1-Butanol - The NIST WebBook

1-Butanol

• Formula: C4H10O
• Molecular weight: 74.1216
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H10O/c1-2-3-4-5/h5H,2-4H2,1H3 Copy
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LRHPLDYGYMQRHN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 71-36-3
• Chemical structure: This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file or as a computed 3d SD file View 3d structure (requires JavaScript / HTML 5)
• Other names: Butyl alcohol; n-Butan-1-ol; n-Butanol; n-Butyl alcohol; Butyl hydroxide; CCS 203; Hemostyp; Methylolpropane; Propylcarbinol; n-C4H9OH; Butanol; Butan-1-ol; 1-Hydroxybutane; Alcool butylique; Butanolo; Butylowy alkohol; Butyric alcohol; Propylmethanol; Butanolen; 1-Butyl alcohol; Rcra waste number U031; Butanol-1; NSC 62782
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Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions (nominally 298.15 K, 1 atm.)

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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: DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr. ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

ΔfH°gas (kJ/mol)	Method	Reference	Comment
-275.6	N/A	Mosselman and Dekker, 1975	Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -327.0±0.2 kj/mol from Mosselman and Dekker, 1975 and ΔvapH° value of 51.4 kj/mol from Skinner and Snelson, 1960.; DRB
-274.7 ± 0.3	Ccb	Mosselman and Dekker, 1975	Value computed using ΔfHliquid° from Mosselman and Dekker, 1975 and ΔvapH° value of 52.3 kJ/mol from Wadso, 1966.; DRB
-275.28 ± 0.53	Ccb	Gundry, Harrop, et al., 1969	ALS
-275.8	N/A	Mosselman and Dekker, 1969	Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -327.2±0.2 kj/mol from Mosselman and Dekker, 1969 and ΔvapH° value of 51.4 kj/mol from Skinner and Snelson, 1960.; DRB
-274.9 ± 0.3	Ccb	Mosselman and Dekker, 1969	Value computed using ΔfHliquid° from Mosselman and Dekker, 1969 and ΔvapH° value of 52.3 kJ/mol from Wadso, 1966.; DRB
-274.4	N/A	Chao and Rossini, 1965	Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -325.8±0.7 kj/mol from Chao and Rossini, 1965 and ΔvapH° value of 51.4 kj/mol from Skinner and Snelson, 1960.; DRB
-273.5 ± 0.7	Ccb	Chao and Rossini, 1965	Value computed using ΔfHliquid° from Chao and Rossini, 1965 and ΔvapH° value of 52.3 kJ/mol from Wadso, 1966.; DRB
-280.0 ± 0.92	Ccb	Green, 1960	ALS
-277. ± 1.5	Ccb	Skinner and Snelson, 1960	ALS
-281.4	N/A	Tjebbes, 1960	Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -332.8±0.4 kj/mol from Tjebbes, 1960 and ΔvapH° value of 51.4 kj/mol from Skinner and Snelson, 1960.; DRB
-280.5 ± 0.4	Ccb	Tjebbes, 1960	Value computed using ΔfHliquid° from Tjebbes, 1960 and ΔvapH° value of 52.3 kJ/mol from Wadso, 1966.; DRB
-278.2	N/A	Parks, 1925	Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -329.6 kj/mol from Parks, 1925 and ΔvapH° value of 51.4 kj/mol from Skinner and Snelson, 1960.; DRB
-277.3 ± 3.0	Ccb	Parks, 1925	Value computed using ΔfHliquid° from Parks, 1925 and ΔvapH° value of 52.3 kJ/mol from Wadso, 1966. estimated uncertainty; DRB

References

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Mosselman and Dekker, 1975 Mosselman, C.; Dekker, H., Enthalpies of formation of n-alkan-1-ols, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 1, 1975, 417-424. [all data]

Skinner and Snelson, 1960 Skinner, H.A.; Snelson, A., The heats of combustion of the four isomeric butyl alcohols, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1960, 56, 1776-1783. [all data]

Wadso, 1966 Wadso, I., Acta Chem. Scand., 1966, 20, 544. [all data]

Gundry, Harrop, et al., 1969 Gundry, H.A.; Harrop, D.; Head, A.J.; Lewis, G.B., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. 21. Enthalpies of combustion of benzoic acid, pentan-1-ol, octan-1-ol, and hexadecan-1-ol, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1969, 1, 321-332. [all data]

Mosselman and Dekker, 1969 Mosselman, C.; Dekker, H., A new method for handling volatile and hygroscopic substances in bomb calorimetry enthalpy of formation of liquid butanol, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1969, 257-261. [all data]

Chao and Rossini, 1965 Chao, J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion, formation, and isomerization of nineteen alkanols, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1965, 10, 374-379. [all data]

Green, 1960 Green, J.H.S., Revision of the values of the heats of formation of normal alcohols, Chem. Ind. (London), 1960, 1215-1216. [all data]

Tjebbes, 1960 Tjebbes, J., Heats of combustion of butannal and some related compounds, Acta Chem. Scand., 1960, 14, 180-188. [all data]

Parks, 1925 Parks, G.S., Thermal data on organic compounds I. The heat capacities and free energies of methyl, ethyl and normal-butyl alcohols, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1925, 47, 338-345. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:

  ΔfH°gas

  Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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