Cyclopropene

• Formula: C₃H₄
• Molecular weight: 40.0639
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H4/c1-2-3-1/h1-2H,3H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: OOXWYYGXTJLWHA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2781-85-3
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

View reactions leading to C₃H₄⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Wiberg, Bartley, et al., 1962
Wiberg, K.B.; Bartley, W.J.; Lossing, F.P., On the strain energy in cyclopropene and the heat of formation of the C₃H₄+ ion, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1962, 84, 3980-3981. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1986
Dorofeeva O.V., Thermodynamic properties of twenty-one monocyclic hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1986, 15, 437-464. [all data]

Adame I.E., 1979
Adame I.E., Thermodynamic properties of normal and deuterated cyclopropenes, Thermochim. Acta, 1979, 31, 203-209. [all data]

Yum T.Y., 1979
Yum T.Y., Jr., Infrared and Raman spectra of cyclopropene and of six deuterated derivatives, J. Phys. Chem., 1979, 83, 501-506. [all data]

Wiberg K.B., 1960
Wiberg K.B., Cyclopropene. V. Some reactions of cyclopropene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1960, 82, 6375-6380. [all data]

Joshi R.M., 1970
Joshi R.M., Thermodynamic properties of some monomeric compounds in the standard ideal gas state, J. Polym. Sci., Part A-2, 1970, 8, 679-687. [all data]

Kabo G.Y., 1973
Kabo G.Y., Thermodynamic properties of halogencyclanes and cyclopropene, Izv. Vyssh. Ucheb. Zaved., Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 1973, 16, 230-233. [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]

Parr, Jason, et al., 1980
Parr, A.C.; Jason, A.J.; Stockbauer, R., Photoionization and threshold photoelectron-photoion coincidence study of cyclopropene from onset to 20 eV., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1980, 33, 243. [all data]

Bieri, Burger, et al., 1977
Bieri, G.; Burger, F.; Heilbronner, E.; Maier, J.P., Valence ionization enrgies of hydrocarbons, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1977, 60, 2213. [all data]

Rothgery, Holt, et al., 1975
Rothgery, E.F.; Holt, J.; McGee, H.A., Jr., Cryochemical synthesis and molecular energetics of cyclopropanone and some related compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1975, 97, 4971. [all data]

Robin, Brundle, et al., 1972
Robin, M.B.; Brundle, C.R.; Kuebler, N.A.; Ellison, G.B.; Wiberg, K.B., Photoelectron spectra of small rings. IV. The unsaturated three-membered rings, J. Chem. Phys., 1972, 57, 1758. [all data]

Lossing, 1972
Lossing, F.P., Free radicals by mass spectrometry. XLV. Ionization potentials and heats of formation of C₃H₃, C₃H₅, and C₄H₇ radicals and ions, Can. J. Chem., 1972, 50, 3973. [all data]

Bischof and Heilbronner, 1970
Bischof, P.; Heilbronner, E., Photoelektron-Spektren von Cycloalkenen und Cycloalkadienen, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1970, 53, 1677. [all data]

Plemenkov, Villem, et al., 1981
Plemenkov, V.V.; Villem, Y.Y.; Villem, N.V.; Bolesov, I.G.; Surmina, L.S.; Yakushkina, N.I.; Formanovskii, A.A., Photoelectron spectra of polyalkylcyclopropenes and polyalkylcyclopropanes, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1981, 51, 2076. [all data]

Wiberg, Ellison, et al., 1976
Wiberg, K.B.; Ellison, G.B.; Wendoloski, J.J.; Brundle, C.R.; Kuebler, N.A., Electronic states of organic molecules. 3. Photoelectron spectra of cycloalkenes and methylenecycloalkanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1976, 98, 7179. [all data]

Clary, Lewis, et al., 1974
Clary, D.C.; Lewis, A.A.; Morland, D.; Murrell, J.N.; Heilbronner, E., Ionization potentials of cycloalkenes, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1974, 70, 1889. [all data]

Haselbach, Heilbronner, et al., 1970
Haselbach, E.; Heilbronner, E.; Mannschreck, A.; Seitz, W., Lone pair interaction in 3,3-dimethyldiazirine, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1970, 9, 902. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔcH°gas	Enthalpy of combustion of gas at standard conditions

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