Tetracobalt dodecacarbonyl

• Formula: C₁₂Co₄O₁₂
• Molecular weight: 571.8540
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/12CO.4Co/c12*1-2;;;; Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: YMFAWOSEDSLYSZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 17786-31-1
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Cobalt, tri-μ-carbonylnonacarbonyltetra-, tetrahedro; Cobalt carbonyl (Co4(CO)12); Dodecacarbonyltetracobalt; Co4(CO)12; tri-μ-carbonylnonacarbonyltetracobalt
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Phase change data

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Data compiled by: William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Gas phase ion energetics data

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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

Ionization energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

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References

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Pilcher and Skinner, 1983
Pilcher, G.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of organometallic compounds, 1983, 43-90, https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470771686.ch2 . [all data]

Connor, Skinner, et al., 1973
Connor, J.A.; Skinner, H.A.; Virmani, Y., High temperature microcalorimetric studies of the thermal decomposition and iodination of polynuclear carbonyls of Fe, Co, Ru, Rh, Re, Os and Ir, Faraday Symp. Chem. Soc., 1973, 8, 18, https://doi.org/10.1039/fs9730800018 . [all data]

DeKock, Wong, et al., 1982
DeKock, R.L.; Wong, K.S.; Fehlner, T.P., Effects of bridging hydrogens on metal-netal bonds. 2. UV photoelectron and UV-visible spectra and quantum chemical calculations for Fe₃(μ-H)₃(CO)₉(μ₃-CCH₃) and Co₃(CO)₉(μ₃-CCH₃), Inorg. Chem., 1982, 21, 3203. [all data]

Green, Mingos, et al., 1981
Green, J.C.; Mingos, D.M.P.; Seddon, E.A., Ultraviolet photoelectron studies on bonding in some metal carbonyl and metal hydrido carbonyl clusters, Inorg. Chem., 1981, 20, 2595. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔsubH°

  Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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