Propane, 2-ethoxy-2-methyl-

• Formula: C₆H₁₄O
• Molecular weight: 102.1748
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H14O/c1-5-7-6(2,3)4/h5H2,1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NUMQCACRALPSHD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 637-92-3
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• Other names: Ether, tert-butyl ethyl; tert-Butyl Ethyl ether; Ethyl tert-butyl ether; Ethyl tert-butyl oxide; tert-C4H9OC2H5; t-Butyl ethyl ether; 2-Ethoxy-2-methylpropane
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - 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 liquid

Phase change data

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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

Enthalpy of vaporization

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: C₄H₈ + C₂H₆O = C₆H₁₄O

=  + 

By formula: C₆H₁₄O = C₄H₈ + C₂H₆O

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

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

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

Data compiled by: Pamela M. Chu, Franklin R. Guenther, George C. Rhoderick, and Walter J. Lafferty

• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); 3-Term B-H Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); Boxcar Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); Happ Genzel Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); NB Strong Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); Triangular Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Sharonov, Rozhnov, et al., 1995
Sharonov, K.G.; Rozhnov, A.M.; Korol'kov, A.V.; Karaseva, S.Y., Enthalpies of formation of 2-methyl-2-ethoxypropane and 2-ethyl-2-ethoxypropane from equilibrium measurements, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1995, 27, 751-753. [all data]

Iborra, Izquierdo, et al., 1989
Iborra, M.; Izquierdo, J.F.; Tejero, J.; Cunill, F., Equilibrium constant for ethyl tert-butyl ether vapor-phase synthesis, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1989, 34, 1-5. [all data]

Dunphy M.P., 1991
Dunphy M.P., Preliminary observations on the high temperature oxidation of ethyl tert-butyl ether, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 1991, 23, 553-558. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1997
Dorofeeva O.V., Unpublished results. Thermocenter of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 1997. [all data]

Evans and Edlund, 1936
Evans, T.W.; Edlund, K.R., Tertiary alkyl ethers preparation and properties, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1936, 28, 1186-1188. [all data]

Fandary, Aljima, et al., 1999
Fandary, M.S.H.; Aljima, A.S.; Al-Kandary, J.A., Liquid-Liquid Equilibria for the System Water + Ethanol + Ethyl tert-Butyl Ether, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1999, 44, 1129-31. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

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Olson, W.T.; Hipsher, H.F.; Buess, C.M.; Goodman, I.A.; Hart, I.; Lamneck, J.H.; Gibbons, L.C., The Synthesis and Purification of Ethers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 2451-4. [all data]

Efimova, Pashchenko, et al., 2007
Efimova, A.A.; Pashchenko, L.L.; Varushchenko, R.M.; Krasnyh, E.; Levanova, S.V., The thermodynamics of vaporization of ethyl tert-butyl ether, isobutyl tert-butyl ether, and di-isopropyl ether, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2007, 39, 1, 142-147, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2006.05.007 . [all data]

Sapei, Zaytseva, et al., 2007
Sapei, Erlin; Zaytseva, Anna; Uusi-Kyyny, Petri; Keskinen, Kari I.; Aittamaa, Juhani, Vapor--liquid equilibrium for binary system of diethyl sulfide+cyclohexane at 353.15 and 343.15K and diethyl sulfide+2-ethoxy-2-methylpropane at 343.15 and 333.15K, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2007, 252, 1-2, 130-136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2006.12.015 . [all data]

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Kim, Younghun; Keskinen, Kari I.; Aittamaa, Juhani, Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium for Binary Systems 2-Propanol + 2-Ethoxy-2-methylpropane and Ethyl Ethanoate + 2-Ethoxy-2-methylpropane at 333 K and 2-Propanone + 2-Ethoxy-2-methylpropane at 323 K, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2004, 49, 5, 1273-1278, https://doi.org/10.1021/je0342421 . [all data]

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Reich, Ricardo; Cartes, Marcela; Segura, Hugo; Wisniak, Jaime, Isobaric Vapor-Liquid Equilibria in the Systems Ethyl 1,1-Dimethylethyl Ether + Hexane and + Heptane, Physics and Chemistry of Liquids, 2000, 38, 2, 217-232, https://doi.org/10.1080/00319100008030271 . [all data]

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Lossing, F.P., Heats of formation of some isomeric [C_nH_2n+1]⁺ ions. Substitutional effects on ion stability, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 7526. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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