Nitrogen dioxide

• Formula: NO₂
• Molecular weight: 46.0055
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/NO2/c2-1-3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: JCXJVPUVTGWSNB-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 10102-44-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Nitrogen oxide; Nitrito; Nitro; Nitrogen peroxide; Azote; Rcra waste number P078; Stickstoffdioxid; Stikstofdioxyde; Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
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  • Reaction thermochemistry data
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  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

( • 4294967295) +  =

By formula: (NO₂^- • 4294967295NO₂) + NO₂ = NO₂^-

0.76 + 0.62 +  =  + 

By formula: 0.76NO₂ + 0.62N₂O₄ + CH₃NO₃ = N₂O₅ + CH₃NO₂

 +  = 2 + 

By formula: CH₃NO₂ + HNO₃ = 2NO₂ + CH₄O

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
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

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Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Anion protonation reactions

 +  =

By formula: NO₂^- + H⁺ = HNO₂

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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Additional Data

References

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Chase, 1998
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Lifshitz, Hughes, et al., 1970
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Chen and Wentworth, 1983
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Richardson, Stephenson, et al., 1974
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Pearson, Schaefer, et al., 1974
Pearson, P.K.; Schaefer, H.F., III; Richardson, J.H.; Stephenson, L.M.; Brauman, J.I., Three isomers of the NO₂- ion, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 6778. [all data]

Ferguson, Dunkin, et al., 1972
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Baeda, 1972
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Berkowitz, Chupka, et al., 1971
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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