This page provides supplementary chemical data on isopropanol.

Material Safety Data Sheet

The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source such as , and follow its directions.

Structure and properties

Structure and properties
Dielectric constant, εr18.23 ε0 at 25 °C
Bond strength?
Bond length?
Bond angle?
Magnetic susceptibility?
Surface tension21.7 dyn/cm at 20 °C
Viscosity4.5646 mPa·s at 0 °C 2.3703 mPa·s at 20 °C 1.3311 mPa·s at 40 °C

Thermodynamic properties

Phase behavior
Triple point184.9 K (−88.2 °C), ? Pa
Std entropy change of fusion, ΔfusSo28.6 J/(mol·K)
Std entropy change of vaporization, ΔvapSo124 J/(mol·K)
Solid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfHosolid? kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, Sosolid? J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp0.212 J/(mol K) at −200 °C
Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfHoliquid−318.2 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, Soliquid180 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp2.68 J/(gK) at 20 °C-25 °C
Gas properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfHogas−261.1 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, Sogas333 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp1.54 J/(gK) at 25 °C

Vapor pressure of Iso-propyl Alcohol

P in mm Hg11040100400760152038007600152003040045600
T in °C−26.12.423.839.567.882.5101.3130.2155.7186.0220.2

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

Isopropanol vapor pressure (logarithmic scale) vs temperature. Drawn using data published in

Distillation data

BP temp. °C% by mole isopropanol
Vapor-liquid equilibrium for isopropanol/water P = 760 mm Hg BP temp. °C % by mole isopropanol liquid vapor 82.2 100.00 100.00 81.48 95.35 93.25 80.70 87.25 83.40 80.37 80.90 77.45 80.23 76.50 73.70 80.11 69.55 69.15 80.16 66.05 67.15 80.15 64.60 66.45 80.31 55.90 62.55 80.38 51.45 60.75 80.67 44.60 59.20 80.90 38.35 57.00 81.28 29.80 55.10 81.29 29.75 55.40 81.23 28.35 55.30 81.62 24.50 53.90 81.75 19.35 53.20 81.58 18.95 53.75 81.99 16.65 52.15 82.32 12.15 51.20 82.70 10.00 50.15 84.57 5.70 45.65 88.05 3.65 36.55 93.40 1.60 21.15 95.17 1.15 16.30 100.0 0.00 0.00Vapor-liquid equilibrium for isopropanol/methanol P = 101.325 kPa BP temp. °C % by mole methanol liquid vapor 64.37 100.0 100.0 67.34 81.26 90.32 67.64 79.45 89.10 69.54 68.64 81.73 70.77 61.72 76.52 71.88 55.96 71.76 72.78 51.03 67.78 73.80 46.34 63.08 74.85 39.75 56.21 75.65 35.50 51.62 76.36 31.71 46.91 77.93 23.79 35.98 78.67 19.49 30.22 79.45 15.45 24.40 80.04 12.30 19.56 80.57 9.30 14.66 80.82 8.43 12.43 82.20 0.0 0.0Vapor-liquid equilibrium for isopropanol/acetone P = 101.325 kPa BP temp. °C % by mole acetone liquid vapor 77.92 6.12 19.90 76.71 8.28 25.52 71.50 19.59 47.03 70.99 20.91 48.90 69.20 26.01 55.29 68.85 27.10 56.50 65.91 37.55 66.12 63.55 48.12 73.37 63.42 48.74 73.75 62.46 53.77 76.63 62.37 54.27 76.91 61.85 57.22 78.49 61.86 57.12 78.43
Vapor-liquid equilibrium for isopropanol/water P = 760 mm Hg
liquidvapor
82.2100.00100.00
81.4895.3593.25
80.7087.2583.40
80.3780.9077.45
80.2376.5073.70
80.1169.5569.15
80.1666.0567.15
80.1564.6066.45
80.3155.9062.55
80.3851.4560.75
80.6744.6059.20
80.9038.3557.00
81.2829.8055.10
81.2929.7555.40
81.2328.3555.30
81.6224.5053.90
81.7519.3553.20
81.5818.9553.75
81.9916.6552.15
82.3212.1551.20
82.7010.0050.15
84.575.7045.65
88.053.6536.55
93.401.6021.15
95.171.1516.30
100.00.000.00
Vapor-liquid equilibrium for isopropanol/methanol P = 101.325 kPa
BP temp. °C% by mole methanol
liquidvapor
64.37100.0100.0
67.3481.2690.32
67.6479.4589.10
69.5468.6481.73
70.7761.7276.52
71.8855.9671.76
72.7851.0367.78
73.8046.3463.08
74.8539.7556.21
75.6535.5051.62
76.3631.7146.91
77.9323.7935.98
78.6719.4930.22
79.4515.4524.40
80.0412.3019.56
80.579.3014.66
80.828.4312.43
82.200.00.0
Vapor-liquid equilibrium for isopropanol/acetone P = 101.325 kPa
BP temp. °C% by mole acetone
liquidvapor
77.926.1219.90
76.718.2825.52
71.5019.5947.03
70.9920.9148.90
69.2026.0155.29
68.8527.1056.50
65.9137.5566.12
63.5548.1273.37
63.4248.7473.75
62.4653.7776.63
62.3754.2776.91
61.8557.2278.49
61.8657.1278.43

See also

  • Tetrachloroethylene (data page)

Spectral data

UV-Vis
λmax205 nm
Extinction coefficient, ε100.2 m2/mol
IR
Major absorption bands3334, 2970, 1466, 1378, 1160, 1128, 951, 817, 639 cm−1
NMR
Proton NMR
Carbon-13 NMR
Other NMR data
MS
Masses of main fragmentsm/z (% of relative intensity): 45 (100), 43 (19.1), 27 (16.8), 29 (12.5), 19 (9.9), 15 (9.5), 41 (8.2), 31 (6.8), 39 (6.6), 42 (4.4)