Mercury(II) chloride


Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-34.964kcal/molReviewChase, 1998Data last reviewed in March, 1962
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
gas,1 bar70.454cal/mol*KReviewChase, 1998Data last reviewed in March, 1962

Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

Cp° = A + B*t + C*t2 + D*t3 + E/t2
H° − H°298.15= A*t + B*t2/2 + C*t3/3 + D*t4/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t2/2 + D*t3/3 − E/(2*t2) + G
    Cp = heat capacity (cal/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kcal/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (cal/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Temperature (K) 1500. to 6000.
A 14.83350
B 0.060202
C -0.016325
D 0.001394
E -0.086559
F -39.68050
G 87.90141
H -34.96511
ReferenceChase, 1998
Comment Data last reviewed in March, 1962

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-50.961kcal/molReviewChase, 1998Data last reviewed in March, 1962
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid,1 bar39.309cal/mol*KReviewChase, 1998Data last reviewed in March, 1962
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid-55.000kcal/molReviewChase, 1998Data last reviewed in March, 1962
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
solid34.536cal/mol*KReviewChase, 1998Data last reviewed in March, 1962

Liquid Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

Cp° = A + B*t + C*t2 + D*t3 + E/t2
H° − H°298.15= A*t + B*t2/2 + C*t3/3 + D*t4/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t2/2 + D*t3/3 − E/(2*t2) + G
    Cp = heat capacity (cal/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kcal/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (cal/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Temperature (K) 550. to 1500.
A 24.40010
B 0.000000
C 0.000000
D 0.000000
E 0.000000
F -58.23631
G 68.83750
H -50.96131
ReferenceChase, 1998
Comment Data last reviewed in March, 1962

Solid Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

Cp° = A + B*t + C*t2 + D*t3 + E/t2
H° − H°298.15= A*t + B*t2/2 + C*t3/3 + D*t4/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t2/2 + D*t3/3 − E/(2*t2) + G
    Cp = heat capacity (cal/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kcal/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (cal/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Temperature (K) 298. to 550.
A 16.27800
B 6.172030
C -1.109001
D 0.086404
E -0.031589
F -60.22371
G 52.26539
H -55.00010
ReferenceChase, 1998
Comment Data last reviewed in March, 1962

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

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Individual Reactions

C6H14Hg (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2C3H7ClHg (cr)

By formula: C6H14Hg (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2C3H7ClHg (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-22.5 ± 0.50kcal/molRSCMortimer, Pritchard, et al., 1952Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.

Mercury, dimethyl- (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2Mercury, chloromethyl- (cr)

By formula: C2H6Hg (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2CH3ClHg (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-16.2 ± 0.55kcal/molRSCHartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.

C6H14Hg (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2C3H7ClHg (cr)

By formula: C6H14Hg (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2C3H7ClHg (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-21.2 ± 0.31kcal/molRSCMortimer, Pritchard, et al., 1952Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.

Mercury, diphenyl- (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2Mercury, chlorophenyl- (cr)

By formula: C12H10Hg (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2C6H5ClHg (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-13.9 ± 0.50kcal/molRSCChernick, Skinner, et al., 1956Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.

Mercury, diethyl- (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2Mercury, chloroethyl- (cr)

By formula: C4H10Hg (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2C2H5ClHg (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-21.0 ± 0.86kcal/molRSCHartley, Pritchard, et al., 1951Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.

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:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)11.38 ± 0.01eVN/AN/AL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
11.380 ± 0.003PILinn, Brom, et al., 1983LBLHLM
11.5PELee and Potts, 1981LLK
11.37PEEland, 1970RDSH
11.5PEBoggess, Allen, et al., 1973Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
Cl+16.72 ± 0.32HgClPILinn, Brom, et al., 1983LBLHLM
Cl+17.7 ± 0.3?EIKiser, Dillard, et al., 1969RDSH
ClHg+≤11.041ClPILinn, Brom, et al., 1983LBLHLM
HgCl+12.06 ± 0.26ClEIKiser, Dillard, et al., 1969RDSH
Hg+12.59 ± 0.18Cl2PILinn, Brom, et al., 1983LBLHLM

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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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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Chase, 1998
Chase, M.W., Jr., NIST-JANAF Themochemical Tables, Fourth Edition, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Monograph 9, 1998, 1-1951. [all data]

Mortimer, Pritchard, et al., 1952
Mortimer, C.T.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. Part V.?Mercury di-propyl and mercury di-isopropyl, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1952, 48, 220, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9524800220 . [all data]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brigton, 1977. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in Academic Press, New York, 1970. [all data]

Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950
Hartley, K.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. III.?mercury dimethyl and mercury methyl halides, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1950, 46, 1019, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9504601019 . [all data]

Chernick, Skinner, et al., 1956
Chernick, C.L.; Skinner, H.A.; Wadsö, I., Trans. Faraday Soc., 1956, 52, 1088. [all data]

Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1951
Hartley, K.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. IV. Mercury diethyl and mercury diphenyl, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1951, 47, 254, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9514700254 . [all data]

Linn, Brom, et al., 1983
Linn, S.H.; Brom, J.M., Jr.; Tzeng, W.-B.; Ng, C.Y., Molecular beam photoionization study of HgCl2, J. Chem. Phys., 1983, 78, 37. [all data]

Lee and Potts, 1981
Lee, E.P.F.; Potts, A.W., Fine structure in the He(I)/He(II) photoelectron spectra of the metal valence (d) shells of the group IIB dihalides, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1981, 22, 247. [all data]

Eland, 1970
Eland, J.H.D., Photoelectron spectra and chemical bonding of mercury(II) compounds, Intern. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1970, 4, 37. [all data]

Boggess, Allen, et al., 1973
Boggess, G.W.; Allen, J.D., Jr.; Schweitzer, G.K., The photoelectron spectra of gaseous zinc(II) and cadmium(II) chlorides, bromides, and iodides, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1973, 2, 467. [all data]

Kiser, Dillard, et al., 1969
Kiser, R.W.; Dillard, J.G.; Dugger, D.L., Mass spectrometry of inorganic halides, Advan. Chem. Ser., 1969, 72, 153. [all data]


Notes

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