CH2=C
- Formula: C2H2
- Molecular weight: 26.0373
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SNVLJLYUUXKWOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 2143-69-3
- Chemical structure:
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Gas phase ion energetics data
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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess
View reactions leading to C2H2+ (ion structure unspecified)
Electron affinity determinations
EA (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
0.484 ± 0.010 | LPES | Gerardi, Breen, et al., 2010 | |
0.4466 ± 0.0016 | LPES | Ervin, Gronert, et al., 1990 | Vinylidene neutral: ΔHf<=99±2 kcal, Kiefer, Sidhu, et al., 1989 |
0.48 ± 0.21 | D-EA | Guo and Grabowski, 1990 | Between PhF, Me3P |
0.4900 ± 0.0060 | LPES | Ervin, Ho, et al., 1989 | neutral triplet state 47.6 kcal/mol up |
0.470 ± 0.020 | LPES | Burnett, Stevens, et al., 1983 | |
<0.42996 | IMRB | Lindinger, Albritton, et al., 1975 |
Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels
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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox
State: ?
Energy (cm-1) |
Med. | Transition | λmin (nm) |
λmax (nm) |
References | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tx = 72795 | gas | Laufer, 1980 | |||||
Laufer, 1983 | |||||||
Fahr and Laufer, 1985 | |||||||
State: ?
Energy (cm-1) |
Med. | Transition | λmin (nm) |
λmax (nm) |
References | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To = 63873 | gas | Laufer, 1980 | |||||
Laufer, 1983 | |||||||
Fahr and Laufer, 1985 | |||||||
State: b
Energy (cm-1) |
Med. | Transition | λmin (nm) |
λmax (nm) |
References | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To = 22200 ± 160 | gas | Ervin, Ho, et al., 1989 | |||||
State: a
Energy (cm-1) |
Med. | Transition | λmin (nm) |
λmax (nm) |
References | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To = 16660 ± 50 | gas | Ervin, Ho, et al., 1989 | |||||
Vib. sym. |
No. | Approximate type of mode |
cm-1 | Med. | Method | References | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a1 | 1 | CH2 s-stretch | 2930 ± 10 | gas | PE | Ervin, Ho, et al., 1989 | |
2 | C=C stretch | 1530 ± 70 | gas | PE | Ervin, Ho, et al., 1989 | ||
3 | CH2 scissors | 1375 ± 10 | gas | PE | Ervin, Ho, et al., 1989 | ||
State: X
Vib. sym. |
No. | Approximate type of mode |
cm-1 | Med. | Method | References | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a1 | 1 | CH2 s-stretch | 3025 ± 30 | gas | PE | Ervin, Ho, et al., 1989 | |
2 | C=C stretch | 1635 ± 10 | gas | PE | Burnett, Stevens, et al., 1983 Ervin, Ho, et al., 1989 | ||
3 | CH2 scissors | 1165 ± 10 | gas | PE | Burnett, Stevens, et al., 1983 Ervin, Ho, et al., 1989 | ||
Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 137; Fahr and Laufer, 1986
Notes
o | Energy separation between the v = 0 levels of the excited and electronic ground states. |
x | Energy separation between the band maximum of the excited electronic state and the v = 0 level of the ground state. |
References
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Gerardi, Breen, et al., 2010
Gerardi, H.K.; Breen, K.J.; Guasco, T.L.; Weddle, G.H.; Gardenier, G.H.; Laaser, J.E.; Johnson, M.A.,
Survey of Ar-Tagged Predissociation and Vibrationally Mediated Photodetachment Spectroscopies of the Vinylidene Anion, C2H2-,
J. Phys. Chem. A, 2010, 114, 3, 1592-1601, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9095419
. [all data]
Ervin, Gronert, et al., 1990
Ervin, K.M.; Gronert, S.; Barlow, S.E.; Gilles, M.K.; Harrison, A.G.; Bierbaum, V.M.; DePuy, C.H.; Lin, W.C.,
Bonds Strengths of Ethylene and Acetylene,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 15, 5750, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00171a013
. [all data]
Kiefer, Sidhu, et al., 1989
Kiefer, J.H.; Sidhu, S.S.; Kumaran, S.S.; Irdan, E.A.,
RRKM Model of C2H4 Dissociation: Heat of Formation of Vinylidene,
Chem. Phys. Lett., 1989, 159, 1, 32, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(89)87448-2
. [all data]
Guo and Grabowski, 1990
Guo, Y.; Grabowski, J.J.,
Gas Phase Ion Chemistry of the Vinylidene Radical Anion and the Acidity of the Vinyl Radical,
Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1990, 97, 3, 253, https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(90)85003-K
. [all data]
Ervin, Ho, et al., 1989
Ervin, K.M.; Ho, J.; Linberger, W.C.,
A Study of the Singlet and Triplet States of Vinylidene by Photoelectron Spectroscopy of H2C=C-, D2C=C-, and HDC=C-. Vinylidene-Acetylene Isomerization,
J. Chem. Phys., 1989, 91, 10, 5974, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.457415
. [all data]
Burnett, Stevens, et al., 1983
Burnett, S.M.; Stevens, A.E.; Feigerle, C.S.; Lineberger, W.C.,
Observation of X1A1 vinylidene by photoelectron spectroscopy of the C2H2- anion,
Chem. Phys. Lett., 1983, 100, 124. [all data]
Lindinger, Albritton, et al., 1975
Lindinger, W.; Albritton, A.L.; Fehsenfeld, F.C.; Ferguson, E.E.,
Reactions of O- with N2, N2O, SO2, NH3, CH4, C2H4, and C2H2- with O2 from 300K to relative kinetic energies of 2 eV,
J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 63, 3238. [all data]
Laufer, 1980
Laufer, A.H.,
An excited state of acetylene: Photochemical and spectroscopic evidence,
J. Chem. Phys., 1980, 73, 1, 49, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.439846
. [all data]
Laufer, 1983
Laufer, A.H.,
Quenching of triplet vinylidene radicals by helium,
Chem. Phys. Lett., 1983, 94, 2, 240, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(83)87583-6
. [all data]
Fahr and Laufer, 1985
Fahr, A.; Laufer, A.H.,
Photodissociation of vinyl chloride: formation and kinetics of vinylidene H2CC(3B2),
J. Phys. Chem., 1985, 89, 13, 2906, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100259a039
. [all data]
Jacox, 1994
Jacox, M.E.,
Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1994, 464. [all data]
Fahr and Laufer, 1986
Fahr, A.; Laufer, A.H.,
Collisional quenching of excited vinylidene (3B2) radicals,
J. Phys. Chem., 1986, 90, 21, 5064, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100412a037
. [all data]
Notes
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