PhCH2 anion


Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C7H7- + Hydrogen cation = Toluene

By formula: C7H7- + H+ = C7H8

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr382.33 ± 0.45kcal/molD-EAGunion, Gilles, et al., 1992gas phase; Kim, Wenthold, et al., 1999, with LN2 cooling of the ion, gives the same EA
Δr380.8 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale
Δr379.2 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSGal, Decouzon, et al., 2001gas phase
Δr377.0 ± 3.5kcal/molCIDTGraul and Squires, 1990gas phase
Δr384.5 ± 7.1kcal/molG+TSBohme and Young, 1971gas phase
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr373.7 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale
Δr372.1 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREGal, Decouzon, et al., 2001gas phase
Δr377.4 ± 7.0kcal/molIMRBBohme and Young, 1971gas phase

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Protonation reactions

C7H7- + Hydrogen cation = Toluene

By formula: C7H7- + H+ = C7H8

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr382.33 ± 0.45kcal/molD-EAGunion, Gilles, et al., 1992gas phase; Kim, Wenthold, et al., 1999, with LN2 cooling of the ion, gives the same EA
Δr380.8 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale
Δr379.2 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSGal, Decouzon, et al., 2001gas phase
Δr377.0 ± 3.5kcal/molCIDTGraul and Squires, 1990gas phase
Δr384.5 ± 7.1kcal/molG+TSBohme and Young, 1971gas phase
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr373.7 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale
Δr372.1 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREGal, Decouzon, et al., 2001gas phase
Δr377.4 ± 7.0kcal/molIMRBBohme and Young, 1971gas phase

References

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Gunion, Gilles, et al., 1992
Gunion, R.F.; Gilles, M.K.; Polak, M.L.; Lineberger, W.C., Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the Phenide, Benzyl, and Phenoxide Anions., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1992, 117, 601, https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(92)80115-H . [all data]

Kim, Wenthold, et al., 1999
Kim, J.B.; Wenthold, P.G.; Lineberger, W.C., Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of o-, m-, and p-halobenzyl anions, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103, 50, 10833-10841, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp992817o . [all data]

Bartmess, Scott, et al., 1979
Bartmess, J.E.; Scott, J.A.; McIver, R.T., Jr., The gas phase acidity scale from methanol to phenol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 6047. [all data]

Gal, Decouzon, et al., 2001
Gal, J.F.; Decouzon, M.; Maria, P.C.; Gonzalez, A.I.; Mo, O.; Yanez, M.; El Chaouch, S.; Guillemin, J.C., Acidity trends in alpha,beta-unsaturated alkanes, silanes, germanes, and stannanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 26, 6353-6359, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja004079j . [all data]

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]

Bohme and Young, 1971
Bohme, D.K.; Young, L.B., Electron affinities from thermal proton transfer reactions: C6H5 and C6H5CH2, Can. J. Chem., 1971, 49, 2918. [all data]


Notes

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