Difluoromethyl radical

• Formula: CHF₂
• Molecular weight: 51.0154
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CHF2/c2-1-3/h1H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: JNCMHMUGTWEVOZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2670-13-5
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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   F ³p

State:   X

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 176; Jacox, 2003, page 199; Fessenden and Schuler, 1965

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Dearden, Hudgens, et al., 1992
Dearden, D.V.; Hudgens, J.W.; Johnson, R.D., III; Tsai, B.P.; Kafafi, S.A., Spectroscopic and ab initio studies of difluoromethyl radicals and cations, J. Phys. Chem., 1992, 96, 2, 585, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100181a017 . [all data]

Carver and Andrews, 1969
Carver, T.G.; Andrews, L., Infrared Spectrum of the Difluoromethyl Radical in Solid Argon, J. Chem. Phys., 1969, 50, 12, 5100, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1671024 . [all data]

Jacox, 1980
Jacox, M.E., Infrared spectroscopic study of the reaction of H atoms with CF2 in argon and nitrogen matrices, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1980, 81, 2, 349, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2852(80)90198-8 . [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]

Jacox, 2003
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement B, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2003, 32, 1, 1-441, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1497629 . [all data]

Fessenden and Schuler, 1965
Fessenden, R.W.; Schuler, R.H., ESR Spectra and Structure of the Fluorinated Methyl Radicals, J. Chem. Phys., 1965, 43, 8, 2704, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1697199 . [all data]

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