Methyl vinyl ketone

• Formula: C₄H₆O
• Molecular weight: 70.0898
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O/c1-3-4(2)5/h3H,1H2,2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FUSUHKVFWTUUBE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 78-94-4
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: 3-Buten-2-one; Vinyl methyl ketone; 1-Buten-3-one; 2-Butenone; 3-Butene-2-one; CH2=CHCOCH3; Acetone, methylene-; Butenone; Ketone, methyl vinyl; Methyl ethenyl ketone; Methyl-vinyl-cetone; Methylvinylketon; Acetyl ethylene; Methylene acetone; γ-Oxo-α-butylene; UN 1251; 3-Oxobutene; 3-Butenen-2-one; But-3-en-2-one; 3-Oxo-1-butene; NSC 4853
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₄H₅O^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₅O^- + H⁺ = C₄H₆O

(CAS Reg. No. 71695-01-7 • 4294967295) +  = CAS Reg. No. 71695-01-7

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 71695-01-7 • 4294967295C₄H₆O) + C₄H₆O = CAS Reg. No. 71695-01-7

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₄H₆O = C₄H₈O

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:
B - John E. Bartmess
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

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Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₄H₅O^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₅O^- + H⁺ = C₄H₆O

References

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Bartmess and Kiplinger, 1986
Bartmess, J.E.; Kiplinger, J.P., 'Kinetic' vs. thermodynamic acidities of enones in the gas phase, J. Org. Chem., 1986, 51, 2173. [all data]

Graul and Squires, 1990
Graul, S.T.; Squires, R.R., Gas-Phase Acidities Derived from Threshold Energies for Activated Reactions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 7, 2517, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00163a007 . [all data]

Veselova and Sul'man, 1980
Veselova, M.E.; Sul'man, E.M., Effect of the chemical structure of α,β-unsaturated esters and ketones on the selectivity of their hydrogenation, Svoistva Veshchestv i Stroenie Molekul, Kalinin, 1980, 140-143. [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]

Morizur, Mercier, et al., 1982
Morizur, J.-P.; Mercier, J.; Sarraf, M., 2-Substituted-2,3-dihydro-4H-pyrans: Competition between 'Retro Diels-Alder' fragmentation and substituent loss, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1982, 17, 327. [all data]

Terlouw, Heerma, et al., 1980
Terlouw, J.K.; Heerma, W.; Holmes, J.L.; Burgers, P.C., Structure and formation of gaseous [C₄H₆O]⁺ ions. 1-The enolic ions [_CH₂=C(OH)-CH=CH₂]⁺ and [CH₂=CH-CH=CH(OH)]⁺ and their relationship with their keto counterparts, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1980, 15, 582. [all data]

Masclet and Mouvier, 1978
Masclet, P.; Mouvier, G., Etude par spectrometrie photoelectronique d'aldehydes et de cetones ethyleniques conjugues, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1978, 14, 77. [all data]

Kobayashi, 1978
Kobayashi, T., A new rule for photoelectron angular distributions of molecules, Phys. Lett. A, 1978, 69, 31. [all data]

Tam, Yee, et al., 1974
Tam, W.-C.; Yee, D.; Brion, C.E., Photoelectron spectra of some aldehydes and ketones, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1974, 4, 77. [all data]

Hentrich, Gunkel, et al., 1974
Hentrich, G.; Gunkel, E.; Klessinger, M., Photoelektronenspektren organischer verbindungen. 4. Photoelektronenspektren ungesattigter carbonylverbindungen, J. Mol. Struct., 1974, 21, 231. [all data]

Majer, Patrick, et al., 1961
Majer, J.R.; Patrick, C.R.; Robb, J.C., Appearance potentials of the acetyl radical-ion, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1961, 57, 14. [all data]

Holmes, Terlouw, et al., 1980
Holmes, J.L.; Terlouw, J.K.; Burgers, P.C., [C₃H₃O]⁺ ions; Reacting and non-reacting configurations, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1980, 15, 140. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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