Butanedioic acid

• Formula: C₄H₆O₄
• Molecular weight: 118.0880
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O4/c5-3(6)1-2-4(7)8/h1-2H2,(H,5,6)(H,7,8) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KDYFGRWQOYBRFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 110-15-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Succinic acid; Amber acid; Asuccin; Bernsteinsaure; Dihydrofumaric acid; Katasuccin; Wormwood acid; 1,2-Ethanedicarboxylic acid; Ethanedicarboxylic acid; Wormwood; Kyselina jantarova; Acid of amber; Ethylene succinic acid; Sal succini; Salt of amber; Succinellite; 1,4-Butanedioic acid; NSC 106449
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• Information on this page:
  • Phase change data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • IR Spectrum
  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Temperature of phase transition

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

De-protonation reactions

C₄H₅O₄^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₅O₄^- + H⁺ = C₄H₆O₄

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• SOLID (NUJOL MULL); Not specified, most likely a grating spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLID (SPLIT MULL, FLUOROLUBE FOR 3800-1330 AND NUJOL FOR 1330-400 CM ^-1); BECKMAN IR-9 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution

Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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References

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Wilhoit, Chao, et al., 1985
Wilhoit, R.C.; Chao, J.; Hall, K.R., Thermodynamic Properties of Key Organic Compounds in the Carbon Range C1 to C4. Part 1. Properties of Condensed Phases, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1985, 14, 1. [all data]

Roux, Temprado, et al., 2005
Roux, Maria Victoria; Temprado, Manuel; Chickos, James S., Vaporization, fusion and sublimation enthalpies of the dicarboxylic acids from C4 to C14 and C16, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2005, 37, 9, 941-953, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2004.12.011 . [all data]

De Wit, Van Miltenburg, et al., 1983
De Wit, H.G.M.; Van Miltenburg, J.C.; De Kruif, C.G., Thermodynamic properties of molecular organic crystals containing nitrogen, oxygen, and sulphur 1. Vapour pressures and enthalpies of sublimation, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1983, 15, 7, 651-663, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(83)90079-4 . [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [all data]

Davies and Thomas, 1960
Davies, M.; Thomas, G.H., The lattice energies, infra-red spectra, and possible cyclization of some dicarboxylic acids, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1960, 56, 185. [all data]

Ribeiro da Silva, Monte, et al., 1999
Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Monte, Manuel J.S.; Ribeiro, José R., Vapour pressures and the enthalpies and entropies of sublimation of five dicarboxylic acids, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1999, 31, 8, 1093-1107, https://doi.org/10.1006/jcht.1999.0522 . [all data]

Cappa, Lovejoy, et al., 2007
Cappa, Christopher D.; Lovejoy, Edward R.; Ravishankara, A.R., Determination of Evaporation Rates and Vapor Pressures of Very Low Volatility Compounds: A Study of the C ₄ -C ₁₀ and C ₁₂ Dicarboxylic Acids, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2007, 111, 16, 3099-3109, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp068686q . [all data]

Chattopadhyay and Ziemann, 2005
Chattopadhyay, Sulekha; Ziemann, Paul J., Vapor Pressures of Substituted and Unsubstituted Monocarboxylic and Dicarboxylic Acids Measured Using an Improved Thermal Desorption Particle Beam Mass Spectrometry Method, Aerosol Science and Technology, 2005, 39, 11, 1085-1100, https://doi.org/10.1080/02786820500421547 . [all data]

Granovskaya, 1947
Granovskaya, A., Russ. J. Phys. Chem., 1947, 21, 967. [all data]

Cingolani and Berchiesi, 1974
Cingolani, A.; Berchiesi, G., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds. 1. A DSC study of phase transitions in aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, J. Therm. Anal., 1974, 6, 87-90. [all data]

Acree, 1991
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation, Thermochimica Acta, 1991, 189, 1, 37-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(91)87098-H . [all data]

Petropavlov, Tsygankova, et al., 1988
Petropavlov, N.N.; Tsygankova, I.G.; Teslenko, L.A., Microcalorimetric investigation of polymorphic transitions in organic crystals, Sov. Phys. Crystallogr., 1988, 33(6), 853-855. [all data]

Parks and Huffman, 1930
Parks, G.S.; Huffman, H.M., Thermal data on organic compounds. IX. A study of the effect of unsaturation on the heat capacities, entropies and free energies of some hydrocarbons and other compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1930, 52, 4381-4391. [all data]

Kumar, Prabhakar, et al., 2005
Kumar, M.R.; Prabhakar, S.; Nagaveni, V.; Vairamani, M., Estimation of gas-phase acidities of a series of dicarboxylic acids by the kinetic method, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 2005, 19, 8, 1053-1057, https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1888 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  Ttrs	Temperature of phase transition
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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