This page provides supplementary chemical data on 1-Propanol (n-propanol).

Material Safety Data Sheet

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Structure and properties

Structure and properties
Index of refraction, nD1.383 at 25 °C
Abbe number?
Dielectric constant, εr20.1 ε0 at 25 °C
Bond strength?
Bond length?
Bond angle?
Magnetic susceptibility?
Surface tension23.78 dyn/cm at 20 °C
Viscosity3.893 mPa·s at 0 °C 2.52 mPa·s at 15 °C 2.256 mPa·s at 20 °C 1.72 mPa·s at 30 °C 1.405 mPa·s at 40 °C 1.130 mPa·s at 50 °C 0.760 mPa·s at 70 °C
3.893 mPa·sat 0 °C
2.52 mPa·sat 15 °C
2.256 mPa·sat 20 °C
1.72 mPa·sat 30 °C
1.405 mPa·sat 40 °C
1.130 mPa·sat 50 °C
0.760 mPa·sat 70 °C

Thermodynamic properties

Phase behavior
Triple point148.75 K (−124.4 °C), ? Pa
Critical point536.9 K (263.8 °C), 5200 kPa
Std enthalpy change of fusion, ΔfusHo5.37 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of fusion, ΔfusSo36 J/(mol·K)
Std enthalpy change of vaporization, ΔvapHo47.5 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of vaporization, ΔvapSo126.6 J/(mol·K)
Solid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfHosolid−763 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, Sosolid112.7 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp106.3 J/(mol K) at −124 °C
Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfHoliquid−303.0 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, Soliquid192.8 J/(mol K)
Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcHo−2021 kJ/mol
Heat capacity, cp144.4 J/(mol K)
Gas properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfHogas−255 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, Sogas322.49 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp85.56 J/(mol K) at 25°
van der Waals' constantsa = 1512 L2 kPa/mol2 b = 0.1029 liter per mole

Vapor pressure of liquid

P in mm Hg11040100400760152038007600152003040045600
T in °C−15.014.736.452.882.097.8117.0149.0177.0210.8250.0

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

log10 of n-propanol vapor pressure. Uses formula: log e ⁡ P m m H g = {\displaystyle \scriptstyle \log _{e}P_{mmHg}=}log e ⁡ ( 760 101.325 ) − 7.702226 log e ⁡ ( T + 273.15 ) − 8002.693 T + 273.15 + 71.71697 + 3.950448 × 10 − 07 ( T + 273.15 ) 2 {\displaystyle \scriptstyle \log _{e}({\frac {760}{101.325}})-7.702226\log _{e}(T+273.15)-{\frac {8002.693}{T+273.15}}+71.71697+3.950448\times 10^{-07}(T+273.15)^{2}} obtained from CHERIC

Distillation data

BP Temp. °C% by mole water
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Water P = 100 kPa BP Temp. °C % by mole water liquid vapor 96.60 0.00 0.00 96.25 1.3 2.5 94.69 3.8 9.7 92.92 8.3 19.4 90.64 16.0 31.7 89.31 22.6 39.0 88.48 28.3 43.7 87.67 35.6 48.7 87.32 42.6 52.2 87.18 50.0 55.0 87.13 58.3 57.2 87.12 64.8 58.5 87.17 70.8 59.5 87.29 76.3 60.3 87.47 81.7 60.8 87.63 85.3 61.3 87.78 88.3 61.9 87.97 91.1 62.7 88.28 92.6 63.2 88.62 94.5 64.3 89.26 95.7 66.3 90.15 96.7 68.3 91.91 97.8 73.9 93.72 98.5 79.4 95.56 99.1 85.4 97.08 99.6 90.5 98.80 99.9 98.4 99.63 100.0 100.0Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Methanol P = 760 mm Hg BP Temp. °C % by mole methanol liquid vapor 92.30 9.2 23.5 88.88 18.0 41.2 83.90 28.0 56.2 82.53 32.0 61.0 80.25 38.0 67.5 78.15 45.9 75.3 74.46 58.1 83.2 74.42 58.3 83.5 71.28 68.0 88.8 69.40 76.4 92.8 68.30 82.2 94.0 67.08 86.2 95.5 Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Butanone P = 760 mm Hg BP Temp. °C % by mole butanone liquid vapor 94.8 5.4 12.5 93.0 9.3 20.6 91.8 12.8 27.1 90.3 17.1 33.7 88.9 23.5 41.3 87.7 28.4 46.9 86.1 36.6 54.7 84.9 44.0 60.5 83.8 53.3 67.7 83.5 57.2 70.1 82.5 64.1 74.8 81.6 73.0 81.0 81.0 80.4 85.9 80.4 87.9 90.9 79.9 94.3 95.7Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Cyclohexane P = 101.325 kPa BP Temp. °C % by mole cyclohexane liquid vapor 80.42 100 100 77.42 96.46 88.36 76.40 95.27 85.29 75.71 93.97 83.35 75.18 91.59 80.91 74.92 89.52 79.43 74.59 86.19 77.89 74.40 80.52 76.29 74.33 78.11 75.69 74.29 75.91 75.13 74.27 74.19 74.75 74.28 71.43 74.30 74.33 68.00 73.70 74.43 64.26 72.87 74.49 61.21 72.20 74.77 54.09 70.71 75.23 48.00 69.53 75.59 41.10 67.48 76.78 33.29 64.73 77.72 28.53 62.71 79.12 23.01 59.03 81.11 17.35 53.39 82.69 14.44 49.70 84.90 10.73 42.87 86.64 8.44 38.28 89.34 4.75 28.90 90.65 3.60 24.39 91.88 2.70 19.94 92.85 2.13 16.06 93.44 1.64 13.64 97.0 0.0 0.0Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/n-Hexane P = 760 mm Hg BP Temp. °C % by mole n-propanol liquid vapor 77.70 2.3 13.6 70.05 6.0 25.7 68.25 11.7 42.4 64.70 21.0 55.8 64.10 24.6 60.0 63.90 28.6 63.7 62.25 39.8 67.2 62.20 41.7 67.2 61.90 49.3 69.1 61.55 59.3 70.6 61.60 65.7 72.0 61.65 67.3 72.5 61.60 72.8 72.7 61.80 87.2 75.8 62.50 92.3 79.9 63.90 97.5 85.6 Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Acetone P = 760 mm Hg BP Temp. °C % by mole acetone liquid vapor 86.55 10.80 40.31 78.35 24.17 63.36 72.65 35.55 74.32 68.50 47.42 81.76 65.00 60.74 87.74 62.85 71.29 91.51
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Water P = 100 kPa
liquidvapor
96.600.000.00
96.251.32.5
94.693.89.7
92.928.319.4
90.6416.031.7
89.3122.639.0
88.4828.343.7
87.6735.648.7
87.3242.652.2
87.1850.055.0
87.1358.357.2
87.1264.858.5
87.1770.859.5
87.2976.360.3
87.4781.760.8
87.6385.361.3
87.7888.361.9
87.9791.162.7
88.2892.663.2
88.6294.564.3
89.2695.766.3
90.1596.768.3
91.9197.873.9
93.7298.579.4
95.5699.185.4
97.0899.690.5
98.8099.998.4
99.63100.0100.0
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Methanol P = 760 mm Hg BP Temp. °C % by mole methanol liquid vapor 92.30 9.2 23.5 88.88 18.0 41.2 83.90 28.0 56.2 82.53 32.0 61.0 80.25 38.0 67.5 78.15 45.9 75.3 74.46 58.1 83.2 74.42 58.3 83.5 71.28 68.0 88.8 69.40 76.4 92.8 68.30 82.2 94.0 67.08 86.2 95.5
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Methanol P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C% by mole methanol
liquidvapor
92.309.223.5
88.8818.041.2
83.9028.056.2
82.5332.061.0
80.2538.067.5
78.1545.975.3
74.4658.183.2
74.4258.383.5
71.2868.088.8
69.4076.492.8
68.3082.294.0
67.0886.295.5
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Butanone P = 760 mm Hg BP Temp. °C % by mole butanone liquid vapor 94.8 5.4 12.5 93.0 9.3 20.6 91.8 12.8 27.1 90.3 17.1 33.7 88.9 23.5 41.3 87.7 28.4 46.9 86.1 36.6 54.7 84.9 44.0 60.5 83.8 53.3 67.7 83.5 57.2 70.1 82.5 64.1 74.8 81.6 73.0 81.0 81.0 80.4 85.9 80.4 87.9 90.9 79.9 94.3 95.7
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Butanone P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C% by mole butanone
liquidvapor
94.85.412.5
93.09.320.6
91.812.827.1
90.317.133.7
88.923.541.3
87.728.446.9
86.136.654.7
84.944.060.5
83.853.367.7
83.557.270.1
82.564.174.8
81.673.081.0
81.080.485.9
80.487.990.9
79.994.395.7
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Cyclohexane P = 101.325 kPa
BP Temp. °C% by mole cyclohexane
liquidvapor
80.42100100
77.4296.4688.36
76.4095.2785.29
75.7193.9783.35
75.1891.5980.91
74.9289.5279.43
74.5986.1977.89
74.4080.5276.29
74.3378.1175.69
74.2975.9175.13
74.2774.1974.75
74.2871.4374.30
74.3368.0073.70
74.4364.2672.87
74.4961.2172.20
74.7754.0970.71
75.2348.0069.53
75.5941.1067.48
76.7833.2964.73
77.7228.5362.71
79.1223.0159.03
81.1117.3553.39
82.6914.4449.70
84.9010.7342.87
86.648.4438.28
89.344.7528.90
90.653.6024.39
91.882.7019.94
92.852.1316.06
93.441.6413.64
97.00.00.0
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/n-Hexane P = 760 mm Hg BP Temp. °C % by mole n-propanol liquid vapor 77.70 2.3 13.6 70.05 6.0 25.7 68.25 11.7 42.4 64.70 21.0 55.8 64.10 24.6 60.0 63.90 28.6 63.7 62.25 39.8 67.2 62.20 41.7 67.2 61.90 49.3 69.1 61.55 59.3 70.6 61.60 65.7 72.0 61.65 67.3 72.5 61.60 72.8 72.7 61.80 87.2 75.8 62.50 92.3 79.9 63.90 97.5 85.6
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/n-Hexane P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C% by mole n-propanol
liquidvapor
77.702.313.6
70.056.025.7
68.2511.742.4
64.7021.055.8
64.1024.660.0
63.9028.663.7
62.2539.867.2
62.2041.767.2
61.9049.369.1
61.5559.370.6
61.6065.772.0
61.6567.372.5
61.6072.872.7
61.8087.275.8
62.5092.379.9
63.9097.585.6
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Acetone P = 760 mm Hg BP Temp. °C % by mole acetone liquid vapor 86.55 10.80 40.31 78.35 24.17 63.36 72.65 35.55 74.32 68.50 47.42 81.76 65.00 60.74 87.74 62.85 71.29 91.51
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for n-propanol/Acetone P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C% by mole acetone
liquidvapor
86.5510.8040.31
78.3524.1763.36
72.6535.5574.32
68.5047.4281.76
65.0060.7487.74
62.8571.2991.51

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
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