2,6-Lutidine

• Formula: C₇H₉N
• Molecular weight: 107.1531
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H9N/c1-6-4-3-5-7(2)8-6/h3-5H,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: OISVCGZHLKNMSJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 108-48-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Pyridine, 2,6-dimethyl-; α,α'-Dimethylpyridine; α,α'-Lutidine; 2,6-Dimethylpyridine; 2,6-Dimethypyridine; α,α'-Lutidin; NSC 2155
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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:
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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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Cox and Gundry, 1958
Cox, J.D.; Gundry, H.A., Heats of combustion. Part II. The six lutidines, J. Chem. Soc., 1958, 1019-1022. [all data]

Andon, Cox, et al., 1957
Andon, R.J.L.; Cox, J.D.; Herington, E.F.G.; Martin, J.F., The second virial coefficients of pyridine and benzene, and certain of their methyl homologues, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1957, 53, 1074. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Utsunomiya, Kobayashi, et al., 1978
Utsunomiya, C.; Kobayashi, T.; Nagakura, S., Photoelectron angular distribution measurements for some pyridines, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1978, 451, 3482. [all data]

Distefano, Foffani, et al., 1971
Distefano, G.; Foffani, A.; Innorta, G.; Pignataro, S., Mass spectrometric study of transition metal complexes with ligands having nitrogen or sulphur as donor atom, Adv. Mass Spectrom., 1971, 5, 696. [all data]

Distefano, Foffani, et al., 1971, 2
Distefano, G.; Foffani, A.; Innorta, G.; Pignataro, S., Electron impact ionization potentials of some manganese, chromium and tungsten organometallic derivatives, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1971, 7, 383. [all data]

Watanabe, Nakayama, et al., 1962
Watanabe, K.; Nakayama, T.; Mottl, J., Ionization potentials of some molecules, J. Quant. Spectry. Radiative Transfer, 1962, 2, 369. [all data]

Heilbronner, Hornung, et al., 1972
Heilbronner, E.; Hornung, V.; Pinkerton, F.H.; Thames, S.F., 31. Photoelectron spectra of azabenzenes and azanaphthalenes: III. The orbital sequence in methyl- and trimethylsilyl- substituted pyridines, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1972, 55, 289. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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