Methylene chloride

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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
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
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
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)11.33 ± 0.04eVN/AN/AL

Proton affinity at 298K

Proton affinity (kJ/mol) Reference Comment
628. ± 8.Cacace, de Petris, et al., 1999COS; C2H2. Paper reports PA although proton transfer reactivity brackets GB. Following authors, the GBs of CH2Cl2 and COS are equated given reversible proton transfer.; MM

Gas basicity at 298K

Gas basicity (review) (kJ/mol) Reference Comment
602. ± 8.Cacace, de Petris, et al., 1999COS; C2H2. Paper reports PA although proton transfer reactivity brackets GB. Following authors, the GBs of CH2Cl2 and COS are equated given reversible proton transfer.; MM

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
11.32PEVon Niessen, Asbrink, et al., 1982LBLHLM
11.40PEKimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981LLK
11.32 ± 0.01PIWerner, Tsai, et al., 1974LLK
11.28EILossing, 1972LLK
11.33PEDewar and Worley, 1969RDSH
11.36CICermak, 1968RDSH
11.35 ± 0.02PIWatanabe, 1957RDSH
11.40PEDixon, Murrell, et al., 1971Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C+25.5 ± 0.1?EIReed and Snedden, 1956RDSH
CH+21.72 ± 0.04?EIReed and Snedden, 1956RDSH
CHCl2+13.00 ± 0.10HEIReed and Snedden, 1956RDSH
CH2+17.0Cl2EIHaney and Franklin, 1968RDSH
CH2Cl+12.10ClEIHolmes, Lossing, et al., 1988LL
CH2Cl+12.14 ± 0.02ClPIWerner, Tsai, et al., 1974LLK
CH2Cl+12.15ClEILossing, 1972LLK
CH2Cl+12.1 ± 0.1ClEIHarrison and Shannon, 1962RDSH
CH2Cl+12.89 ± 0.03ClEIReed and Snedden, 1956RDSH
CHC12+12.12 ± 0.05HEIMartin, Lampe, et al., 1966RDSH
Cl+17.4 ± 0.1CH2ClEIDeCorpo, Bafus, et al., 1971LLK
Cl+17.4CH2ClEIFranklin and Haney, 1970RDSH

De-protonation reactions

CHCl2- + Hydrogen cation = Methylene chloride

By formula: CHCl2- + H+ = CH2Cl2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1572. ± 9.2kJ/molG+TSBorn, Ingemann, et al., 2000gas phase; D-EA from this reference yields BDE = 96.0±3.2 kcal/mol; B
Δr1567. ± 13.kJ/molG+TSBohme, Lee-Ruff, et al., 1972gas phase; Comparable to DMSO; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1540. ± 8.4kJ/molIMREBorn, Ingemann, et al., 2000gas phase; D-EA from this reference yields BDE = 96.0±3.2 kcal/mol; B
Δr1543.9 ± 2.9kJ/molIMREPoutsma, Paulino, et al., 1997gas phase; relative to tBuOH at ΔGacid = 369.3; B
Δr1535. ± 13.kJ/molIMRBBohme, Lee-Ruff, et al., 1972gas phase; Comparable to DMSO; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B

References

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Cacace, de Petris, et al., 1999
Cacace, F.; de Petris, G.; Pepi, F.; Rosi, M.; Troiani, A., Gaseous [H3C-Cl-Cl](+) ions from the reaction of methane with Cl-3(+), the first example of a new dihalogenation process: Formation and characterization of CH3Cl2+ isomers by experimental and theoretical methods, Chemistry - A European Journal, 1999, 5, 2750. [all data]

Von Niessen, Asbrink, et al., 1982
Von Niessen, W.; Asbrink, L.; Bieri, G., 30.4 nm He(II) Photoelectron spectra of organic molecules. Part VI. Halogeno-compounds (C,H,X: X = Cl, Br, I), J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1982, 26, 173. [all data]

Kimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981
Kimura, K.; Katsumata, S.; Achiba, Y.; Yamazaki, T.; Iwata, S., Ionization energies, Ab initio assignments, and valence electronic structure for 200 molecules in Handbook of HeI Photoelectron Spectra of Fundamental Organic Compounds, Japan Scientific Soc. Press, Tokyo, 1981. [all data]

Werner, Tsai, et al., 1974
Werner, A.S.; Tsai, B.P.; Baer, T., Photoionization study of the ionization potentials fragmentation paths of the chlorinated methanes carbon tetrabromide, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 60, 3650. [all data]

Lossing, 1972
Lossing, F.P., Free radicals by mass spectrometry. XLIV. Ionization potentials bond dissociation energies for chloro-and fluoromethyl radicals, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1972, 81, 125. [all data]

Dewar and Worley, 1969
Dewar, M.J.S.; Worley, S.D., Photoelectron spectra of molecules. I. Ionization potentials of some organic molecules and their interpretation, J. Chem. Phys., 1969, 50, 654. [all data]

Cermak, 1968
Cermak, V., Penning ionization electron spectroscopy. I. Determination of ionization potentials of polyatomic molecules, Collection Czech. Chem. Commun., 1968, 33, 2739. [all data]

Watanabe, 1957
Watanabe, K., Ionization potentials of some molecules, J. Chem. Phys., 1957, 26, 542. [all data]

Dixon, Murrell, et al., 1971
Dixon, R.N.; Murrell, J.N.; Narayan, B., The photoelectron spectra of the halomethanes, Mol. Phys., 1971, 20, 611. [all data]

Reed and Snedden, 1956
Reed, R.I.; Snedden, W., Studies in electron impact methods. Part 6.-The formation of the methine and carbon ions, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1956, 55, 876. [all data]

Haney and Franklin, 1968
Haney, M.A.; Franklin, J.L., Correlation of excess energies of electron-impact dissociations with the translational energies of the products, J.Chem. Phys., 1968, 48, 4093. [all data]

Holmes, Lossing, et al., 1988
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P.; McFarlane, R.A., Stabilization energy and positional effects in halogen-substituted alkyl ions., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1988, 86, 209. [all data]

Harrison and Shannon, 1962
Harrison, A.G.; Shannon, T.W., An electron impact study of chloromethyl and dichloromethyl derivatives, Can. J. Chem., 1962, 40, 1730. [all data]

Martin, Lampe, et al., 1966
Martin, R.H.; Lampe, F.W.; Taft, R.W., An electron-impact study of ionization and dissociation in methoxy- and halogen- substituted methanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 1353. [all data]

DeCorpo, Bafus, et al., 1971
DeCorpo, J.J.; Bafus, D.A.; Franklin, J.L., Enthalpies of formation of the monohalomethyl radicals from mass spectrometric studies of the dihalomethanes, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1971, 3, 125. [all data]

Franklin and Haney, 1970
Franklin, J.L.; Haney, M.A., Energy distribution in ionic decomposition processes, Recent Developments in Mass Spectroscopy, ed. K. Ogata and T. Hayakawa Baltimore Univ. Park Press, Baltimore, MD, 1970, 909. [all data]

Born, Ingemann, et al., 2000
Born, M.; Ingemann, S.; Nibbering, N.M.M., Thermochemical properties of halogen-substituted methanes, methyl radicals, and carbenes in the gas phase, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2000, 194, 2-3, 103-113, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-3806(99)00125-6 . [all data]

Bohme, Lee-Ruff, et al., 1972
Bohme, D.K.; Lee-Ruff, E.; Young, L.B., Acidity order of selected bronsted acids in the gas phase at 300K, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1972, 94, 5153. [all data]

Poutsma, Paulino, et al., 1997
Poutsma, J.C.; Paulino, J.A.; Squires, R.R., Absolute Heats of Formation of CHCl, CHF, and CClF. A Gas-Phase Experimental and G2 Theoretical Study., J. Phys. Chem. A, 1997, 101, 29, 5327, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp970778f . [all data]


Notes

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