2-Propanol, 2-methyl-

• Formula: C₄H₁₀O
• Molecular weight: 74.1216
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H10O/c1-4(2,3)5/h5H,1-3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DKGAVHZHDRPRBM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-65-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • 2-Propanol, 2-methyl-d
  • 2-Propanol, 2-methyl-d
• Other names: tert-Butyl alcohol; tert-Butanol; Ethanol, 1,1-Dimethyl-; Trimethylcarbinol; Trimethylmethanol; 1,1-Dimethylethanol; 2-Methyl-2-propanol; tert-C4H9OH; t-Butanol; tert-Butyl hydroxide; 2-Methylpropanol-2; 2-Methylpropan-2-ol; Alcool butylique tertiaire; Butanol tertiaire; t-Butyl hydroxide; Methanol, trimethyl-; NCI-C55367; 2-Methyl n-propan-2-ol; Methyl-2 propanol-2; Tert.-butyl alcohol
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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
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
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
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of vaporization

Δ_vapH = A exp(-αT_r) (1 − T_r)^β
    Δ_vapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kcal/mol)
    T_r = reduced temperature (T / T_c)

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Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• GAS (30 mmHg, N2 ADDED, TOTAL PRESSURE 600 mmHg); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 2 cm^-1 resolution
• LIQUID (NEAT); PERKIN-ELMER 521 (GRATING); (ADJUSTED addcm-115-5-2); 2 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION (10.5% IN CCl4 FOR 3800-1300, 5.2% IN CS2 FOR 1300-650, AND 10.5% IN CCl4 FOR 650-250 CM^-1) VERSUS SOLVENT; Not specified, most likely a grating or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Wilhoit, Chao, et al., 1985
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Parks, G.S.; Anderson, C.T., Thermal data on organic compounds. III. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of tertiary butyl alcohol, mannitol, erythritol and normal butyric acid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 1506-12. [all data]

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Aucejo, Antonio; Loras, Sonia; Muñoz, Rosa; Ordoñez, Luis Miguel, Isobaric vapor--liquid equilibrium for binary mixtures of 2-methylpentane+ethanol and +2-methyl-2-propanol, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1999, 156, 1-2, 173-183, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3812(99)00029-1 . [all data]

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Parks, G.S.; Anderson, C.T., Thermal data on organic compounds. III. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of tertiary butyl alcohol, mannitol, erythritol and normal butyric acid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 1506-1512. [all data]

Oetting F.L., 1963
Oetting F.L., The heat capacity and entropy of 2-methyl-2-propanol from 15 to 330 K, J. Phys. Chem., 1963, 67, 2757-2761. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  Vc	Critical volume
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ρc	Critical density

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