Ethane, nitro-

• Formula: C₂H₅NO₂
• Molecular weight: 75.0666
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H5NO2/c1-2-3(4)5/h2H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: MCSAJNNLRCFZED-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 79-24-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Nitroethane; C2H5NO2; Nitroetan; UN 2842; NE; Nitroparaffin
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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 liquid

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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
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 fusion

Entropy of fusion

References

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Lebedeva and Ryadenko, 1973
Lebedeva, N.D.; Ryadenko, V.L.R., Enthalpies of formation of nitroalkanes, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1973, 47, 1382. [all data]

Cass, Fletcher, et al., 1958
Cass, R.C.; Fletcher, S.E.; Mortimer, C.T.; Quincey, P.G.; Springall, H.D., Heats of combustion and molecular structure. Part IV. Aliphatic nitroalkanes and nitric esters, J. Chem. Soc., 1958, 958-962. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Holcomb and Dorsey, 1949
Holcomb, D.E.; Dorsey, C.L., Jr., Thermodynamic properties of nitroparaffins, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 2788-2792. [all data]

Liu and Ziegler, 1966
Liu, K.F.; Ziegler, W.T., Heat capacity from 80° to 300°K., melting point and heat of fusion of nitroethane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1966, 11, 187-189. [all data]

Toops, 1956
Toops, E.E., Physical Properties of High Purity Nitroparaffins, J. Phys. Chem., 1956, 60, 304-6. [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]

Toops, 1956, 2
Toops, Emory E., Physical Properties of Eight High-Purity Nitroparaffins, J. Phys. Chem., 1956, 60, 3, 304-306, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150537a012 . [all data]

Dykyj, 1970
Dykyj, J., Petrochemica, 1970, 10, 2, 51. [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Tolstova, Kogan, et al., 1965
Tolstova, T.S.; Kogan, V.B.; Skorokhodova, V.L., Equilibrium Liquid-Steam in Systems Nitrobensol-Nitromethane, Nitrobensol-Nitroethane, Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1965, 38, 11, 2617-2618. [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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