Chromium hexacarbonyl
- Formula: C6CrO6
- Molecular weight: 220.0567
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KOTQLLUQLXWWDK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 13007-92-6
- Chemical structure:
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The 3d structure may be viewed using Java or Javascript. - Other names: Chromium carbonyl; Chromcarbonyl; Chromium carbonyl (cr(co)6), (oc-6-11)-; Chromium carbonyl (Cr(CO)6); Hexacarbonylchromium; Cr(CO)6
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Gas phase thermochemistry data
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Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔfH°gas | -910. ± 80. | kJ/mol | AVG | N/A | Average of 9 values; Individual data points |
Reaction thermochemistry data
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Individual Reactions
(solution) + (solution) = C12H16CrO5 (solution) + (solution)
By formula: C6CrO6 (solution) + C7H16 (solution) = C12H16CrO5 (solution) + CO (solution)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 113. ± 3. | kJ/mol | AVG | N/A | Average of 13 values; Individual data points |
(solution) = C5CrO5 (solution) + (solution)
By formula: C6CrO6 (solution) = C5CrO5 (solution) + CO (solution)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 168.2 ± 2.5 | kJ/mol | KinS | Graham and Angelici, 1967 | solvent: Decalin; The reaction enthalpy and entropy were identified with the enthalpy and entropy of activation for the reaction of Cr(CO)6(solution) with PBu3(solution). |
ΔrH° | 159.4 | kJ/mol | KinS | Werner and Prinz, 1966 | solvent: n-Decane+cyclohexane mixture; The reaction enthalpy and entropy were identified with the enthalpy and entropy of activation for the reactions of Cr(CO)6(solution) with a phosphine and an amine. The results were quoted from Graham and Angelici, 1967. |
(g) = C5CrO5 (g) + (g)
By formula: C6CrO6 (g) = C5CrO5 (g) + CO (g)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 155. ± 21. | kJ/mol | KinG | Fletcher and Rosenfeld, 1988 | |
ΔrH° | 154. ± 13. | kJ/mol | LPHP | Lewis, Golden, et al., 1984 | Temperature range: 740-820 K. The reaction enthalpy at 298 K relies on an activation energy of 147.7 kJ/mol and assumes a negligible activation barrier for product recombination. |
ΔrH° | 161.9 | kJ/mol | KinG | Pajaro, Calderazzo, et al., 1960 | Please also see Graham and Angelici, 1967. The reaction enthalpy and entropy were identified with the enthalpy and entropy of activation for the reaction of Cr(CO)6(g) with CO(g) Pajaro, Calderazzo, et al., 1960. The results were quoted from Graham and Angelici, 1967. |
C10H5CrNO5 (solution) + (solution) = (solution) + (solution)
By formula: C10H5CrNO5 (solution) + CO (solution) = C6CrO6 (solution) + C4H4N2 (solution)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -61.9 | kJ/mol | KinS | Wovkulich and Atwood, 1980 | solvent: Hexane; The data rely on the enthalpy and entropy of activation for the forward reaction, 106.3 ± 4.6 kJ/mol and 13.0±14.6 J/(mol K) Dennenberg and Darensbourg, 1972, and also on the enthalpy and entropy of activation for the Cr-CO dissociation in Cr(CO)6, 168.2 ± 2.5 kJ/mol and 94.6±6.3 J/(mol K) Graham and Angelici, 1967. The latter data were obtained in decalin |
By formula: C6CrO6 (cr) = 6CO (g) + Cr (cr)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 266. ± 4. | kJ/mol | TD-HFC | Al-Takhin, Connor, et al., 1984 | |
ΔrH° | 314.9 ± 0.9 | kJ/mol | TD-HZC | Pittam, Pilcher, et al., 1975 | Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Tel'noi and Rabinovich, 1977. |
ΔrH° | 269.4 ± 4.7 | kJ/mol | TD-HFC | Connor, Skinner, et al., 1972 |
(solution) + (solution) = C10H12CrO5 (solution) + (solution)
By formula: C5H12 (solution) + C6CrO6 (solution) = C10H12CrO5 (solution) + CO (solution)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 117. ± 11. | kJ/mol | PAC | Morse, Parker, et al., 1989 | solvent: Pentane; The reaction enthalpy relies on 0.67 for the quantum yield of CO dissociation |
C10H5CrNO5 (cr) + (g) = (g) + (g)
By formula: C10H5CrNO5 (cr) + CO (g) = C6CrO6 (g) + C4H4N2 (g)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 75. ± 6. | kJ/mol | DSC | Daamen, van der Poel, et al., 1979 |
(g) = 3 (g) + C3CrO3 (g)
By formula: C6CrO6 (g) = 3CO (g) + C3CrO3 (g)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 393. ± 42. | kJ/mol | MBPS | Venkataraman, Hou, et al., 1990 |
Gas phase ion energetics data
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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
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
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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Proton affinity (review) | 739.2 | kJ/mol | N/A | Hunter and Lias, 1998 | HL |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Gas basicity | 714.6 | kJ/mol | N/A | Hunter and Lias, 1998 | HL |
Ionization energy determinations
IE (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
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8.2 | PE | Cooper, Green, et al., 1987 | LBLHLM |
8.24 ± 0.07 | PIPECO | Das, Nishimura, et al., 1985 | LBLHLM |
8.1 | PE | Hubbard and Lichtenberger, 1982 | LBLHLM |
8.42 ± 0.03 | EI | Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980 | LLK |
8.30 ± 0.05 | EI | Paetzold and Abd-el-Mottaleb, 1975 | LLK |
8.20 | EI | Muller, Fenderl, et al., 1971 | LLK |
8.2 ± 0.1 | EI | Fischer, Kreiter, et al., 1971 | LLK |
8.142 ± 0.017 | PI | Lloyd and Schlag, 1969 | RDSH |
8.40 | PE | Hubbard and Lichtenberger, 1982 | Vertical value; LBLHLM |
8.40 | PE | English, Plowman, et al., 1979 | Vertical value; LLK |
8.41 | PE | Block and Fenske, 1977 | Vertical value; LLK |
8.40 | PE | Head, Nixon, et al., 1975 | Vertical value; LLK |
8.40 ± 0.02 | PE | Higginson, Lloyd, et al., 1973 | Vertical value; LLK |
8.40 | PE | Caulton and Fenske, 1968 | Vertical value; Unpublished result of W.C. Price; RDSH |
Appearance energy determinations
Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director
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Origin | D.HENNEBERG, MAX-PLANCK INSTITUTE, MULHEIM, WEST GERMANY |
NIST MS number | 61993 |
UV/Visible spectrum
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Source | Lundquist and Cais, 1962 |
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Owner | INEP CP RAS, NIST OSRD Collection (C) 2007 copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the United States of America. All rights reserved. |
Origin | INSTITUTE OF ENERGY PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, RAS |
Source reference | RAS UV No. 13259 |
Instrument | Cary Model 10-S |
Melting point | 151-152 |
Boiling point | sub |
References
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Graham and Angelici, 1967
Graham, J.R.; Angelici, R.J.,
Inorg. Chem., 1967, 6, 2082. [all data]
Werner and Prinz, 1966
Werner, H.; Prinz, R.,
Chem. Ber., 1966, 99, 3582. [all data]
Fletcher and Rosenfeld, 1988
Fletcher, R.T.; Rosenfeld, R.N.,
Recombination of Cr(CO)n with CO: Kinetics and Bond Dissociation Energies,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 7, 2097, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00215a014
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Lewis, Golden, et al., 1984
Lewis, K.E.; Golden, D.M.; Smith, G.P.,
Organometallic bond dissociation energies: Laser pyrolysis of Fe(CO)5, Cr(CO)6, Mo(CO)6, and W(CO)6,
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Pajaro, Calderazzo, et al., 1960
Pajaro, G.; Calderazzo, F.; Ercoli, R.,
Gazz. Chim. Ital., 1960, 90, 1486. [all data]
Wovkulich and Atwood, 1980
Wovkulich, M.J.; Atwood, J.D.,
J. Organometal. Chem., 1980, 184, 77. [all data]
Dennenberg and Darensbourg, 1972
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Inorg. Chem., 1972, 11, 72. [all data]
Al-Takhin, Connor, et al., 1984
Al-Takhin, G.; Connor, J.A.; Skinner, H.A.; Zaharani-Moettar, M.T.,
J. Organomet. Chem., 1984, 260, 189. [all data]
Pittam, Pilcher, et al., 1975
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J. Less-Common Met., 1975, 42, 217. [all data]
Pedley and Rylance, 1977
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Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brigton, 1977. [all data]
Tel'noi and Rabinovich, 1977
Tel'noi, V.I.; Rabinovich, I.B.,
Russ. Chem. Rev., 1977, 46, 689. [all data]
Connor, Skinner, et al., 1972
Connor, J.A.; Skinner, H.A.; Virmani, Y.,
Microcalorimetric studies. Thermal decomposition and iodination of metal carbonyls,
J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1972, 68, 0, 1754, https://doi.org/10.1039/f19726801754
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Morse, Parker, et al., 1989
Morse, J.M., Jr.; Parker, G.H.; Burkey, T.J.,
Organometallics, 1989, 8, 2471. [all data]
Daamen, van der Poel, et al., 1979
Daamen, H.; van der Poel, H.; Stufkens, D.J.; Oskam, A.,
Thermochim. Acta, 1979, 34, 69. [all data]
Venkataraman, Hou, et al., 1990
Venkataraman, B.; Hou, H.; Zhang, Z.; Chen, S.; Bandukwalla, G.; Vernon, M.,
J. Chem. Phys., 1990, 92, 5338. [all data]
Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G.,
Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update,
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. [all data]
Cooper, Green, et al., 1987
Cooper, G.; Green, J.C.; Payne, M.; Dobson, B.R.; Hillier, I.H.,
Photoelectron spectroscopy with variable photon energy: A study of the metal hexacarbonyls, M(CO)6, Where M = CR, MO, and W.,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 3836. [all data]
Das, Nishimura, et al., 1985
Das, P.R.; Nishimura, T.; Meisels, G.G.,
Fragmentation of energy-selected hexacarbonylchromium ion,
J. Phys. Chem., 1985, 89, 2808. [all data]
Hubbard and Lichtenberger, 1982
Hubbard, J.L.; Lichtenberger, D.L.,
Vibrational fine structure in the valence ionizations of transition-metal hexacarbonyls: New experimental indication of metal-to-carbonyl π bonding,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1982, 104, 2132. [all data]
Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980
Michels, G.D.; Flesch, G.D.; Svec, H.J.,
Comparative mass spectrometry of the group 6B hexacarbonyls and pentacarbonyl thiocarbonyls,
Inorg. Chem., 1980, 19, 479. [all data]
Paetzold and Abd-el-Mottaleb, 1975
Paetzold, R.; Abd-el-Mottaleb, S.,
Correlative studies of some spectroscopic and bonding parameters in octahedrally coordinated metal carbonyl complexes,
J. Mol. Struct., 1975, 24, 357. [all data]
Muller, Fenderl, et al., 1971
Muller, J.; Fenderl, K.; Mertschenk, B.,
Die Donor-Akzeptor-Eigenschaften des Liganden Trifluorphosphin in Ubergangsmetallkomplexen,
Chem. Ber., 1971, 104, 700. [all data]
Fischer, Kreiter, et al., 1971
Fischer, E.O.; Kreiter, C.G.; Kollmeier, H.J.; Muller, J.; Fischer, R.D.,
Ubergangsmetall- carben-komplexe. XXVII. Ringsubstituierte (methoxyphenylcarben)-pentacarbonylchrom(0)- komplexe,
J. Organomet. Chem., 1971, 28, 237. [all data]
Lloyd and Schlag, 1969
Lloyd, D.R.; Schlag, E.W.,
Photoionization studies of metal carbonyls. I. Ionization potentials and the bonding in group VI metal hexacarbonyls and in mononuclear carbonyls and nitrosyl carbonyls of iron, cobalt, and nickel,
Inorg. Chem., 1969, 8, 2544. [all data]
English, Plowman, et al., 1979
English, A.M.; Plowman, K.R.; Butler, I.S.; Diemann, E.; Muller, A.,
He(I) photoelectron spectra of pentacarbonyl(selenocarbonyl)chromium(0) related complexes,
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1979, 32, 113. [all data]
Block and Fenske, 1977
Block, T.F.; Fenske, R.F.,
A photoelectron spectroscopic study of some pentacarbonylchromium carbene complexes,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 4321. [all data]
Head, Nixon, et al., 1975
Head, R.A.; Nixon, J.F.; Sharp, G.J.; Clark, R.J.,
Photoelectron spectroscopic study of metal trifluorophosphine and hydridotrifluorophosphine complexes,
J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1975, 2054. [all data]
Higginson, Lloyd, et al., 1973
Higginson, B.R.; Lloyd, D.R.; Burroughs, P.; Gibson, D.M.; Orchard, A.F.,
Photoelectron studies of metal carbonyls. Part 2. The valence region photoelectron spectra of the Group VIA hexacarbonyls,
J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1973, 1659. [all data]
Caulton and Fenske, 1968
Caulton, K.G.; Fenske, R.F.,
Electronic structure and bonding in V(CO)6-, Cr(CO)6, and Mn(CO)6+,
Inorg. Chem., 1968, 7, 1273. [all data]
Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967
Bidinosti, D.R.; McIntyre, N.S.,
Electron-impact study of some binary metal carbonyls,
Can. J. Chem., 1967, 45, 641. [all data]
Junk and Svec, 1968
Junk, G.A.; Svec, H.J.,
Energetics of the ionization and dissociation of Ni(CO)4, Fe(CO)5, Cr(CO)6, Mo(CO)6 and W(CO)6,
Z. Naturforsch., 1968, 23b, 1. [all data]
Winters and Kiser, 1965
Winters, R.E.; Kiser, R.W.,
Mass spectrometric studies of chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten hexacarbonyls,
Inorg. Chem., 1965, 4, 157. [all data]
Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965
Foffani, A.; Pignataro, S.; Cantone, B.; Grasso, F.,
Mass spectra of metal hexacarbonyls,
Z. Physik. Chem. (Frankfurt), 1965, 45, 79. [all data]
Lundquist and Cais, 1962
Lundquist, R.T.; Cais, M.,
J. Org. Chem., 1962, 27, 1167. [all data]
Notes
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