Tungsten hexacarbonyl

Formula: C₆O₆W
Molecular weight: 351.90
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/6CO.W/c6*1-2;
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FQNHWXHRAUXLFU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 14040-11-0
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Other names: Tungsten carbonyl (W(CO)6), (OC-6-11)-; Hexacarbonyltungsten; Tungsten carbonyl; W(CO)6; Tungsten carbonyl (W(CO)6)
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_fH°_gas	-209.7 ± 0.72	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões
Δ_fH°_gas	-211.5 ± 1.1	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões
Δ_fH°_gas	-211.0 ± 0.60	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões
Δ_fH°_gas	-211.3 ± 0.65	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões	Selected data. Average of the values in Barnes, Pilcher, et al., 1974
Δ_fH°_gas	-211. ± 0.7	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_fH°_solid	-228.0 ± 0.65	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões
Δ_fH°_solid	-229.8 ± 1.0	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões
Δ_fH°_solid	-229.3 ± 0.50	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões
Δ_fH°_solid	-229.5 ± 0.57	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões	Selected data. Average of the values in Barnes, Pilcher, et al., 1974
Δ_fH°_solid	-229. ± 0.7	kcal/mol	Review	Martinho Simões
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_cH°_solid	-536.0 ± 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	-537.81 ± 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:
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
MS - José A. Martinho Simões

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_subH°	17.5	kcal/mol	C	Adedeji, Lalage, et al., 1975	AC
Δ_subH°	18.3 ± 0.31	kcal/mol	CC-SB	Pilcher, Ware, et al., 1975	Other values for the enthalpy of sublimation have been reported: 17.5 ± 0.2 kcal/mol Adedeji, Brown, et al., 1975, 17.7 ± 1.0 kcal/mol Hieber and Romberg, 1935, 16.7 ± 1.0 kcal/mol Rezukhina and Shvyrev, 1952, and 18.9 ± 0.26 kcal/mol Daamen, Ernsting, et al., 1979 Boxhoorn, Ernsting, et al., 1980. See also Pilcher, Ware, et al., 1975; MS

Enthalpy of sublimation

Δ_subH (kcal/mol)	Temperature (K)	Method	Reference	Comment
18.6	276.	TE	Garner, Chandra, et al., 1995	Based on data from 265. to 288. K.; AC
17.9 ± 0.31	338. to 423.	N/A	Baev, 1993	AC
17.8	348.	A	Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987	Based on data from 333. to 433. K.; AC
18.9 ± 0.26	271.	ME	Boxhoorn, Ernsting, et al., 1980, 2	Based on data from 250. to 292. K. See also Daamen, Ernsting, et al., 1979, 2.; AC
16.7	339. to 410.	N/A	Rezukhina and Shvyrev, 1952	AC

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
B - John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

Tungsten hexacarbonyl (solution) = C₅O₅W (solution) + (solution)

By formula: C₆O₆W (solution) = C₅O₅W (solution) + CO (solution)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	39.9 ± 1.6	kcal/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 W(CO)6(solution) with PBu3(solution).; MS
Δ_rH°	39.01	kcal/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 W(CO)6(solution) with a phosphine and an amine. The results were quoted from Graham and Angelici, 1967.; MS

Tungsten hexacarbonyl (g) = C₅O₅W (g) + (g)

By formula: C₆O₆W (g) = C₅O₅W (g) + CO (g)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	46.0 ± 3.0	kcal/mol	LPHP	Lewis, Golden, et al., 1984	The reaction enthalpy at 298 K relies on an activation energy of 44.50 kcal/mol and assumes a negligible activation barrier for product recombination. The enthalpy of formation relies on -211.3 ± 0.65 kcal/mol for the enthalpy of formation of W(CO)6(g); MS
Δ_rH°	39.79	kcal/mol	KinG	Cetini and Gambino, 1963	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 W(CO)6(g) with CO(g) Cetini and Gambino, 1963. The results were quoted from Graham and Angelici, 1967.; MS

Tungsten hexacarbonyl (cr) = 6 (g) + (cr)

By formula: C₆O₆W (cr) = 6CO (g) + W (cr)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	71.4 ± 1.1	kcal/mol	TD-HFC, HAL-HFC	Al-Takhin, Connor, et al., 1984	The reaction enthalpy corresponds to the TD experiments and leads to -229.9 ± 1.1 kcal/mol for the enthalpy of formation. The value -960±3 was recommended by the authors Al-Takhin, Connor, et al., 1984. Other values for the enthalpy of sublimation have been reported: 17.5 ± 0.2 kcal/mol Adedeji, Brown, et al., 1975, 17.7 ± 1.0 kcal/mol Hieber and Romberg, 1935, 16.7 ± 1.0 kcal/mol Rezukhina and Shvyrev, 1952, and 18.9 ± 0.26 kcal/mol Daamen, Ernsting, et al., 1979 Boxhoorn, Ernsting, et al., 1980. See also Pilcher, Ware, et al., 1975; MS
Δ_rH°	70.77 ± 0.43	kcal/mol	TD-HZC	Barnes, Pilcher, et al., 1974	Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Tel'noi and Rabinovich, 1977.; MS

Tungsten hexacarbonyl (cr) + (l) = C₁₀H₅NO₅W (cr) + (g)

By formula: C₆O₆W (cr) + C₄H₄N₂ (l) = C₁₀H₅NO₅W (cr) + CO (g)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	8.27	kcal/mol	N/A	Nakashima and Adamson, 1982	The reaction enthalpy was calculated from the enthalpy of the reaction W(CO)6(solution) + py(solution) = W(CO)5(py)(solution) + CO(solution) in cyclohexane, 6.55 ± 0.69 kcal/mol, together with the enthalpies of solution of W(CO)6(cr), W(CO)5(py)(cr), and py(l), 35.7, 36.4, and 1.9 kcal/mol, respectively Nakashima and Adamson, 1982.; MS

C₉H₉N₃O₃W (cr) = 0.5 Tungsten hexacarbonyl (g) + 0.5 (cr) + 3 (g)

By formula: C₉H₉N₃O₃W (cr) = 0.5C₆O₆W (g) + 0.5W (cr) + 3C₂H₃N (g)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	46.6	kcal/mol	TD-HFC	Adedeji, Connor, et al., 1978	The value for the reaction enthalpy corresponds to the thermal decomposition experiments and leads to -99.2 kcal/mol for the enthalpy of formation of W(CO)3(MeCN)3(cr). The value -405.0±12.0 was recommended by the authors Adedeji, Connor, et al., 1978; MS

Tungsten hexacarbonyl (solution) + (solution) = C₁₀H₅NO₅W (solution) + (solution)

By formula: C₆O₆W (solution) + C₄H₄N₂ (solution) = C₁₀H₅NO₅W (solution) + CO (solution)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	6.55 ± 0.69	kcal/mol	PC	Nakashima and Adamson, 1982	solvent: Cyclohexane; MS
Δ_rH°	5.95 ± 0.69	kcal/mol	PC	Nakashima and Adamson, 1982	solvent: Benzene; MS
Δ_rH°	4.40 ± 0.1	kcal/mol	PC	Nakashima and Adamson, 1982	solvent: Tetrahydrofuran; MS

Tungsten hexacarbonyl (solution) + (solution) = C₁₂H₁₆O₅W (solution) + (solution)

By formula: C₆O₆W (solution) + C₇H₁₆ (solution) = C₁₂H₁₆O₅W (solution) + CO (solution)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	32.60 ± 0.41	kcal/mol	PAC	Morse, Parker, et al., 1989	solvent: Heptane; The reaction enthalpy relies on 0.72 for the quantum yield of CO dissociation; MS

+ Tungsten hexacarbonyl = ( • )

By formula: H^- + C₆O₆W = (H^- • C₆O₆W)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	44.0 ± 4.0	kcal/mol	N/A	Lane and Squires, 1988	gas phase; Hydride affinity between CH2=O and PhCH=O; B

C₈H₆N₂O₄W (cr) + 2 (g) = Tungsten hexacarbonyl (g) + 2 (g)

By formula: C₈H₆N₂O₄W (cr) + 2CO (g) = C₆O₆W (g) + 2C₂H₃N (g)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	17.3 ± 0.91	kcal/mol	DSC	Bleijerveld and Vrieze, 1976	Please also see Bleyerveld, Höhle, et al., 1975.; MS

C₉H₉N₃O₃W (cr) + 3 (g) = Tungsten hexacarbonyl (g) + 3 (g)

By formula: C₉H₉N₃O₃W (cr) + 3CO (g) = C₆O₆W (g) + 3C₂H₃N (g)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	17.4 ± 1.2	kcal/mol	DSC	Bleijerveld and Vrieze, 1976	Please also see Bleyerveld, Höhle, et al., 1975.; MS

C₇H₃NO₅W (cr) + (g) = Tungsten hexacarbonyl (g) + (g)

By formula: C₇H₃NO₅W (cr) + CO (g) = C₆O₆W (g) + C₂H₃N (g)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	16.9 ± 0.60	kcal/mol	DSC	Bleijerveld and Vrieze, 1976	Please also see Bleyerveld, Höhle, et al., 1975.; MS

(solution) + Tungsten hexacarbonyl (solution) = C₉H₈O₆W (solution) + (solution)

By formula: C₄H₈O (solution) + C₆O₆W (solution) = C₉H₈O₆W (solution) + CO (solution)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	14.5 ± 1.0	kcal/mol	PC	Nakashima and Adamson, 1982	solvent: Tetrahydrofuran; MS

C₁₀H₅NO₅W (cr) + (g) = Tungsten hexacarbonyl (g) + (g)

By formula: C₁₀H₅NO₅W (cr) + CO (g) = C₆O₆W (g) + C₄H₄N₂ (g)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	20. ± 2.4	kcal/mol	DSC	Daamen, van der Poel, et al., 1979	Please also see Meester, Vriends, et al., 1976.; MS

Tungsten hexacarbonyl (solution) + (solution) = C₈H₆O₆W (solution) + (solution)

By formula: C₆O₆W (solution) + C₃H₆O (solution) = C₈H₆O₆W (solution) + CO (solution)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	17.9 ± 1.4	kcal/mol	PC	Nakashima and Adamson, 1982	solvent: Acetone; MS

Tungsten hexacarbonyl (cr) + 3 (g) = C₁₈H₁₅N₃O₃W (g) + 3 (g)

By formula: C₆O₆W (cr) + 3C₄H₄N₂ (g) = C₁₈H₁₅N₃O₃W (g) + 3CO (g)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	-13.1 ± 2.0	kcal/mol	HFC	Adedeji, Connor, et al., 1978	MS

Tungsten hexacarbonyl (g) = C₃O₃W (g) + 3 (g)

By formula: C₆O₆W (g) = C₃O₃W (g) + 3CO (g)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	111. ± 10.	kcal/mol	MBPS	Venkataraman, Hou, et al., 1990	MS

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)	181.2	kcal/mol	N/A	Hunter and Lias, 1998	HL
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Gas basicity	175.3	kcal/mol	N/A	Hunter and Lias, 1998	HL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV)	Method	Reference	Comment
8.0	PE	Cooper, Green, et al., 1987	LBLHLM
8.2	PE	Hubbard and Lichtenberger, 1982	LBLHLM
8.60 ± 0.02	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
8.242 ± 0.006	PI	Lloyd and Schlag, 1969	RDSH
8.48 ± 0.05	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
8.5 ± 0.1	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
8.56 ± 0.13	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
8.46 ± 0.02	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
8.18 ± 0.03	PI	Vilesov and Kurbatov, 1961	RDSH
8.59	PE	Hubbard and Lichtenberger, 1982	Vertical value; LBLHLM
8.56	PE	Head, Nixon, et al., 1975	Vertical value; LLK
8.30 ± 0.02	PE	Higginson, Lloyd, et al., 1973	Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion	AE (eV)	Other Products	Method	Reference	Comment
COW⁺	18.36 ± 0.06	5CO	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
COW⁺	18.51	5CO	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
COW⁺	18.7 ± 0.3	5CO	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
COW⁺	20.2 ± 0.3	5CO	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
COW⁺	18.5 ± 0.16	5CO	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
WC⁺	28.8 ± 0.5	?	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
C₂OW⁺	25.9 ± 0.6	?	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
C₂O₂W⁺	16.29 ± 0.04	4CO	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
C₂O₂W⁺	16.08	4CO	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
C₂O₂W⁺	15.8 ± 0.3	4CO	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
C₂O₂W⁺	17.6 ± 0.2	4CO	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
C₂O₂W⁺	16.07 ± 0.04	4CO	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
C₃O₃W⁺	14.06 ± 0.02	3CO	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
C₃O₃W⁺	13.87	3CO	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
C₃O₃W⁺	13.70 ± 0.15	3CO	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
C₃O₃W⁺	14.9 ± 0.2	3CO	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
C₃O₃W⁺	13.60 ± 0.02	3CO	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
C₄O₄W⁺	12.22 ± 0.03	2CO	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
C₄O₄W⁺	12.05	2CO	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
C₄O₄W⁺	11.93 ± 0.15	2CO	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
C₄O₄W⁺	12.7 ± 0.2	2CO	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
C₄O₄W⁺	11.82 ± 0.02	2CO	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
C₅O₅W⁺	10.30 ± 0.03	CO	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
C₅O₅W⁺	~9.21	CO	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
C₅O₅W⁺	9.9 ± 0.1	CO	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
C₅O₅W⁺	9.80 ± 0.17	CO	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
C₅O₅W⁺	9.97 ± 0.04	CO	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH
W⁺	21.01 ± 0.05	6CO	EI	Michels, Flesch, et al., 1980	LLK
W⁺	22.25	6CO	EI	Junk and Svec, 1968	RDSH
W⁺	21.7 ± 0.3	6CO	EI	Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967	RDSH
W⁺	22.9 ± 0.6	6CO	EI	Winters and Kiser, 1965	RDSH
W⁺	20.6 ± 0.2	6CO	EI	Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965	RDSH

Ion clustering data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Clustering reactions

+ Tungsten hexacarbonyl = ( • )

By formula: H^- + C₆O₆W = (H^- • C₆O₆W)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	44.0 ± 4.0	kcal/mol	N/A	Lane and Squires, 1988	gas phase; Hydride affinity between CH2=O and PhCH=O

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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Martinho Simões
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Barnes, Pilcher, et al., 1974
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Pedley and Rylance, 1977
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Tel'noi and Rabinovich, 1977
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Cotton, Fischer, et al., 1956
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Cox and Pilcher, 1970
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Adedeji, Lalage, et al., 1975
Adedeji, Festus A.; Lalage, D.; Brown, S.; Connor, Joseph A.; Leung, May L.; Paz-Andrade, I. Maria; Skinner, Henry A., Thermochemistry of arene chromium tricarbonyls and the strenghts of arene-chromium bonds, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1975, 97, 2, 221-228, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-328X(00)89468-1 . [all data]

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Notes

Symbols used in this document:

AE	Appearance energy
Δ_cH°_solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
Δ_fH°_gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
Δ_fH°_solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
Δ_rH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
Δ_rS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions
Δ_subH	Enthalpy of sublimation
Δ_subH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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