Benzene-D6

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

View reactions leading to C6D6+ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference
9.25 ± 0.01PIDibeler and Reese, 1964
9.251SEl-Sayed, Kaaba, et al., 1961
9.251 ± 0.002SWilkinson, 1956
9.246 ± 0.005SPrice and Wood, 1935

IR Spectrum

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

Gas Phase Spectrum

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Origin Sadtler Research Labs Under US-EPA Contract
State gas

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Origin NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, 1990.
NIST MS number 118598

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Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Takehiko Shimanouchi

Symmetry:   D6h     Symmetry Number σ = 12


 Sym.   No   Approximate   Selected Freq.  Infrared   Raman   Comments 
 Species   type of mode   Value   Rating   Value  Phase  Value  Phase

a1g 1 CD str 2293  C  ia 2292.6 VS p liq.
a1g 2 Ring str 943  C  ia 943.2 VS p liq.
a2g 3 CD bend 1037  E  ia  ia OC314, ν316)
a2u 4 CD bend 497  C 496.5 S liq.  ia
b1u 5 CD str 2292  E 2292 VW sln.  ia
b1u 6 Ring deform 969  C 970.48 sln.  ia
b1u 6 Ring deform 969  C 969.77 sln.  ia
b1u 6 Ring deform 969  C 966.76 sln.  ia
b2g 7 CD bend 827  E  ia OC719)
b2g 8 Ring deform 601  E  ia OC819)
b2u 9 Ring str 1286  C 1287.51 sln.  ia
b2u 9 Ring str 1286  C 1286.41 sln.  ia
b2u 9 Ring str 1286  C 1285.14 sln.  ia
b2u 10 CD bend 824  C 825.2 sln.  ia
b2u 10 CD bend 824  C 822.57 sln.  ia
e1g 11 CD bend 662  C  ia 661.7 M dp liq.
e1u 12 CD str 2287  C 2287 S gas  ia
e1u 13 Ring str + deform 1335  B 1335 M gas  ia
e1u 14 CD bend 814  B 814 S gas  ia
e2g 15 CD str 2265  C  ia 2264.9 S dp liq.
e2g 16 Ring str 1552  C  ia 1551.5 S dp liq.
e2g 17 CD bend 867  C  ia 867.3 S dp liq.
e2g 18 Ring deform 577  C  ia 577.4 M dp liq.
e2u 19 CD bend 795  C 799.91 sln.  ia
e2u 19 CD bend 795  C 797.37 sln.  ia
e2u 19 CD bend 795  C 794.64 sln.  ia
e2u 19 CD bend 795  C 790.9 sln.  ia
e2u 19 CD bend 795  C 790.3 sln.  ia
e2u 20 Ring deform 352  E  ia  ia OC4201420)

Source: Shimanouchi, 1972

Notes

VSVery strong
SStrong
MMedium
VWVery weak
iaInactive
pPolarized
dpDepolarized
OCFrequency estimated from an overtone or a combination tone indicated in the parentheses.
B1~3 cm-1 uncertainty
C3~6 cm-1 uncertainty
E15~30 cm-1 uncertainty

References

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Dibeler and Reese, 1964
Dibeler, V.H.; Reese, R.M., Mass spectrometric study of photoionization. I. Apparatus and initial observations on acetylene, acetylene-d2, benzene, and benzene-d6, J. Res. NBS, 1964, 68A, 409. [all data]

El-Sayed, Kaaba, et al., 1961
El-Sayed, M.F.A.; Kaaba, M.; Tanaka, Y., Ionization potentials of benzene, hexadeuterobenzene, and pyridine from their observed Rydberg series in the region 600-2000 A, J. Chem. Phys., 1961, 34, 334. [all data]

Wilkinson, 1956
Wilkinson, P.G., Absorption spectra and ionization potentials of benzene and benzene-d6, J. Chem. Phys., 1956, 24, 917. [all data]

Price and Wood, 1935
Price, W.C.; Wood, R.W., The far ultraviolet absorption spectra and ionization potentials of C6H6 and C6D6, J. Chem. Phys., 1935, 3, 439. [all data]

Shimanouchi, 1972
Shimanouchi, T., Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies Consolidated Volume I, National Bureau of Standards, 1972, 1-160. [all data]


Notes

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