1,2-Butanediol
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| Names | |
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| IUPAC name
Butane-1,2-diol | |
| Other names
1,2-Dihydroxybutane α-Butylene glycol | |
| Identifiers | |
584-03-2  | |
| ChEBI | CHEBI:52682 |
| ChemSpider | 10948 |
| EC-number | 209-527-2 |
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| Jmol-3D images | Image Image |
| RTECS number | EK0380000 |
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| UNII | RUN0H01QEU |
| Properties[1][2][3] | |
| C4H10O2 | |
| Molar mass | 90.121 g/mol |
| Density | 1.0023 g/cm3 (20 °C) |
| Melting point | −50 °C (−58 °F; 223 K)[note 1] |
| Boiling point | 195 to 196.9 °C (383.0 to 386.4 °F; 468.1 to 470.0 K) (96.5 °C at 10 mmHg) |
| miscible | |
| Solubility | soluble in ethanol, acetone; sparingly soluble in esters and ethers; insoluble in hydrocarbons |
| Refractive index (nD) |
1.4378 (20 °C) |
| Viscosity | 7.3 mPa s (20 °C) |
| Thermochemistry | |
| Std enthalpy of formation (ΔfH |
−532.8 kJ/mol [4] |
| Std enthalpy of combustion (ΔcH |
−2479 kJ/mol |
| Hazards[5] | |
| MSDS | ICSC 0395 |
| EU Index | not listed |
| Flash point | 90 °C (194 °F; 363 K) |
| Related compounds | |
| Related butanediols |
1,3-Butanediol 1,4-Butanediol 2,3-Butanediol |
| Related compounds |
Ethylene glycol Propylene glycol 2-Hydroxybutyraldehyde 2-Hydroxybutyric acid α-Ketobutyric acid |
| Except where noted otherwise, data is given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa) | |
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| Infobox references | |
1,2-Butanediol is a vic-diol (glycol) first described by Charles-Adolphe Wurtz in 1859.[6] It is produced industrially as a byproduct of the production of 1,4-butanediol from butadiene,[7] and is also a byproduct of the catalytic hydrocracking of starches and sugars such as sorbitol to ethylene glycol and propylene glycol.[8][note 2] It is used to produce polyester resins and plasticizers,[3][7] and is a potential feedstock for the industrial production of α-ketobutyric acid, a precursor to many amino acids.[9]
Notes
- ↑ The value of −50 °C for the melting point is taken from Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry and used by the Hazardous Substances Data Bank and the OECD Screening Information Dataset. Other reported values of the melting point range from −114 °C to −30 °C.
- ↑ The catalytic hydrocracking of starches and sugars has been successfully commercialized by S2G Biochem Inc. in partnership with International Polyol Chemical, Inc., as of 2007. http://www.s2gbiochem.com/technology.html
References
- ↑ Weast, Robert C., ed. (1981). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (62nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. C-190. ISBN 0-8493-0462-8..
- ↑ Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry A1, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2005, p. VA4 461.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 1,2-Butanediol (PDF), SIDS Initial Assessment Report, Geneva: United Nations Environment Programme, February 1995.
- ↑ Moureu, H.; Dode, M. (1937), "Chaleurs de formation de l'oxyde d'ethylene, de l'ethanediol et de quelques homologues", Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 4: 637–47.
- ↑ 1,2-Butanediol, International Chemical Safety Card 0395, Geneva: International Programme on Chemical Safety, March 1996.
- ↑ Wurtz, A. (1859), Ann. Chim. Phys. 55: 400 .
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 US 4596886, Hasegawa, Ryuichi & Kohji Hayashi, "Polyester containing impure 1,2-butanediol".
- ↑ US 4966658, Berg, Lloyd, "Recovery of ethylene glycol from butanediol isomers by azeotropic distillation". US 5423955, Berg, Lloyd, "Separation of propylene glycol from 1,2-butanediol by azeotropic distillation".
- ↑ US 5155263, Imanari, Makoto; Hiroshi Iwane & Masashi Suzuki et al., "Process for preparing α-ketobutyric acid".