Butanone (data page)

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Structure and properties

Structure and properties
Index of refraction, nD	1.3807 at 15.9°C
Abbe number	?
Dielectric constant, εr	18.5 ε0 at 20 °C
Bond strength	?
Bond length	?
Bond angle	?
Magnetic susceptibility	?
Surface tension	23.9 dyn/cm at 25°C
Viscosity[1]	0.5429 mPa·s at 0°C 0.4284 mPa·s at 20°C 0.3490 mPa·s at 40°C 0.2482 mPa·s at 80°C

Thermodynamic properties

Phase behavior
Triple point	186.5 K (–86.6 °C), ? Pa
Critical point	533 K (260 °C), 4.002 MPa
Std enthalpy change of fusion, ΔfusH^o	8.44 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of fusion, ΔfusS^o	44.98 J/(mol·K)
Std enthalpy change of vaporization, ΔvapH^o	32.2 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of vaporization, ΔvapS^o	91.6 J/(mol·K)
Solid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH^osolid	? kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^osolid	? J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp	? J/(mol K)
Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH^oliquid	–273.3 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^oliquid	239.0 J/(mol K)
Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcH^o	–2444.2 kJ/mol
Heat capacity, cp	158.4 J/(mol K)
Gas properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH^ogas	–238.5 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^ogas	310 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp	101.68 J/(mol K) at 25°C

Vapor pressure of liquid

P in mm Hg		1	10	40	100	400	760
T in °C		–48.3	–17.7	6.0	25.0	60.0	79.6

Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.

log of Butanone vapor pressure. Uses formula: $\scriptstyle\log_e P_{mmHg} = \log_e (\frac {760} {101.325}) -7.783651 \log_e(T+273.15) - \frac {6160.169} {T+273.15} + 66.97868 + 6.139268 \times 10^{-6} (T+273.15)^2$ obtained from CHERIC^[2]

Distillation data

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Butanone/Water[3] P = 101.325 kPa BP Temp. °C % by mole butanone liquid vapor 100.00 0.00 0.00 87.51 0.88 37.42 84.20 1.27 45.21 83.75 1.34 46.21 83.44 1.54 49.03 82.15 1.59 49.64 80.37 1.91 53.25 78.48 2.39 56.89 76.63 2.95 60.15 76.54 3.01 60.30 75.51 3.43 62.04 74.84 3.80 63.14 74.26 4.21 64.06 73.88 4.56 64.66 73.52 5.02 65.22 73.52 57.64 65.22 73.49 59.64 65.25 73.48 61.55 65.27 73.46 65.31 65.31 73.47 69.38 65.47 73.50 71.69 65.94 73.62 75.46 67.57 73.64 76.09 67.81 73.69 77.21 68.39 73.73 77.93 68.82 73.81 78.87 69.64 73.85 79.53 70.03 74.27 83.78 73.42 74.58 85.98 75.49 75.36 89.63 79.93 76.17 92.60 84.01 77.12 95.29 88.65 77.78 96.63 91.57 78.19 97.47 93.50 79.60 100.00 100.00

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Butanone/Methanol[3] P = 760 mm Hg BP Temp. °C % by mole methanol liquid vapor 75.3 7.6 19.3 72.2 14.7 30.8 70.7 19.7 37.7 68.8 26.5 45.3 67.5 35.6 52.8 65.9 49.8 62.2 65.1 62.2 69.5 64.4 74.7 77.7 64.3 82.9 83.2 64.3 84.1 84.2 64.3 87.3 86.9 64.4 93.6 92.6   Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Butanone/Acetone[3] P = 760 mm Hg BP Temp. °C % by mole acetone liquid vapor 56.9 95.0 97.2 57.9 89.1 94.2 58.9 81.7 90.3 60.0 73.8 85.7 60.3 72.7 84.0 61.0 68.6 81.7 61.1 67.6 81.7 62.1 62.0 77.5 64.1 54.4 71.5 65.1 51.0 65.7 67.0 45.0 64.0 69.0 37.3 57.1 71.4 24.5 43.7 74.2 15.3 29.0 76.6 8.1 15.3 78.5 2.6 5.0

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Butanone/Benzene[3] P = 760 mm Hg BP Temp. °C % by mole butanone liquid vapor 80.2 0.0 0.0 80.2 0.6 0.7 80.2 1.2 1.5 79.85 3.7 4.9 79.65 6.5 7.9 79.45 8.8 10.5 79.45 8.8 10.6 79.25 11.2 13.1 79.15 13.1 15.1 79.05 15.7 17.7 78.8 20.2 22.2 78.45 27.4 29.0 78.55 32.6 33.8 78.35 41.6 41.9 78.35 46.3 46.2 78.33 51.1 50.7 78.3 55.0 54.3 78.33 60.6 59.5 78.3 63.5 62.3 78.55 75.3 74.0 78.95 87.7 86.5 79.25 94.3 93.7 79.40 98.6 98.5 79.45 100.0 100.0

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Butanone/Toluene[3] P = 760 mm Hg BP Temp. °C % by mole butanone liquid vapor 110.6 0.0 0.0 110.2 0.45 1.40 109.88 0.85 2.90 109.25 1.75 5.55 107.2 4.05 12.81 104.2 8.50 23.50 102.28 11.90 30.43 99.55 18.00 39.50 98.7 19.81 42.00 97.1 23.59 47.09 94.3 31.27 55.21 91.85 39.82 62.80 89.9 46.82 68.54 87.85 54.79 74.28 86.85 58.58 77.08 85.8 64.20 80.27 84.85 69.24 83.42 84.4 70.12 83.96 83.15 78.46 88.58 82.65 80.15 89.55 81.8 86.11 92.81 80.5 93.50 96.29 79.85 97.74 98.78 79.5 99.39 99.54 79.45 100.00 100.00

Spectral data

UV-Vis
λmax	? nm
Extinction coefficient, ε	?
IR
Major absorption bands	? cm^−1
NMR
Proton NMR
Carbon-13 NMR
Other NMR data
MS
Masses of main fragments

References

1. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp 1669-1674
2. "Pure Component Properties" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
3. "Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 5 June 2007.

Except where noted otherwise, data relate to standard ambient temperature and pressure.

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