Ethylenimine

• Formula: C₂H₅N
• Molecular weight: 43.0678
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H5N/c1-2-3-1/h3H,1-2H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NOWKCMXCCJGMRR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 151-56-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Aziridine; Azacyclopropane; Aziran; Dimethylenimine; Ethyleneimine; EI; Aethylenimin; Azirane; Aziridin; 1H-Azirine, dihydro-; Dihydroazirene; Dihydro-1H-azirine; Dimethyleneimine; ENT-50324; Ethyleenimine; Etilenimina; Rcra waste number P054; TL 337
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Phase change data

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BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

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By formula: C₆H₁₅N₃ + C₂H₅N = C₈H₂₀N₄

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By formula: C₄H₁₃N₃ + C₂H₅N = C₆H₁₈N₄

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By formula: C₆H₁₈N₄ + C₂H₅N = C₈H₂₃N₅

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By formula: C₄H₁₀N₂ + C₂H₅N = C₆H₁₅N₃

 +  =

By formula: C₂H₈N₂ + C₂H₅N = C₄H₁₃N₃

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

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Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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• GAS (80 mmHg, N2 ADDED, TOTAL PRESSURE 600 mmHg); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH II) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution
• LIQUID; Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Nelson and Jessup, 1952
Nelson, R.A.; Jessup, R.S., Heats of combustion and formation of liquid ethylenimine, J. Res. NBS, 1952, 48, 206-208. [all data]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Anderson and Shimanskaya, 1969
Anderson, A.A.; Shimanskaya, M.V., Gas-Liquid Chromatography of some Aliphatic and Heterocyclic Polyfunctional Amines: II. Solution Thermodyn. of Amines in Fix. Phas., Latv. PSR Zinat. Akad. Vestis, Kim. Ser., 1969, No. 5, 527. [all data]

Searles, Tamres, et al., 1956
Searles, S.; Tamres, M.; Block, F.; Quarterman, L.A., Hydrogen Bonding and Basicity of Cyclic Imines, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1956, 78, 4917-20. [all data]

Timmermans, 1952
Timmermans, J., Freezing points of organic compounds. VVI New determinations., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1952, 61, 393. [all data]

Bernardes, Minas da Piedade, et al., 2007
Bernardes, Carlos E.S.; Minas da Piedade, Manuel E.; Amaral, Luísa M.P.F.; Ferreira, Ana I.M.C.L.; Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Diogo, Hermínio P.; Costa Cabral, Benedito J., Energetics of C-F, C-Cl, C-Br, and C-I Bonds in 2-Haloethanols. Enthalpies of Formation of XCH ₂ CH ₂ OH (X = F, Cl, Br, I) Compounds and of the 2-Hydroxyethyl Radical, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2007, 111, 9, 1713-1720, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0675678 . [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]

Dalin, Bobylev, et al., 1988
Dalin, A.R.; Bobylev, V.A.; Suslikov, V.F.; Kamskaya, O.I.; Tereshchenko, G.F., Nucleophilic cleavage and the formation of saturated heterocycles. VII. Kinetic and thermochemical study of reactions of aziridine with ethylene amines, J. Gen. Chem. USSR, 1988, 58, 1868-1871. [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]

Aue, Webb, et al., 1980
Aue, D.H.; Webb, H.M.; Davidson, W.R.; Vidal, M.; Bowers, M.T.; Goldwhite, H.; Vertal, L.E.; Douglas, J.E.; Kollman, P.A.; Kenyon, G.L., Proton affinities photoelectron spectra of three-membered-ring J. Heterocycl. Chem., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980, 102, 5151. [all data]

Aue and Bowers, 1979
Aue, D.H.; Bowers, M.T., Chapter 9. Stabilities of positive ions from equilibrium gas phase basicity measurements in Ions Chemistry,, ed. M.T. Bowers, 1979. [all data]

Bodor, Dewar, et al., 1970
Bodor, N.; Dewar, M.J.S.; Jennings, W.B.; Worley, S.D., Photoelectron spectra of molecules-IV.Ionization potentials and heats of formation of some hydrazines and amines, Tetrahedron, 1970, 26, 4109. [all data]

Kiser and Gallegos, 1962
Kiser, R.W.; Gallegos, E.J., A technique for the rapid determination of ionization and appearance potentials, J. Phys. Chem., 1962, 66, 947. [all data]

Gallegos and Kiser, 1961
Gallegos, E.; Kiser, R.W., Electron impact spectroscopy of ethylene sulfide and ethylenimine, J. Phys. Chem., 1961, 65, 1177. [all data]

Bieri, Asbrink, et al., 1982
Bieri, G.; Asbrink, L.; Von Niessen, W., 30.4-nm He(II) photoelectron spectra of organic molecules, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1982, 27, 129. [all data]

Yoshikawa, Hashimoto, et al., 1974
Yoshikawa, K.; Hashimoto, M.; Morishima, I., Photoelectron spectroscopic study of cyclic amines. The relation between ionization potentials, basicities, and s character of the nitrogen lone pair electrons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 288. [all data]

Anderson, Jurel, et al., 1973
Anderson, A.; Jurel, S.; Shymanska, M.; Golender, L., Gas-liquid chromatography of some aliphatic and heterocyclic mono- and pollyfunctional amines. VII. Retention indices of amines in some polar and unpolar stationary phases, Latv. PSR Zinat. Akad. Vestis Kim. Ser., 1973, 1, 51-63. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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