o-benzyne radical anion

Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ΔfH°gas395. ± 15.kJ/molR-EAWenthold, Squires, et al., 1998Triplet state 37.5±0.3 kcal/mol up.
ΔfH°gas<433.04kJ/molIMRBBruins, Ferrer-Correia, et al., 1978O- + C6H6 -> , D label indicates ortho loss

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   ?
 Energy 
 (cm-1) 		  Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 		  λmax 
 (nm) 		  References
Td = 4550 ± 55 gas Leopold, Stevens-Miller, et al., 1986
Wenthold, Squires, et al., 1998, 2

State:   X

Vib. 
sym. 		  No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 		  cm-1   Med.   Method   References
a1 600 ± 30 gas PE Leopold, Stevens-Miller, et al., 1986
Wenthold, Squires, et al., 1998, 2

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 387; Jacox, 2003, page 366

Notes

dPhotodissociation threshold

References

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Wenthold, Squires, et al., 1998
Wenthold, P.G.; Squires, R.R.; Lineberger, W.C., Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of the o-, m-, and p-benzyne negative ions. Electron affinities and singlet-triplet splittings for o-, m-, and p-benzyne, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 21, 5279-5290, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja9803355 . [all data]

Bruins, Ferrer-Correia, et al., 1978
Bruins, A.P.; Ferrer-Correia, A.J.; Harrison, A.G.; Jennings, K.R.; Mithcum, R.K., Negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry of some aromatic compounds using O-. as the reagent ion, Adv. Mass Spectrom., 1978, 7, 355. [all data]

Leopold, Stevens-Miller, et al., 1986
Leopold, D.G.; Stevens-Miller, A.E.; Linebergr, W.C., Determination of the singlet-triplet splitting and electron affinity of o-benzyne by negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 7, 1379, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00267a003 . [all data]

Wenthold, Squires, et al., 1998, 2
Wenthold, P.G.; Squires, R.R.; Lineberger, W.C., Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 21, 5279, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja9803355 . [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, 2003
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement B, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2003, 32, 1, 1-441, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1497629 . [all data]

Notes

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