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Experimental data for CH3COCH2CH3 (2-Butanone)

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Other names
2-Butanone; 3-Butanone; Acetone, methyl-; Aethylmethylketon; Butan-2-one; Butanone; Butanone 2; Ethyl methyl cetone; Ethyl methyl ketone; Ethylmethylketon; Ketone, ethyl methyl; Ketone, methyl ethyl; Meetco; MEK; Methyl acetone; Methyl ethyl ketone; Metiletilchetone; Metyloetyloketon;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/C4H8O/c1-3-4(2)5/h3H2,1-2H3 ZWEHNKRNPOVVGH-UHFFFAOYSA-N CC(CC)=O Butan-2-one
State Conformation
1A' CS
Enthalpy of formation (Hfg), Entropy, Integrated heat capacity (0 K to 298.15 K) (HH), Heat Capacity (Cp)
Property Value Uncertainty units Reference Comment
Hfg(298.15K) enthalpy of formation -238.60   kJ mol-1 TRC
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation -217.10   kJ mol-1 TRC
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 339.47   J K-1 mol-1 TRC
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 20.96   kJ mol-1 TRC
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 101.68   J K-1 mol-1 webbook
Barrier to Internal Rotation 12.1   kJ mol-1 1991Dur/Fen:1827 V1=652+-68, V2=70+-50, V3=356+-25 cm-1
Information can also be found for this species in the NIST Chemistry Webbook
Vibrational levels (cm-1) vibrations
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency Intensity Comment Description
Fundamental(cm-1) Harmonic(cm-1) Reference (km mol-1) unc. Reference
1 A' 2983   Shim      
2 A' 2983   Shim      
3 A' 2910   Shim      
4 A' 2910   Shim      
5 A' 2884   Shim      
6 A' 1716   Shim      
7 A' 1460   Shim      
8 A' 1422   Shim      
9 A' 1413   Shim      
10 A' 1373   Shim      
11 A' 1346   Shim      
12 A' 1263   Shim      
13 A' 1182   Shim      
14 A' 1089   Shim      
15 A' 997   Shim      
16 A' 939   Shim      
17 A' 760   Shim      
18 A' 590   Shim      
19 A' 413   Shim      
20 A' 260   Shim      
21 A" 2983   Shim      
22 A" 2983   Shim      
23 A" 2941   Shim      
24 A" 1460   Shim      
25 A" 1413   Shim      
26 A" 1263   Shim      
27 A" 1108   Shim      
28 A" 952   Shim      
29 A" 768   Shim      
30 A" 460   Shim      
31 A" 201   Shim      
32 A" 106   Shim      
33 A" 87   Shim      

vibrational zero-point energy: 23809.0 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for CH3COCH2CH3 (2-Butanone).
Gas-phase IR spectra can be found in the NIST Chemistry Webbook here.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
0.31837 0.11998 0.09161 1991Dur/Fen:1827

Calculated rotational constants for CH3COCH2CH3 (2-Butanone).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
1368955amu3Å6   6.268405469517E-114gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of 2-Butanone

Point Group C1


Internal coordinates
distances (r) in Å, angles (a) in degrees, dihedrals (d) in degrees
Description Value unc. Connectivity Reference Comment
Atom 1 Atom 2 Atom 3 Atom 4
rCO 1.218   2 5 1991Dur/Fen:1827
rCC 1.512   2 3 1991Dur/Fen:1827 cental CC bond
rCC 1.507   1 2 1991Dur/Fen:1827
rCC 1.531   3 4 1991Dur/Fen:1827 ethyl CC
rCH 1.095   4 9 1991Dur/Fen:1827 on end of ethyl
rCH 1.093   4 10 1991Dur/Fen:1827 on end of ethyl
rCH 1.093   3 12 1991Dur/Fen:1827 methylene carbon
rCH 1.091   1 6 1991Dur/Fen:1827 on methyl
rCH 1.096   1 7 1991Dur/Fen:1827 on methyl
aCCO 122.9 3 2 5 1991Dur/Fen:1827 central carbons
aCCC 116.3 1 2 3 1991Dur/Fen:1827
aCCC 113.8 2 3 4 1991Dur/Fen:1827
aHCC 110.4 3 4 9 1991Dur/Fen:1827
aHCC 111 3 4 10 1991Dur/Fen:1827
aHCH 107.6 10 4 11 1991Dur/Fen:1827
aHCC 107.9 2 3 12 1991Dur/Fen:1827
aHCH 105.4 12 3 13 1991Dur/Fen:1827
aHCC 109.7 2 1 6 1991Dur/Fen:1827
aHCC 110.4 2 1 7 1991Dur/Fen:1827
dCCCH 180 2 3 4 9 1991Dur/Fen:1827
dCCCO 0 4 3 2 5 1991Dur/Fen:1827
dCCCO 180 1 2 3 5 1991Dur/Fen:1827
dHCCO 0 5 2 1 6 1991Dur/Fen:1827
aHCC 107.9 4 3 12 by symmetry
aHCC 108.4 9 4 10 by symmetry

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
 

Calculated geometries for CH3COCH2CH3 (2-Butanone).

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
H-C 8
C-C 3
C=O 1

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
C1 C2
C1 H6
C1 H7
C1 H8
C2 C3
C2 O5
C3 C4
C3 H12
C3 H13
C4 H9
C4 H10
C4 H11
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1A'

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
9.520 0.040 9.560   webbook

Electron Affinity (eV)
Electron Affinity unc. reference
0.001   webbook
Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Electric dipole moment dipole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Dipole (Debye) Reference comment Point Group Components
x y z total dipole quadrupole
1 1 1A' Cs False       2.779 1991Dur/Fen:1827   Cs 2 3
1 2 1A C1 True           C1 3 5
Experimental dipole measurement abbreviations: MW microwave; DT Dielectric with Temperature variation; DR Indirect (usually an upper limit); MB Molecular beam
Calculated electric dipole moments for CH3COCH2CH3 (2-Butanone).
Electric quadrupole moment quadrupole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Quadrupole (D Å) Reference comment Point Group Components
xx yy zz dipole quadrupole
1 1 1A' Cs False       Cs 2 3
1 2 1A C1 True       C1 3 5

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for CH3COCH2CH3 (2-Butanone).
Electric dipole polarizability (Å3) polarizability
alpha unc. Reference
8.190   1998Gus/Rui:163

Calculated electric dipole polarizability for CH3COCH2CH3 (2-Butanone).

References
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squib reference DOI
1991Dur/Fen:1827 JR Durig, FS Feng, A Wang, HV Phan "Conformational stability, barriers to internal rotation, ab initio calculations, and vibrational assignment of 2-butanone" Can. J. of Chem. 69(11) 1845-1856, 1991 10.1139/v91-268
1998Gus/Rui:163 M Gussoni, R Rui, G Zerbi "Electronic and relaxation contribution to linear molecular polarizability. An analysis of the experimental values" J. Mol. Struct. 447 (1998) 163-215 10.1016/S0022-2860(97)00292-5
Shim Shimanouchi, T. , Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies, Consolidated Volu 10.6028/NBS.NSRDS.39
TRC Frenkel, M; Marsh, K.N.; Wilhoit, R.C.; Kabo, G.J.; Roganov, G.N.,Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds in the Gas State,Thermodynamics Research Center, College Station, TX, 1994  
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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