| Ethyl acetate (data page)
 
 This page provides supplementary chemical data on ethyl acetate. 
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   Structure and properties   Thermodynamic properties 
| Phase behavior |  
| Triple point | 189.3 K (−83.9 °C), ? Pa |  
| Critical point | 530 K (260 °C), 3900 kPa |  
| Std enthalpy change of fusion, ΔfusH
 o | 10.48 kJ/mol (189.3 K) |  
| Std entropy change of fusion, ΔfusS
 o | 55.27 J/(mol·K) (189.3 K) |  
| Std enthalpy change of vaporization, ΔvapH
 o | 35.1 kJ/mol |  
| Std entropy change of vaporization, ΔvapS
 o | 100.21 J/(mol·K) |  
| Solid properties |  
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH
 osolid | ? kJ/mol |  
| Standard molar entropy, S
 osolid | ? J/(mol K) |  
| Heat capacity, cp | ? J/(mol K) |  
| Liquid properties |  
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH
 oliquid | −480 kJ/mol |  
| Standard molar entropy, S
 oliquid | 259.4 J/(mol K) |  
| Heat capacity, cp | 170 J/(mol K) |  
| Gas properties |  
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH
 ogas | −445 kJ/mol |  
| Standard molar entropy, S
 ogas | 363 J/(mol K) |  
| Heat capacity, cp | 125.8 J/(mol K) (360 K) |  
| van der Waals' constants[2] | a = 2072.0 L2 kPa/mol2 b = 0.1412 liter per mole
 |   Vapor pressure of liquid
| P in mm Hg | 1 | 10 | 40 | 100 | 400 | 760 | 1520 | 3800 | 7600 | 15200 | 30400 | 45600 |  
| T in °C | –43.4 | –13.5 | 9.1 | 27.0 | 59.0 | 77.1 | 100.6 | 136.6 | 169.7 | 209.5 | — | — |  Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.
  
  Distillation data
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| Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Ethyl Acetate/Water[3]
 P = 760 mmHg
 |  
| BP Temp.
 °C
 | % by mole C4H8O2
 |  
| liquid | vapor |  
| 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |  
| 96.5 | 0.024 | 10.0 |  
| 92.9 | 0.055 | 20.0 |  
| 89.5 | 0.105 | 30.0 |  
| 85.9 | 0.201 | 40.0 |  
| 82.1 | 0.370 | 50.0 |  
| 77.5 | 0.683 | 60.0 |  
| 74.3 | 0.935 | 65.0 |  
| 70.5 | 3.0 | 70.0 |  
| 70.4 | 5.0 | 70.1 |  
| 70.4 | 10.0 | 70.1 |  
| 70.4 | 20.0 | 70.1 |  
| 70.4 | 30.0 | 70.1 |  
| 70.4 | 40.0 | 70.1 |  
| 70.4 | 50.0 | 70.1 |  
| 70.4 | 60.0 | 70.1 |  
| 70.4 | 70.0 | 70.1 |  
| 70.7 | 80.0 | 70.5 |  
| 72.2 | 90.0 | 75.0 |  
| 73.5 | 94.1 | 80.0 |  
| 74.5 | 96.5 | 85.0 |  
| 75.5 | 97.5 | 90.0 |  
| 76.3 | 98.8 | 95.0 |  
| 77.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 |  |  | 
| Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Ethyl Acetate/Acetic acid[3]
 P = 740 mmHg
 |  
| BP Temp.
 °C
 | % by mole C4H8O2
 |  
| liquid | vapor |  
| 117.07 | 0.0 | 0.0 |  
| 114.00 | 4.0 | 10.7 |  
| 110.00 | 9.6 | 23.0 |  
| 105.00 | 17.3 | 37.7 |  
| 100.00 | 25.9 | 51.9 |  
| 95.00 | 36.3 | 65.4 |  
| 90.00 | 48.2 | 77.7 |  
| 86.00 | 61.7 | 86.3 |  
| 82.00 | 76.4 | 93.4 |  
| 80.00 | 84.2 | 96.1 |  
| 78.00 | 92.2 | 98.3 |  
| 76.30 | 100.0 | 100.0 |  |  | 
| Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Ethyl Acetate/Ethanol[3]
 P = 760 mmHg
 |  
| BP Temp.
 °C
 | % by mole C4H8O2
 |  
| liquid | vapor |  
| 76.7 | 2.5 | 7.0 |  
| 75.5 | 8.0 | 12.6 |  
| 75.0 | 10.0 | 16.4 |  
| 74.4 | 13.0 | 20.0 |  
| 72.6 | 24.0 | 29.5 |  
| 71.8 | 36.0 | 39.8 |  
| 72.0 | 56.3 | 50.7 |  
| 72.4 | 65.3 | 56.0 |  
| 72.8 | 71.0 | 60.0 |  
| 73.1 | 73.5 | 62.7 |  
| 73.5 | 77.6 | 66.5 |  
| 73.6 | 78.5 | 67.5 |  
| 74.2 | 83.3 | 73.5 |  
| 74.9 | 87.3 | 77.3 |  
| 75.0 | 87.8 | 78.3 |  
| 75.6 | 90.8 | 82.3 |  
| 76.1 | 93.2 | 86.8 |  
| 76.4 | 94.2 | 88.0 |  
| 77.7 | 98.4 | 96.5 |  |    Spectral data 
| UV-Vis |  
| λmax | ? nm |  
| Extinction coefficient, ε | ? |  
| IR |  
| Major absorption bands | 2983, 1743, 1374, 1243, 1048 cm−1 |  
| NMR |  
| Proton NMR | δ CDCl3 4.12 (2H, q), 2.04 (3H, s), 1.26 (3H, t). |  
| Carbon-13 NMR | δ CDCl3 171.1, 60.4, 21.0, 14.3. |  
| Other NMR data | JH-H (in ethyl), 7.1 Hz. |  
| MS |  
| Masses of main fragments
 | 88.0 (5.1%), 70.0 (9.9%), 61.0 (14.9%), 45.0 (14.7%), 43.0 (100.0%), 29.0 (13.7%)
 |    References ^ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp 1669-1674^ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp 1522-1524^ a b c Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved on 6 May 2007.
 NIST Chemistry WebBook
SDBS spectral database
 Except where noted otherwise, data relate to standard ambient temperature and pressure.
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