Carbon cation

• Formula: C⁺
• Molecular weight: 12.0102
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH3/h1H3/q+1 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: JUHDUIDUEUEQND-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 14067-05-1
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Individual Reactions

( • 8) +  = ( • 9)

By formula: (C⁺ • 8C) + C = (C⁺ • 9C)

( • 6) +  = ( • 7)

By formula: (C⁺ • 6C) + C = (C⁺ • 7C)

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (C⁺ • C) + C = (C⁺ • 2C)

( • 2) +  = ( • 3)

By formula: (C⁺ • 2C) + C = (C⁺ • 3C)

( • 3) +  = ( • 4)

By formula: (C⁺ • 3C) + C = (C⁺ • 4C)

( • 4) +  = ( • 5)

By formula: (C⁺ • 4C) + C = (C⁺ • 5C)

( • 5) +  = ( • 6)

By formula: (C⁺ • 5C) + C = (C⁺ • 6C)

( • 7) +  = ( • 8)

By formula: (C⁺ • 7C) + C = (C⁺ • 8C)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: C⁺ + C = (C⁺ • C)

( • 6) +  = ( •  • 6)

By formula: (C⁺ • 6C) + C₃ = (C⁺ • C₃ • 6C)

( • 7) +  = ( •  • 7)

By formula: (C⁺ • 7C) + C₃ = (C⁺ • C₃ • 7C)

( • 2) +  = ( •  • 2)

By formula: (C⁺ • 2C) + C₂ = (C⁺ • C₂ • 2C)

( • 2) +  = ( •  • 2)

By formula: (C⁺ • 2C) + C₃ = (C⁺ • C₃ • 2C)

( • 3) +  = ( •  • 3)

By formula: (C⁺ • 3C) + C₃ = (C⁺ • C₃ • 3C)

( • 4) +  = ( •  • 4)

By formula: (C⁺ • 4C) + C₃ = (C⁺ • C₃ • 4C)

( • 5) +  = ( •  • 5)

By formula: (C⁺ • 5C) + C₃ = (C⁺ • C₃ • 5C)

( • 9) +  = ( • 10)

By formula: (C⁺ • 9C) + C = (C⁺ • 10C)

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Pargellis, 1990
Pargellis, A.N., Estimating Carbon Cluster Binding Energies from Measured Cn Distributions, n <= 10, J. Chem. Phys., 1990, 93, 3, 2099, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.459035 . [all data]

Radi, Rincon, et al., 1989
Radi, P.P.; Rincon, M.E.; Hsu, M.T.; Brodbelt-Lustig, J.; Kemper, P.; Bowers, M.T., Structure, Reactivity and Energetics of Covalently Bound Carbon Cluster Ions, C5+ to C11+: Experiment and Theory, J. Phys. Chem., 1989, 93, 16, 6187, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100353a045 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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