Ethyl formate
- Formula: C3H6O2
- Molecular weight: 74.0785
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WBJINCZRORDGAQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 109-94-4
- Chemical structure:
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- Other names: Formic acid, ethyl ester; Areginal; Ethyl methanoate; HCOOC2H5; Ethylformic ester; Aethylformiat; Ethyle (formiate d'); Ethylformiaat; Etile (formiato di); Mrowczan etylu; Ethylester kyseliny mravenci; Formic ether; UN 1190; Ethyl ester of formic acid; NSC 406578
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Gas phase ion energetics data
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias
Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
View reactions leading to C3H6O2+ (ion structure unspecified)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
IE (evaluated) | 10.61 ± 0.01 | eV | N/A | N/A | L |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Proton affinity (review) | 799.4 | kJ/mol | N/A | Hunter and Lias, 1998 | HL |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Gas basicity | 768.4 | kJ/mol | N/A | Hunter and Lias, 1998 | HL |
Ionization energy determinations
IE (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
10.61 ± 0.05 | PIPECO | Zha, Nishimura, et al., 1992 | LL |
10.61 ± 0.05 | PE | Benoit, Harrison, et al., 1977 | LLK |
10.62 | PE | Sweigart and Turner, 1972 | LLK |
10.61 ± 0.01 | PI | Watanabe, Nakayama, et al., 1962 | RDSH |
10.61 | PE | Benoit and Harrison, 1977 | Vertical value; LLK |
Appearance energy determinations
References
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
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]
Zha, Nishimura, et al., 1992
Zha, Q.; Nishimura, T.; Meisels, G.G.,
Unimolecular dissociation of energy-selected ethyl formate ions,
Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1992, 120, 85. [all data]
Benoit, Harrison, et al., 1977
Benoit, F.M.; Harrison, A.G.; Lossing, F.P.,
Hydrogen migrations in mass spectrometry III-Energetics of formation of [R'CO2H2]+ in the mass spectra of R'CO2R,
Org. Mass Spectrom., 1977, 12, 78. [all data]
Sweigart and Turner, 1972
Sweigart, D.A.; Turner, D.W.,
Lone pair orbitals and their interactions studied by photoelectron spectroscopy. I. Carboxylic acids and their derivatives,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1972, 94, 5592. [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]
Benoit and Harrison, 1977
Benoit, F.M.; Harrison, A.G.,
Predictive value of proton affinity. Ionization energy correlations involving oxygenated molecules,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 3980. [all data]
Holmes, Mommers, et al., 1985
Holmes, J.; Mommers, A.; DeKoster, C.; Heerma, W.; Terlouw, J.,
Four isomeric [C,H3,O2] ions,
Chem. Phys. Lett., 1985, 115, 437. [all data]
Brion and Dunning, 1963
Brion, C.E.; Dunning, W.J.,
Electron impact studies of simple carboxylic esters,
J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1963, 59, 647. [all data]
VanRaalte and Harrison, 1963
VanRaalte, D.; Harrison, A.G.,
Ionization and dissociation of formate esters by electron impact,
Can. J. Chem., 1963, 41, 2054. [all data]
Holmes and Lossing, 1984
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P.,
Heats of formation of organic radicals from appearance energies,
Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1984, 58, 113. [all data]
Munson and Franklin, 1964
Munson, M.S.B.; Franklin, J.L.,
Energetics of some gaseous oxygenated organic ions,
J. Phys. Chem., 1964, 68, 3191. [all data]
King and Long, 1958
King, A.B.; Long, F.A.,
Mass spectra of some simple esters and their interpretation by quasi-equilibrium theory,
J. Chem. Phys., 1958, 29, 374. [all data]
Godbole and Kebarle, 1962
Godbole, E.W.; Kebarle, P.,
Ionization and dissociation of deuterated ethyl and isopropyl acetates and ethyl formate under electron impact,
J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1962, 58, 1897. [all data]
Haney and Franklin, 1969
Haney, M.A.; Franklin, J.L.,
Excess energies in mass spectra of some oxygen-containing organic compounds,
J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1969, 65, 1794. [all data]
Notes
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- Symbols used in this document:
AE Appearance energy IE (evaluated) Recommended ionization energy - Data from NIST Standard Reference Database 69: NIST Chemistry WebBook
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