Carbon anion

• Formula: C^-
• Molecular weight: 12.0112
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH3/h1H3/q-1 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LGRLWUINFJPLSH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 14337-00-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • Methane ion
  • Carbon anion
• Information on this page:
  • Gas phase thermochemistry data
  • Reaction thermochemistry data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • Ion clustering data
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Individual Reactions

 +  =

By formula: C^- + H⁺ = CH

( • 2) +  = ( • 3)

By formula: (C^- • 2C) + C = (C^- • 3C)

( • 3) +  = ( • 4)

By formula: (C^- • 3C) + C = (C^- • 4C)

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (C^- • C) + C = (C^- • 2C)

( • 4) +  = ( • 5)

By formula: (C^- • 4C) + C = (C^- • 5C)

( • 5) +  = ( • 6)

By formula: (C^- • 5C) + C = (C^- • 6C)

( • 6) +  = ( • 7)

By formula: (C^- • 6C) + C = (C^- • 7C)

( • 7) +  = ( • 8)

By formula: (C^- • 7C) + C = (C^- • 8C)

( • 8) +  = ( • 9)

By formula: (C^- • 8C) + C = (C^- • 9C)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: C^- + C = (C^- • C)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

Protonation reactions

 +  =

By formula: C^- + H⁺ = CH

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: C^- + C = (C^- • C)

( • ) +  = ( • 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)

( • 6) +  = ( • 7)

By formula: (C^- • 6C) + C = (C^- • 7C)

( • 7) +  = ( • 8)

By formula: (C^- • 7C) + C = (C^- • 8C)

( • 8) +  = ( • 9)

By formula: (C^- • 8C) + C = (C^- • 9C)

References

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Scheer, Bilodeau, et al., 1998
Scheer, M.; Bilodeau, R.C.; Brodie, C.A.; Haugen, H.K., Systematic study of the stable states of C-, Si-, Ge-, and Sn- via infrared laser spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. A, 1998, 58, 4, 2844-2856, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.2844 . [all data]

Chase, 1998
Chase, M.W., Jr., NIST-JANAF Themochemical Tables, Fourth Edition, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Monograph 9, 1998, 1-1951. [all data]

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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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