Boron monoxide
- Formula: BO
- Molecular weight: 26.810
- IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/BO/c1-2
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: MOWNZPNSYMGTMD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 12505-77-0
- Chemical structure:
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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 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
View reactions leading to BO+ (ion structure unspecified)
Ionization energy determinations
| IE (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.3 ± 0.5 | EI | Asano and Kou, 1988 | LL |
| 13.5 ± 0.3 | EI | Bagarat'yan and Nikitin, 1979 | LLK |
| 13.2 ± 0.2 | EI | Murad and Hildenbrand, 1975 | LLK |
| 13.0 ± 0.5 | EI | Gingerich and Pupp, 1971 | LLK |
| 13. ± 1. | EI | Uy and Drowart, 1970 | RDSH |
| 13.5 ± 0.5 | EI | Blackburn, Buchler, et al., 1966 | RDSH |
Constants of diatomic molecules
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Data compiled by: Klaus P. Huber and Gerhard H. Herzberg
Data collected through June, 1976
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| State | electronic state and / or symmetry symbol |
| Te | minimum electronic energy (cm-1) |
| ωe | vibrational constant – first term (cm-1) |
| ωexe | vibrational constant – second term (cm-1) |
| ωeye | vibrational constant – third term (cm-1) |
| Be | rotational constant in equilibrium position (cm-1) |
| αe | rotational constant – first term (cm-1) |
| γe | rotation-vibration interaction constant (cm-1) |
| De | centrifugal distortion constant (cm-1) |
| βe | rotational constant – first term, centrifugal force (cm-1) |
| re | internuclear distance (Å) |
| Trans. | observed transition(s) corresponding to electronic state |
| ν00 | position of 0-0 band (units noted in table) |
| State | Te | ωe | ωexe | ωeye | Be | αe | γe | De | βe | re | Trans. | ν00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C 2Π(r) | 55346.1 1 | 1315.3 H | 11.1 | 1.483 | 0.018 | 0.000008 | 1.320 | C → X R | 55O61.5 2 | |||
| ↳missing citation; Kuzyakov, Tetevskiy, et al., 1960; missing citation | ||||||||||||
| B 2Σ+ | 43174.05 | 1281.69 Z | 10.66 | 1.5171 3 4 | 0.0210 | 0.0000085 | 1.3054 | B → A 5 V | 19225.9 | |||
| ↳Mulliken, 1925 | ||||||||||||
| B → A 5 V | 19351.0 | |||||||||||
| ↳Mulliken, 1925 | ||||||||||||
| B → X 6 R | 42872.34 Z | |||||||||||
| ↳missing citation; missing citation; Funke and Simons, 1935; missing citation | ||||||||||||
| State | Te | ωe | ωexe | ωeye | Be | αe | γe | De | βe | re | Trans. | ν00 |
| A 2Πi | 23958.76 7 | 1260.70 Z | 11.157 8 | 0.049 | [1.4018] 94 | 0.0196 | [0.00000763] | 1.3533 | A ↔ X 10 R | 23646.43 8 Z | ||
| ↳missing citation; missing citation; missing citation; missing citation; Thrush, 1960; Dunn and Hanson, 1969 | ||||||||||||
| 23833.7 | A ↔ X 10 R | 23521.3 8 Z | ||||||||||
| ↳missing citation; missing citation; missing citation; missing citation; Thrush, 1960; Dunn and Hanson, 1969 | ||||||||||||
| X 2Σ+ | 0 | 1885.69 Z | 11.81 | 1.7820 11 4 | 0.0166 | 0.00000632 12 | 0.00000002 | 1.2045 13 | ||||
Notes
| 1 | A= (+)46.4. |
| 2 | R2 head at 55084.2 cm-1. |
| 3 | Spin splitting constant γ ~ +0.025 Lagerqvist, Nilsson, et al., 1958, Dunn and Hanson, 1969. |
| 4 | Potential curves Singh and Rai, 1965. |
| 5 | Franck-Condon factors Nicholls, Fraser, et al., 1959. |
| 6 | Franck-Condon factors Nicholls, Fraser, et al., 1959, Robinson and Nicholls, 1960, Liszt and Smith, 1971; measured relative intensities Robinson and Nicholls, 1960. |
| 7 | A0= -122.26 Dunn and Hanson, 1969 (slight J dependence); A1 = -122.36 Jenkins and McKellar, 1932. |
| 8 | {J'=0} relative to N"=0. |
| 9 | Λ-type doubling Δvfe (2Π1/2) ~ +0.025(J+1/2) - ... Jenkins and McKellar, 1932, Dunn and Hanson, 1969; for 2Π3/2 see Jenkins and McKellar, 1932. |
| 10 | Franck-Condon factors Nicholls, Fraser, et al., 1959, Nicholls, Fraser, et al., 1960, Robinson and Nicholls, 1960, Liszt and Smith, 1971; measured relative Robinson and Nicholls, 1960 and estimated absolute Kuz'menko, Kuznetsova, et al., 1974 intensities, |
| 11 | From Lagerqvist, Nilsson, et al., 1958; slightly different constants in Jenkins and McKellar, 1932. Spin splitting constant γ(v=2) = +0.0065 Dunn and Hanson, 1969. |
| 12 | missing note |
| 13 | ESR sp. 15 |
| 14 | Thermochemical value (mass-spectrom.) Coppens, Smoes, et al., 1968, Uy and Drowart, 1970; in good agreement with 8.3 eV by flame photometry De Galan, 1965. |
| 15 | In rare gas matrices at 4 K Knight, Easley, et al., 1971. |
| 16 | From the heat of formation for BO- missing citation. |
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.
Asano and Kou, 1988
Asano, M.; Kou, T.,
Thermochemical properties of SrBO2(g) and SrB2O4(s),
J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1988, 20, 1149. [all data]
Bagarat'yan and Nikitin, 1979
Bagarat'yan, N.V.; Nikitin, O.T.,
Electron ionization of vapor over boron oxide,
Vestn. Mosk. Univ. Khim., 1979, 34, 539. [all data]
Murad and Hildenbrand, 1975
Murad, E.; Hildenbrand, D.L.,
Thermochemical properties of gaseous ZrO and ZrO2,
J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 63, 1133. [all data]
Gingerich and Pupp, 1971
Gingerich, K.A.; Pupp, C.,
Mass spectrometric determination of the heats of formation atomization of gaseous AuBO,
J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 54, 3713. [all data]
Uy and Drowart, 1970
Uy, O.M.; Drowart, J.,
Mass spectrometric determination of the dissociation energies of the boron monochalcogenides,
High Temp. Sci., 1970, 2, 293. [all data]
Blackburn, Buchler, et al., 1966
Blackburn, P.E.; Buchler, A.; Stauffer, J.L.,
Thermodynamics of vaporization in the aluminum oxideboron oxide system,
J. Phys. Chem., 1966, 70, 2469. [all data]
Kuzyakov, Tetevskiy, et al., 1960
Kuzyakov, Yu.Ya.; Tetevskiy, V.M.; Tunitsky, L.N.,
Rotational analysis of boron monoxide bands located in the vacuum ultraviolet,
Opt. Spectrosc. Engl. Transl., 1960, 9, 84. [all data]
Mulliken, 1925
Mulliken, R.S.,
The isotope effect in band spectra, II: the spectrum of boron monoxide,
Phys. Rev., 1925, 25, 259. [all data]
Funke and Simons, 1935
Funke, V.J.; Simons, C.F.E.,
Uber die β-banden des bormonoxydes,
Proc. K. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, 1935, 38, 142. [all data]
Thrush, 1960
Thrush, B.A.,
Absorption spectra of diatomic radicals containing boron or silicon,
Nature (London), 1960, 186, 1044. [all data]
Dunn and Hanson, 1969
Dunn, T.M.; Hanson, L.K.,
Rotational analysis of the 0,2 band of the 11BO α system,
Can. J. Phys., 1969, 47, 1657. [all data]
Lagerqvist, Nilsson, et al., 1958
Lagerqvist, A.; Nilsson, N.E.L.; Wigartz, K.,
Rotational analysis of the β-system of BO,
Ark. Fys., 1958, 13, 379. [all data]
Singh and Rai, 1965
Singh, R.B.; Rai, D.K.,
Internuclear potential curves for BO, IO and ClO,
J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 1965, 5, 723. [all data]
Nicholls, Fraser, et al., 1959
Nicholls, R.W.; Fraser, P.A.; Jarmain, W.R.,
Transition probability parameters of molecular spectra arising from combustion processes,
Combust. Flame, 1959, 3, 13. [all data]
Robinson and Nicholls, 1960
Robinson, D.; Nicholls, R.W.,
Intensity measurements on the CO+ comet tail, and the BO α and β molecular band systems,
Proc. Phys. Soc. London, 1960, 75, 817. [all data]
Liszt and Smith, 1971
Liszt, H.S.; Smith, Wm.H.,
RKR Franck-Condon factors for blue and ultraviolet transitions of some metal oxides,
J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 1971, 11, 1043. [all data]
Jenkins and McKellar, 1932
Jenkins, F.A.; McKellar, A.,
Mass ratio of the boron isotopes from the spectrum of BO,
Phys. Rev., 1932, 42, 464. [all data]
Nicholls, Fraser, et al., 1960
Nicholls, R.W.; Fraser, P.A.; Jarmain, W.R.; McEachran, R.P.,
Vibrational transition probabilities of diatomic molecules: collected results. IV. BeO, BO, CH+, CO, NO, SH, O2, O2+,
Astrophys. J., 1960, 131, 399. [all data]
Kuz'menko, Kuznetsova, et al., 1974
Kuz'menko, N.E.; Kuznetsova, L.A.; Kuzyakov, Yu.Ya.; Chuev, B.N.,
Determination of the square of the matrix element for the dipole moment of the electronic transition A2Π-X2Σ of the BO molecule,
J. Appl. Spectrosc. Engl. Transl., 1974, 20, 373, In original 491. [all data]
Coppens, Smoes, et al., 1968
Coppens, P.; Smoes, S.; Drowart, J.,
Mass spectrometric determination of the dissociation energy of the molecule BO,
Trans. Faraday Soc., 1968, 64, 630. [all data]
De Galan, 1965
De Galan, L.,
An experimental value for the dissociation energy of boron oxide,
Physica (Amsterdam), 1965, 31, 1286. [all data]
Knight, Easley, et al., 1971
Knight, L.B., Jr.; Easley, W.C.; Weltner, W., Jr.,
ESR of the BO molecule in inert matrices: a case of extreme preferential orientation,
J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 54, 1610. [all data]
Notes
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