Benzene, (bromomethyl)-

• Formula: C₇H₇Br
• Molecular weight: 171.034
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H7Br/c8-6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5H,6H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: AGEZXYOZHKGVCM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 100-39-0
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• Other names: Benzyl bromide; Toluene, α-bromo-; α-Bromotoluene; ω-Bromotoluene; (Bromomethyl)benzene; Bromophenylmethane; 1-Bromotoluene; Bromotoluene, α; UN 1737; NSC 8041; Phenylmethyl bromide
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 (l) +  (cr) = C₇H₇BrMg (solution)

By formula: C₇H₇Br (l) + Mg (cr) = C₇H₇BrMg (solution)

C₇H₆Br^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₆Br^- + H⁺ = C₇H₇Br

 +  =  + 

By formula: HBr + C₇H₇Br = C₇H₈ + Br₂

 (l) +  (g) =  (l) + C₃H₉BrSn (l)

By formula: C₁₀H₁₆Sn (l) + Br₂ (g) = C₇H₇Br (l) + C₃H₉BrSn (l)

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₇H₇Br + H₂O = HBr + C₇H₈O

C₁₂H₇MnO₅ (cr) + 1.5 (g) =  (g) +  (cr) + 5 (g)

By formula: C₁₂H₇MnO₅ (cr) + 1.5Br₂ (g) = C₇H₇Br (g) + Br₂Mn (cr) + 5CO (g)

 + 0.5 =  + 0.5

By formula: C₇H₇Br + 0.5H₂ = C₇H₈ + 0.5Br₂

 + C₄H₉Li =  + 

By formula: C₇H₇Br + C₄H₉Li = C₁₁H₁₆ + BrLi

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₇H₆Br^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₆Br^- + H⁺ = C₇H₇Br

Gas Chromatography

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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References

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Benson and Buss, 1957
Benson, S.W.; Buss, J.H., The thermodynamics of bromination of toluene and the heat of formation of the benzyl radical, J. Phys. Chem., 1957, 61, 104-109. [all data]

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Poutsma, Nash, et al., 1997
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Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Pedley and Skinner, 1959
Pedley, J.B.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. Part 9.?Heats of bromination of some organo-tin compounds, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1959, 55, 544, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9595500544 . [all data]

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Gellner and Skinner, 1949
Gellner, O.H.; Skinner, H.A., Dissociation energies of carbon-halogen bonds. The bond strengths allyl-X and benzyl-X, J. Chem. Soc., 1949, 1145-1148. [all data]

Connor, Zafarani-Moattar, et al., 1982
Connor, J.A.; Zafarani-Moattar, M.T.; Bickerton, J.; El-Saied, N.I.; Suradi, S.; Carson, R.; Al Takkhin, G.; Skinner, H.A., Organomet., 1982, 1, 1166. [all data]

Ashcroft, Carson, et al., 1963
Ashcroft, S.J.; Carson, A.S.; Pedley, J.B., Thermochemistry of reductions caused by lithium aluminium hydride. Part 2.-The heats of formation of benzyl bromide, benzyl iodide and the benzyl radical, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1963, 59, 2713-2717. [all data]

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Baer, T.; Morrow, J.C.; Shao, J.D.; Olesik, S., Gas-phase heats of formation of C₇H₇⁺ isomers: m-Tolyl, p-tolyl, and benzyl ions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 5633. [all data]

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Grutzmacher, H.-F., Zum Mechanismus massenspektrometrischer Fragmentierungsreaktionen-IV: zur Bildung von Phenonium-Ionen bei der Elektronenstoss-Fragmentierung von -Phenylathylbromiden, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1970, 3, 131. [all data]

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Krasnykh, Eugen L.; Vasiltsova, Tatiana V.; Verevkin, Sergey P.; Heintz, Andreas, Vapor Pressures and Enthalpies of Vaporization of Benzyl Halides and Benzyl Ethers, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 6, 1372-1378, https://doi.org/10.1021/je020034h . [all data]

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Hathcock, S.; Bertsch, W., Analysis of volatiles associated with industrial scale processing of expanded polystyrene. Part II: Identification and quantitation, J. Hi. Res. Chromatogr., 1993, 16, 11, 651-659, https://doi.org/10.1002/jhrc.1240161106 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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