Ketene

• Formula: C₂H₂O
• Molecular weight: 42.0367
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H2O/c1-2-3/h1H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CCGKOQOJPYTBIH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 463-51-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Ethenone; Carbomethene; CH2CO; Keto-ethylene
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  • Gas phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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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

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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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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Additional Data

References

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Orlov, Krivoruchko, et al., 1986
Orlov, V.M.; Krivoruchko, A.A.; Misharev, A.D.; Takhistov, V.V., Enthalpy of vapor phase formation of ketene, ethynol, and their analogs, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1986, 2404-2405. [all data]

Nuttall, Laufer, et al., 1971
Nuttall, R.L.; Laufer, A.H.; Kilday, M.V., The enthalpy of formation of ketene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1971, 3, 167-174. [all data]

Rice and Greenberg, 1934
Rice, F.O.; Greenberg, J., Ketene. III. Heat of formation and heat of reaction with alcohols, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 38, 2268-2270. [all data]

Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997
Thermodynamics Research Center, Selected Values of Properties of Chemical Compounds., Thermodynamics Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1997. [all data]

Cox A.P., 1963
Cox A.P., Fundamental vibrational frequencies in ketene and the deuteroketenes, J. Chem. Phys., 1963, 38, 1636-1643. [all data]

Moore C.B., 1963
Moore C.B., Infrared spectrum and vibrational potential function of ketene and the deuterated ketenes, J. Chem. Phys., 1963, 38, 2816-2829. [all data]

East A.L.L., 1997
East A.L.L., Ab initio statistical thermodynamical models for the computation of third-law entropies, J. Chem. Phys., 1997, 106, 6655-6674. [all data]

Drayton L.G., 1948
Drayton L.G., The infrared spectrum of ketene, J. Chem. Soc., 1948, 1416-1419. [all data]

Sundaram S., 1960
Sundaram S., Potential energy constants, rotational distortion constants, and thermodynamic properties of H2C=C=O and D2C=C=O, J. Chem. Phys., 1960, 32, 1554-1556. [all data]

Zhuravlev E.Z., 1959
Zhuravlev E.Z., Isotopic effect on thermodynamic functions of some organic deuterocompounds in the ideal gas state, Tr. Khim. i Khim. Tekhnol., 1959, 2, 475-485. [all data]

Reuben, 1969
Reuben, B.G., Vapor pressure of ketene, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1969, 14, 235. [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]

Reuben, 1969, 2
Reuben, Bryan G., Vapor pressure of ketene, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1969, 14, 2, 235-236, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60041a008 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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