Maleic anhydride

• Formula: C₄H₂O₃
• Molecular weight: 98.0569
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H2O3/c5-3-1-2-4(6)7-3/h1-2H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FPYJFEHAWHCUMM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 108-31-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 2,5-Furandione; cis-Butenedioic anhydride; Dihydro-2,5-dioxofuran; Maleic acid anhydride; Toxilic anhydride; Maleic anhydride, briquettes; Anhydrid kyseliny maleinove; Maleinanhydrid; Rcra waste number U147; UN 2215; 2,5-Furanedione; M 188; NSC 137651
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
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 vaporization

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

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₂O₃ + C₅H₆ = C₉H₈O₃

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₂O₃ + C₁₄H₁₀ = C₁₈H₁₂O₃

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₂O₃ + C₅H₆O = C₉H₈O₄

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₂O₃ + H₂O = C₄H₄O₄

 +  = C₂₄H₁₆O₃

By formula: C₄H₂O₃ + C₂₀H₁₄ = C₂₄H₁₆O₃

=  + 

By formula: C₈H₈O₃ = C₄H₆ + C₄H₂O₃

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₂O₃ + C₄H₁₀O = C₈H₁₂O₄

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₆ + C₄H₂O₃ = C₈H₈O₃

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₂O₃ + C₃H₈O = propyl hydrogen maleate

 +  =

By formula: C₆H₆BrN + C₄H₂O₃ = C₁₀H₈BrNO₃

 +  =

By formula: C₆H₆ClN + C₄H₂O₃ = C₁₀H₈ClNO₃

=  + 

By formula: C₉H₂Cl₆O₃ = C₄H₂O₃ + C₅Cl₆

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
B - John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• SOLID (MINERAL OIL MULL); Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLID (PELLET); Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid 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

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

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UV/Visible spectrum

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References

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  EA	Electron affinity
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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