Bromomethyl radical

Formula: CH₂Br
Molecular weight: 93.931
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH2Br/c1-2/h1H2
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: AOJDZKCUAATBGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 16519-97-4
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Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

State: X

Approximate type of mode	cm^-1		Med.	Method	References


CH₂ scissor	1355.7	s	Ar	IR	Smith and Andrews, 1971 Andrews, Miller, et al., 1979
CH₂ rock	953	w	Ar	IR	Smith and Andrews, 1971
CBr stretch	693.4	s	Ar	IR	Smith and Andrews, 1971 Andrews, Miller, et al., 1979
Umbrella	368	vs	Ar	IR	Smith and Andrews, 1971 Andrews, Miller, et al., 1979

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 150; Jacox, 1998, page 228; Davies, Liu, et al., 1993; Bailleux, Drean, et al., 2004; Bailleux, Drean, et al., 2005; Ozeki, Okabayashi, et al., 2007

Notes

Weak

Strong

Very strong

References

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Smith and Andrews, 1971
Smith, D.W.; Andrews, L., Matrix Infrared Spectrum and Bonding in the Monobromomethyl Radical, J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 55, 11, 5295, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1675671 . [all data]

Andrews, Miller, et al., 1979
Andrews, L.; Miller, J.H.; Prochaska, E.S., Matrix photoionization of methyl halides. Ultraviolet spectra of the parent cations and infrared evidence for intramolecular hydrogen-bonded parent anions in solid argon, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 24, 7158, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00518a005 . [all data]

Jacox, 1994
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1994, 464. [all data]

Jacox, 1998
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement A, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 2, 115-393, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556017 . [all data]

Davies, Liu, et al., 1993
Davies, P.B.; Liu, Y.; Liu, Z., Far infrared LMR spectra of monobromomethyl radicals, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1993, 214, 3-4, 305, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(93)85640-A . [all data]

Bailleux, Drean, et al., 2004
Bailleux, S.; Drean, P.; Godon, M.; Zelinger, Z.; Duan, C., First observation of the rotational spectrum of the bromomethyl radical, CH2Br, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2004, 6, 12, 3049, https://doi.org/10.1039/b405115g . [all data]

Bailleux, Drean, et al., 2005
Bailleux, S.; Drean, P.; Zellinger, Z.; Civis, S.; Ozeki, H.; Saito, S., Millimeter wave spectrum of bromomethyl radical, CH[sub 2]Br, J. Chem. Phys., 2005, 122, 13, 134302, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1862619 . [all data]

Ozeki, Okabayashi, et al., 2007
Ozeki, H.; Okabayashi, T.; Tanimoto, M.; Saito, S.; Bailleux, S., Hyperfine resolved spectrum of the bromomethyl radical, CH[sub 2]Br, by Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys., 2007, 127, 22, 224301, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2805187 . [all data]

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