Erythritol

• Formula: C₄H₁₀O₄
• Molecular weight: 122.1198
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H10O4/c5-1-3(7)4(8)2-6/h3-8H,1-2H2/t3-,4+ Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UNXHWFMMPAWVPI-ZXZARUISSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 149-32-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • 1,2,3,4-Butanetetrol, [S-(R*,R*)]-
• Other names: 2(R),3(S)-1,2,3,4-Butanetetrol; meso-Erythritol; 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroxybutane, (R*,S*)-; 1,2,3,4-Butanetetrol, (R*,S*)-; Erythrit; Erythritol, meso-; Erythrol; Phycitol; Antierythrite; Erythrite; L-Erythritol; Erythroglucin; Paycite; Lichen sugar; 1,2,3,4-Butanetetrol, (2R,3S)-rel-; C*Eridex; NIK 242; NSC 8099
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  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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]

Barone, DellaGatta, et al., 1990
Barone, G.; DellaGatta, G.; Ferro, D.; Piacente, V., Enthalpies and entropies of sublimation, vaporization and fusion of nine polyhydric alcohols, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1990, 86, 75. [all data]

Spaght, Thomas, et al., 1932
Spaght, M.E.; Thomas, S.B.; Parks, G.S., Some heat capacity data on organic compounds obtained with a radiation calorimeter, J. Phys. Chem., 1932, 36, 882-8. [all data]

Nitta, Seki, et al., 1950
Nitta, I.; Seki, S.; Momotani, M.; Suzuki, K.; Nakagawa, S., On the phase transition in pentaerythritol (II)., Proc. Jpn. Acad., 1950, 26, 11. [all data]

Lopes Jesus, Tomé, et al., 2005
Lopes Jesus, A.J.; Tomé, Luciana I.N.; Eusébio, M. Ermelinda; Redinha, J.S., Enthalpy of Sublimation in the Study of the Solid State of Organic Compounds. Application to Erythritol and Threitol, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 38, 18055-18060, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp051621n . [all data]

Barone, Gatta, et al., 1990
Barone, Guido; Gatta, Giuseppe Della; Ferro, Daniela; Piacente, Vincenzo, Enthalpies and entropies of sublimation, vaporization and fusion of nine polyhydric alcohols, Faraday Trans., 1990, 86, 1, 75, https://doi.org/10.1039/ft9908600075 . [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]

Barone and Della Gatta, 1990
Barone, G.; Della Gatta, G., Ferro D., and Piacente, V., Enthalpies and entropies of sublimation, vaporization and fusion of nine polyhydric alcohols, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1990, 86(1), 75-79. [all data]

Spaght, Thomas, et al., 1932, 2
Spaght, M.E.; Thomas, S.B.; Parks, G.S., Some heat capacity data on organic compounds obtained with a radiation calorimeter, J. Phys. Chem., 1932, 36, 882-888. [all data]

Jónsdóttir, Cooke, et al., 2002
Jónsdóttir, Svava Ósk; Cooke, Stephen A.; Macedo, Eugénia A., Modeling and measurements of solid--liquid and vapor--liquid equilibria of polyols and carbohydrates in aqueous solution, Carbohydrate Research, 2002, 337, 17, 1563-1571, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0008-6215(02)00213-6 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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