PhCH2CH2 anion


Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C8H9- + Hydrogen cation = Ethylbenzene

By formula: C8H9- + H+ = C8H10

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr406.0 ± 4.6kcal/molCIDTGraul and Squires, 1990gas phase; From decarboxylation threshold. Stable form probably the spiro[2.5]octadienide Maas and van Keelen, 1989
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr397.7 ± 4.7kcal/molH-TSGraul and Squires, 1990gas phase; From decarboxylation threshold. Stable form probably the spiro[2.5]octadienide Maas and van Keelen, 1989

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Electron affinity of neutral species

EAneutral (eV) Method Reference Comment
0.35 ± 0.22D-EAGraul and Squires, 1990From decarboxylation threshold. Stable form probably the spiro[2.5]octadienide Maas and van Keelen, 1989

Protonation reactions

C8H9- + Hydrogen cation = Ethylbenzene

By formula: C8H9- + H+ = C8H10

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr406.0 ± 4.6kcal/molCIDTGraul and Squires, 1990gas phase; From decarboxylation threshold. Stable form probably the spiro[2.5]octadienide Maas and van Keelen, 1989
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr397.7 ± 4.7kcal/molH-TSGraul and Squires, 1990gas phase; From decarboxylation threshold. Stable form probably the spiro[2.5]octadienide Maas and van Keelen, 1989

References

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Graul and Squires, 1990
Graul, S.T.; Squires, R.R., Gas-Phase Acidities Derived from Threshold Energies for Activated Reactions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 7, 2517, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00163a007 . [all data]

Maas and van Keelen, 1989
Maas, W.P.M.; van Keelen, P.A., On the Generation and Characterization of the Spiro[2,5]Octadienyl Anion in the Gas Phase, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1989, 24, 8, 546, https://doi.org/10.1002/oms.1210240807 . [all data]


Notes

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