Difluoromethyl radical
- Formula: CHF2
- Molecular weight: 51.0154
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: JNCMHMUGTWEVOZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 2670-13-5
- Chemical structure:
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Gas phase ion energetics data
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess
View reactions leading to CHF2+ (ion structure unspecified)
Electron affinity determinations
EA (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
1.21 ± 0.16 | D-EA | Graul and Squires, 1990 | G2 calculations( Lee, Dyke, et al., 1998) predict ΔHacid = 399 kcal/mol; B |
Ionization energy determinations
IE (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
10.5 | EI | Goto, Nakamura, et al., 1994 | LL |
8.78 | DER | Lias, Bartmess, et al., 1988 | LL |
8.74 | PE | Aue and Bowers, 1979 | LLK |
9.45 | DER | Syrvatka, Gil'burd, et al., 1973 | LLK |
≤8.90 | EI | Lossing, 1972 | LLK |
9.45 | EI | Lossing, Kebarle, et al., 1959 | RDSH |
Appearance energy determinations
Ion | AE (eV) | Other Products | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF+ | 20.5 | H+F | EI | Goto, Nakamura, et al., 1994 | LL |
CF+ | 14.6 | HF | EI | Goto, Nakamura, et al., 1994 | LL |
CF2+ | 17.2 | H | EI | Goto, Nakamura, et al., 1994 | LL |
CH+ | 28.0 | 2F | EI | Goto, Nakamura, et al., 1994 | LL |
CH+ | 27.2 | F2 | EI | Goto, Nakamura, et al., 1994 | LL |
CHF+ | 14.3 | F | EI | Goto, Nakamura, et al., 1994 | LL |
Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox
State: F 3p
Energy (cm-1) |
Med. | Transition | λmin (nm) |
λmax (nm) |
References | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To = 49312 ± 10 | gas | Dearden, Hudgens, et al., 1992 | |||||
Vib. sym. |
No. | Approximate type of mode |
cm-1 | Med. | Method | References | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a1 | 2 | CF stretch | 1365 ± 8 | gas | MPI | Dearden, Hudgens, et al., 1992 | |
3 | CF2 scissors | 660 ± 20 | gas | MPI | Dearden, Hudgens, et al., 1992 | ||
b1 | 4 | OPLA | 1022 ± 1 | gas | MPI | Dearden, Hudgens, et al., 1992 | |
State: X
Vib. sym. |
No. | Approximate type of mode |
cm-1 | Med. | Method | References | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a' | 2 | CF s-stretch | 1164 | s | Ar | IR | Carver and Andrews, 1969 Jacox, 1980 |
3 | Umbrella | 949 ± 10 | gas | MPI | Dearden, Hudgens, et al., 1992 | ||
a | 5 | HCF deform. | 1317 | m | Ar | IR | Carver and Andrews, 1969 Jacox, 1980 |
6 | CF a-stretch | 1173 | vs | Ar | IR | Carver and Andrews, 1969 Jacox, 1980 | |
Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 176; Jacox, 2003, page 199; Fessenden and Schuler, 1965
Notes
m | Medium |
s | Strong |
vs | Very strong |
o | Energy separation between the v = 0 levels of the excited and electronic ground states. |
References
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Graul and Squires, 1990
Graul, S.T.; Squires, R.R.,
Gas-Phase Acidities Derived from Threshold Energies for Activated Reactions,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 7, 2517, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00163a007
. [all data]
Lee, Dyke, et al., 1998
Lee, E.P.F.; Dyke, J.M.; Mayhew, C.A.,
Study of the OH-+CH2F2 reaction by selected ion flow tube experiments and ab initio calculations,
J. Phys. Chem. A, 1998, 102, 43, 8349-8354, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp982224y
. [all data]
Goto, Nakamura, et al., 1994
Goto, M.; Nakamura, K.; Toyoda, H.; Sugai, H.,
Cross section measurements for electron-impact dissociation of CHF3 into neutral and ionic fragments,
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Part 1, 1994, 33, 3602. [all data]
Lias, Bartmess, et al., 1988
Lias, S.G.; Bartmess, J.E.; Liebman, J.F.; Holmes, J.L.; Levin, R.D.; Mallard, W.G.,
Gas-phase ion and neutral thermochemistry,
J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Suppl. 1, 1988, 17, 1-861. [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]
Syrvatka, Gil'burd, et al., 1973
Syrvatka, B.G.; Gil'burd, M.M.; Bel'ferman, A.L.,
Ion-dissociative processes of some halogen containing butadienes and particles structure,
Zh. Org. Khim., 1973, 9, 1117. [all data]
Lossing, 1972
Lossing, F.P.,
Free radicals by mass spectrometry. XLIV. Ionization potentials bond dissociation energies for chloro-and fluoromethyl radicals,
Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1972, 81, 125. [all data]
Lossing, Kebarle, et al., 1959
Lossing, F.P.; Kebarle, P.; DeSousa, J.B.,
Ionization potentials of alkyl and halogenated alkyl free radicals, 1959. [all data]
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]
Notes
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