Magnesium, bis(η⁵-2,4-cyclopentadien-1-yl)-

• Formula: C₁₀H₁₀Mg
• Molecular weight: 154.4914
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/2C5H5.Mg/c2*1-2-4-5-3-1;/h2*1-5H; Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: USZGMDQWECZTIQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1284-72-6
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Dicyclopentadienyl magnesium; Bis(cyclopentadienyl)magnesium; Magnesocene; wm
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
MS - José A. Martinho Simões

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Martinho Simões
Martinho Simões, J.A., Private communication (see http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/om/). [all data]

Chipperfield, Sneyd, et al., 1979
Chipperfield, J.R.; Sneyd, J.C.R.; Webster, D.E., J. Organometal. Chem., 1979, 178, 177. [all data]

Pilcher and Skinner, 1983
Pilcher, G.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of organometallic compounds, 1983, 43-90, https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470771686.ch2 . [all data]

Hull, Reid, et al., 1967
Hull, H.S.; Reid, Allen Forrest; Turnbull, Alan G., Heat of formation and bond energy of bis(cyclopentadienyl)magnesium, Inorg. Chem., 1967, 6, 4, 805-807, https://doi.org/10.1021/ic50050a032 . [all data]

Turnbull, 1967
Turnbull, AG, Thermochemistry of biscyclopentsdienyl metal compounds, Aust. J. Chem., 1967, 20, 12, 2757-621, https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9672757 . [all data]

Hull, Reid, et al., 1967, 2
Hull, H.S.; Reid, A.F.; Turnbull, A.G., Inorg. Chem., 1967, 6, 805. [all data]

Begun and Compton, 1973
Begun, G.M.; Compton, R.N., Electron impact ionization studies of ferrocene, cobaltocene, nickelocene, and magnesocene, J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 58, 2271. [all data]

Evans, Green, et al., 1972
Evans, S.; Green, M.L.H.; Jewitt, B.; Orchard, A.F.; Pygall, C.F., Electronic structure of metal complexes containing π-cyclopentadienyl and related ligands, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1972, 68, 1847. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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