Iron pentacarbonyl

• Formula: C₅FeO₅
• Molecular weight: 195.895
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/5CO.Fe/c5*1-2; Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FYOFOKCECDGJBF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 13463-40-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Iron carbonyl (Fe(CO)5), (TB-5-11)-; Iron carbonyl (Fe(CO)5); Pentacarbonyl iron; Fe(CO)5; Iron carbonyl
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  • Gas phase thermochemistry data
  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões

Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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MS - José A. Martinho Simões

Liquid Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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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:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
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

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Chase, 1998
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Pedley and Rylance, 1977
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Cox and Pilcher, 1970
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PCR Inc., 1990
PCR Inc., Research Chemicals Catalog 1990-1991, PCR Inc., Gainesville, FL, 1990, 1. [all data]

Leadbetter and Spice, 1959
Leadbetter, A.J.; Spice, J.E., Can. J. Chem., 1959, 37, 1923. [all data]

Leadbetter and Spice, 1959, 2
Leadbetter, A.J.; Spice, J.E., THE THIRD LAW ENTROPY AND STRUCTURE OF IRON PENTACARBONYL, Can. J. Chem., 1959, 37, 11, 1923-1929, https://doi.org/10.1139/v59-281 . [all data]

Gilbert and Sulzmann, 1974
Gilbert, A.G.; Sulzmann, K.G.P., The Vapor Pressure of Iron Pentacarbonyl, J. Electrochem. Soc., 1974, 121, 6, 832-637, https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2401930 . [all data]

Valerga, 1970
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Stull, 1947
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Gilbert and Sulzmann, 1974, 2
Gilbert, A.G.; Sulzmann, K.G.P., The Vapor Pressure of Iron Pentacarbonyl, J. Electrochem. Soc., 1974, 121, 6, 832-834, https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2401930 . [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Norwood, Ali, et al., 1990
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Clements and Sale, 1976
Clements, P.J.; Sale, F.R., A mass spectrometric study of nickel tetracarbonyl, iron pentacarbonyl and binary mixtures of these compounds, Metall. Trans. B:, 1976, 7, 171. [all data]

Distefano, 1970
Distefano, G., Photoionization study of Fe(CO)₅ and Ni(CO)₄, J. Res. NBS, 1970, 74A, 233. [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]

Vilesov and Kurbatov, 1961
Vilesov, F.I.; Kurbatov, B.L., Photoionization of esters and metal carbonyis in the gaseous phase, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1961, 140, 1364, In original 792. [all data]

Harada, Ohno, et al., 1983
Harada, Y.; Ohno, K.; Mutoh, H., Penning ionization electron spectroscopy of CO and Fe(CO)₅. Study of electronic structure of Fe(CO)₅ from electron distribution of individual molecular orbitals, J. Chem. Phys., 1983, 79, 3251. [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]

Baerends, Oudshoorn, et al., 1975
Baerends, E.J.; Oudshoorn, Ch.; Oskam, A., Photoelectron spectra and Xα calculations of iron pentacarbonyl and ethyleneiron tetracarbonyl, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1975, 6, 259. [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]

Fieber-Erdmann, Holub-Krappe, et al., 1995
Fieber-Erdmann, M.; Holub-Krappe, E.; Broker, G.; Dujardin, G.; Ding, A., Fragmentation psectroscopy of photoionized Fe(CO)₅: a molecular model for a heterogeneous cluster, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1995, 149/150, 513. [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]

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]

Winters and Kiser, 1964
Winters, R.E.; Kiser, R.W., A mass spectrometric investigation of nickel tetracarbonyl and iron pentacarbonyl, Inorg. Chem., 1964, 3, 699. [all data]

Conard and Sridhar, 1978
Conard, B.R.; Sridhar, R., Appearance potentials of ion fragments of iron pentacarbonyl, Can. J. Chem., 1978, 56, 2607. [all data]

Pignataro and Lossing, 1968
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  S°liquid,1 bar	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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