Propene, hexafluoro-

• Formula: C₃F₆
• Molecular weight: 150.0225
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3F6/c4-1(2(5)6)3(7,8)9 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HCDGVLDPFQMKDK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 116-15-4
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• Other names: 1-Propene, 1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoro-; Hexafluoropropene; Hexafluoropropylene; Perfluoro-1-propene; Perfluoropropene; Perfluoropropylene; 1,1,2,3,3,3-Hexafluoro-1-propene; CF3CF=CF2; Propylene, hexafluoro-; UN 1858; HFC 1216; Hexafluoro-1-propene
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 +  = C₃ClF₆^-

By formula: Cl^- + C₃F₆ = C₃ClF₆^-

 +  = C₃F₆I^-

By formula: I^- + C₃F₆ = C₃F₆I^-

 +  = C₃BrF₆^-

By formula: Br^- + C₃F₆ = C₃BrF₆^-

C₃ClF₆^- + 2 = C₆ClF₁₂^-

By formula: C₃ClF₆^- + 2C₃F₆ = C₆ClF₁₂^-

C₆ClF₁₂^- + 3 = C₉ClF₁₈^-

By formula: C₆ClF₁₂^- + 3C₃F₆ = C₉ClF₁₈^-

C₃BrF₆^- + 2 = C₆BrF₁₂^-

By formula: C₃BrF₆^- + 2C₃F₆ = C₆BrF₁₂^-

C₃F₆I^- + 2 = C₆F₁₂I^-

By formula: C₃F₆I^- + 2C₃F₆ = C₆F₁₂I^-

 +  =

By formula: C₃F₆ + Cl₂ = C₃Cl₂F₆

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
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

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

 +  = C₃BrF₆^-

By formula: Br^- + C₃F₆ = C₃BrF₆^-

C₃BrF₆^- + 2 = C₆BrF₁₂^-

By formula: C₃BrF₆^- + 2C₃F₆ = C₆BrF₁₂^-

C₃ClF₆^- + 2 = C₆ClF₁₂^-

By formula: C₃ClF₆^- + 2C₃F₆ = C₆ClF₁₂^-

C₃F₆I^- + 2 = C₆F₁₂I^-

By formula: C₃F₆I^- + 2C₃F₆ = C₆F₁₂I^-

C₆ClF₁₂^- + 3 = C₉ClF₁₈^-

By formula: C₆ClF₁₂^- + 3C₃F₆ = C₉ClF₁₈^-

 +  = C₃ClF₆^-

By formula: Cl^- + C₃F₆ = C₃ClF₆^-

 +  = C₃F₆I^-

By formula: I^- + C₃F₆ = C₃F₆I^-

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Papina, Kolesov, et al., 1987
Papina, T.S.; Kolesov, V.P.; Golovanova, Yu.G., Standard enthalpies of formation of 1,2-Dichlorohexafluoropropane and hexafluoropropane, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1987, 61, 1168-1170. [all data]

Hiraoka, Takao, et al., 2002
Hiraoka, K.; Takao, K.; Lino, T.; Nakagawa, F.; Suyama, H.; Mizuno, T.; Yamabe, S., Gas-phase ion-molecule reactions in C3F6, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2002, 106, 4, 603-611, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0116306 . [all data]

Lacher, McKinley, et al., 1949
Lacher, J.R.; McKinley, J.J.; Walden, C.; Lea, K.; Park, J.D., Reaction heats of organic fluorine compounds. II. The vapor phase heats of chlorination of some simple fluoroolefins, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 1334-1337. [all data]

Berman, Bomse, et al., 1981
Berman, D.W.; Bomse, D.S.; Beauchamp, J.L., Photoionization threshold measurements for CF₂ loss from perfluoropropylene, Perfluorocyclopropane, and trifluoromethylbenzene. The heat of formation of CF₂ and the potential energy surface for C₃F₆ neutrals and ions, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1981, 39, 263. [all data]

Freiser and Beauchamp, 1974
Freiser, B.S.; Beauchamp, J.L., Gas phase ion chemistry and photochemistry of ions generated from perfluoropropylene. Photodissociation of the perfluoroallyl cation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 6260. [all data]

Cullen, Frost, et al., 1972
Cullen, W.R.; Frost, D.C.; Leeder, W.R., The ultraviolet and photoelectron spectra of some unsaturated fluorocarbon derivatives, J. Fluorine Chem., 1972, 1, 227. [all data]

Lifshitz and Long, 1965
Lifshitz, C.; Long, F.A., Appearance potentials and mass spectra of C₃F₆, C₃F₅Cl, and c-C₃F₆, J. Phys. Chem., 1965, 69, 3741. [all data]

Chelobov, Dubov, et al., 1963
Chelobov, F.N.; Dubov, S.S.; Tikhomirov, M.I.; Dobrovitskii, M.I., Ionization and dissociation of hexafluoropropylene by electrons of different energies, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1963, 151, 631, In original 670. [all data]

Zenkevich and Rodin, 2004
Zenkevich, I.G.; Rodin, A.A., Gas chromatographic identification of some volatile toxic fluorine containing compounds by precalculated retention indices, J. Ecol. Chem. (Rus.), 2004, 13, 1, 22-28. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  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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