., 1954
Nicholson, G.R.; Szwarc, M.; Taylor, J.W., The heats of formation of diacetyl and of benzyl methyl ketone in the vapour phase, J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 2767-2769. [all data]

Springall and White, 1954
Springall, H.D.; White, T.R., Heats of combustion and molecular structure. Part II. The mean bond energy term for the carbonyl system in certain ketones, J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 2765-27. [all data]

Cohen and Blout, 1953
Cohen, S.G.; Blout, E.R., J. Polymer Sci., 1953, 3, 264. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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