Molybdenum hexacarbonyl

Formula: C₆MoO₆
Molecular weight: 264.02
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/6CO.Mo/c6*1-2;
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KMKBZNSIJQWHJA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 13939-06-5
Chemical structure:
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Other names: Molybdenum carbonyl (Mo(CO)6), (OC-6-11)-; Molybdenum carbonyl (Mo(CO)6); Hexacarbonyl molybdenum; Mo(CO)6; Molybdenum carbonyl
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_fH°_solid	-234.8 ± 0.65	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões
Δ_fH°_solid	-229.5 ± 1.0	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões
Δ_fH°_solid	-236.6 ± 1.0	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões
Δ_fH°_solid	-236.4 ± 0.43	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões	Selected data.
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_cH°_solid	-505.7 ± 1.0	kcal/mol	CC-SB	Barnes, Pilcher, et al., 1974	Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Tel'noi and Rabinovich, 1977.
Δ_cH°_solid	-507.50 ± 0.60	kcal/mol	CC-SB	Cotton, Fischer, et al., 1956	Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977, Cox and Pilcher, 1970, and Tel'noi and Rabinovich, 1977.

Phase change data

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

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_subH°	17.6 ± 0.24	kcal/mol	CC-SB	Pilcher, Ware, et al., 1975	Other values for the enthalpy of sublimation have been reported: 16.7 ± 1.0 kcal/mol Hieber and Romberg, 1935 Monchamp and Cotton, 1960, 17.3 ± 1.0 kcal/mol Rezukhina and Shvyrev, 1952, and 18.4 ± 0.2 kcal/mol Daamen, Ernsting, et al., 1979 Boxhoorn, Ernsting, et al., 1980; MS

Enthalpy of sublimation

Δ_subH (kcal/mol)	Temperature (K)	Method	Reference	Comment
18.6	265. to 300.	N/A	Ohta, Cicoira, et al., 2001	AC
16.5	331.	A	Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987	Based on data from 316. to 423. K.; AC
18.4 ± 0.2	263.	ME	Daamen, Ernsting, et al., 1979, 2	Based on data from 240. to 285. K. See also Boxhoorn, Ernsting, et al., 1980, 2.; AC
16.7	363.	N/A	Monchamp and Cotton, 1960, 2	Based on data from 343. to 383. K.; AC
17.3	323. to 403.	N/A	Rezukhina and Shvyrev, 1952	AC
17.4	292. to 308.	N/A	Lander and Germer, 1947	AC

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
Proton affinity (review)	182.3	kcal/mol	N/A	Hunter and Lias, 1998	HL
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Gas basicity	176.4	kcal/mol	N/A	Hunter and Lias, 1998	HL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV)	Method	Reference	Comment
8.25	PE	Cooper, Green, et al., 1987	LBLHLM
8.2	PE	Hubbard and Lichtenberger, 1982	LBLHLM
8.46 ± 0.01	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
8.50 ± 0.05	EI	Paetzold and Abd-el-Mottaleb, 1975	LLK
8.227 ± 0.011	PI	Lloyd and Schlag, 1969	RDSH
8.43 ± 0.05	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
8.46 ± 0.08	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
8.23 ± 0.12	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
8.30 ± 0.03	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
8.12 ± 0.03	PI	Vilesov and Kurbatov, 1961	RDSH
8.45	PE	Hubbard and Lichtenberger, 1982	Vertical value; LBLHLM
8.50	PE	Head, Nixon, et al., 1975	Vertical value; LLK
8.50 ± 0.02	PE	Higginson, Lloyd, et al., 1973	Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion	AE (eV)	Other Products	Method	Reference	Comment
MoC⁺	24. ± 1.	?	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
MoC⁺	27.2 ± 0.4	?	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
CMoO⁺	16.52 ± 0.03	5CO	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
MoCO⁺	15.61	5CO	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
MoCO⁺	15.7 ± 0.2	5CO	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
MoCO⁺	18.1 ± 0.3	5CO	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
MoCO⁺	15.8 ± 0.06	5CO	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
C₂MoO₂⁺	14.86 ± 0.02	4CO	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
MoC₂O₂⁺	14.76	4CO	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
MoC₂O₂⁺	14.5 ± 0.1	4CO	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
MoC₂O₂⁺	15.6 ± 0.3	4CO	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
MoC₂O₂⁺	13.9 ± 0.3	4CO	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
C₃MoO₃⁺	13.29 ± 0.02	3CO	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
MoC₃O₃⁺	13.18	3CO	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
MoC₃O₃⁺	12.8 ± 0.1	3CO	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
MOC₃O₃⁺	13.7 ± 0.3	3CO	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
MoC₃O₃⁺	12.36 ± 0.12	3CO	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
C₄MoO₄⁺	11.61 ± 0.02	2CO	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
MoC₄O₄⁺	10.72	2CO	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
MoC₄O₄⁺	10.63 ± 0.15	2CO	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
MoC₄O₄⁺	11.9 ± 0.2	2CO	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
MoC₄O₄⁺	11.28 ± 0.14	2CO	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
C₅MoO₅⁺	10.02 ± 0.02	CO	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
MoC₅O₅⁺	9.14	CO	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
MoC₅O₅⁺	9.4 ± 0.1	CO	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
MoC₅O₅⁺	9.80 ± 0.15	CO	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
MoC₅O₅⁺	9.64 ± 0.05	CO	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
Mo⁺	18.24 ± 0.06	6CO	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
Mo⁺	19.63	6CO	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
Mo⁺	18.6 ± 0.2	6CO	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
Mo⁺	20.7 ± 0.5	6CO	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
Mo⁺	18.3 ± 0.3	6CO	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
MoO⁺	24. ± 1.	?	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH

References

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Martinho Simões
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Barnes, Pilcher, et al., 1974
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Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., 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]

Cotton, Fischer, et al., 1956
Cotton, F.A.; Fischer, A.K.; Wilkinson. G., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1956, 78, 5168. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in Academic Press, New York, 1970. [all data]

Pilcher, Ware, et al., 1975
Pilcher, G.; Ware, M.J.; Pittam, D.A., J. Less-Common Met., 1975, 42, 223. [all data]

Hieber and Romberg, 1935
Hieber, W.; Romberg, E., Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 1935, 221, 321. [all data]

Monchamp and Cotton, 1960
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Rezukhina and Shvyrev, 1952
Rezukhina, T.N.; Shvyrev, V.V., Vestn. Moskov. Univ., 1952, 7, 41. [all data]

Daamen, Ernsting, et al., 1979
Daamen, H.; Ernsting, J.M.; Oskam, A., Thermochim. Acta, 1979, 33, 217. [all data]

Boxhoorn, Ernsting, et al., 1980
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Ohta, Cicoira, et al., 2001
Ohta, T.; Cicoira, F.; Doppelt, P.; Beitone, L.; Hoffmann, P., Static Vapor Pressure Measurement of Low Volatility Precursors for Molecular Vapor Deposition Below Ambient Temperature, Chem. Vap. Deposition, 2001, 7, 1, 33-37, https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-3862(200101)7:1<33::AID-CVDE33>3.0.CO;2-Y . [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Daamen, Ernsting, et al., 1979, 2
Daamen, H.; Ernsting, J.M.; Oskam, A., Vapour pressure measurements on M(CO)5L (M = Cr, Mo, W; L = piperidine, pyridine, pyrazine, pyrazole, thiazole), Thermochimica Acta, 1979, 33, 217-223, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(79)87044-6 . [all data]

Boxhoorn, Ernsting, et al., 1980, 2
Boxhoorn, G.; Ernsting, J.M.; Stufkens, D.J.; Oskam, A., Vapour pressure measurements on M(CO)5L complexes (M «58875» Cr, W; L «58875» CO, P(OØ)3, PØ3, PMe3, NMe3 and pyridazine), Thermochimica Acta, 1980, 42, 3, 315-321, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(80)85092-1 . [all data]

Monchamp and Cotton, 1960, 2
Monchamp, R.R.; Cotton, F.A., 289. Comparison of calorimetric and spectroscopic entropies of molybdenum hexacarbonyl, J. Chem. Soc., 1960, 1438, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9600001438 . [all data]

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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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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Winters and Kiser, 1965
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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]

Notes

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Symbols used in this document:

AE	Appearance energy
Δ_cH°_solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
Δ_fH°_solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
Δ_subH	Enthalpy of sublimation
Δ_subH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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