Tricopper trichloride

Formula: Cl₃Cu₃
Molecular weight: 296.997
CAS Registry Number: 11093-65-5
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Gas phase ion energetics data

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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

View reactions leading to Cl₃Cu₃⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV)	Method	Reference	Comment
9.5	EI	Williams, 1982	LBLHLM
9.6	EI	Bloom and Williams, 1981	LLK
10.0 ± 0.3	EI	Bernauer, Busse, et al., 1979	LLK
9.6 ± 0.5	EI	Wagner, Robert, et al., 1974	LLK
9.9 ± 0.5	EI	Guido, Balducci, et al., 1971	LLK
10.0	PE	MacNaughton, Bloor, et al., 1981	Vertical value; LLK
9.52	PE	Berkowitz, Batson, et al., 1980	Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion	AE (eV)	Other Products	Method	Reference	Comment
ClCu⁺	20.0 ± 0.5	CuCl+Cu+Cl	EI	Wagner, Robert, et al., 1974	LLK
ClCu⁺	23.3 ± 0.5	2Cu⁺²Cl	EI	Wagner, Robert, et al., 1974	LLK
ClCu⁺	16.0 ± 0.05	2CuCl	EI	Wagner, Robert, et al., 1974	LLK
ClCu₂⁺	12.0 ± 0.5	CuCl₂	EI	Guido, Balducci, et al., 1971	LLK
Cl₂Cu₂⁺	16.7 ± 0.5	Cu+Cl	EI	Wagner, Robert, et al., 1974	LLK
Cl₂Cu₂⁺	13.5 ± 0.5	CuCl	EI	Wagner, Robert, et al., 1974	LLK
Cl₂Cu₃⁺	12.6	Cl	EI	Bloom and Williams, 1981	LLK
Cl₂Cu₃⁺	12.8 ± 0.3	Cl	EI	Bernauer, Busse, et al., 1979	LLK
Cu⁺	17.9 ± 0.5	?	EI	Wagner, Robert, et al., 1974	LLK
Cu₂⁺	18.1 ± 0.5	?	EI	Wagner, Robert, et al., 1974	LLK

References

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Williams, 1982
Williams, D.J., Mass spectrometric study of the vaporization of the alkali chloride-cuprous chloride systems, Aust. J. Chem., 1982, 35, 1531. [all data]

Bloom and Williams, 1981
Bloom, H.; Williams, D.J., A mass spectrometric study of the vapors above the molten salt systems LiCl-CuCl, LiBr-CuBr, and NaI-CuI, J. Chem. Phys., 1981, 75, 4636. [all data]

Bernauer, Busse, et al., 1979
Bernauer, O.; Busse, B.; Weil, K.G., Massenspektrometrische Untersuchungen an Kupfer- und Silber- Halogeniden IV: Die Systeme Ag_xCu_(1-x) (0=<X=<1) und AgCl_xBr_(1-x) (0=<X=<1), Ber. Bunsen-Ges. Phys. Chem., 1979, 83, 603. [all data]

Wagner, Robert, et al., 1974
Wagner, L.C.; Robert, P.; Grindstaff, Q.; Grimley, R.T., A mass spectrometric study of the fragmentation of the cuprous chloride vapor system, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1974, 15, 255. [all data]

Guido, Balducci, et al., 1971
Guido, M.; Balducci, G.; Gigli, G.; Spoliti, M., Mass spectrometric study of the vaporization of cuprous chloride and the dissociation energy of Cu₃Cl₃, Cu₄Cl₄, and Cu₅Cl₅, J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 55, 4566. [all data]

MacNaughton, Bloor, et al., 1981
MacNaughton, R.M.; Bloor, J.E.; Sherrod, R.E.; Schweitzer, G.K., The He(I) photoelectron psectra of some gaseous 3d-transition metal dihalides, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1981, 22, 1. [all data]

Berkowitz, Batson, et al., 1980
Berkowitz, J.; Batson, C.H.; Goodman, G.L., Photoelectron spectroscopy of AgCl, AgBr, and AgI vapors, J. Chem. Phys., 1980, 72, 5829. [all data]

Notes

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Symbols used in this document:

AE Appearance energy
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