Benzyne


Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas440. ± 10.kJ/molIonRiveros, Ingeman, et al., 1991Bracketing technique
Δfgas440. ± 10.kJ/molIonWenthold, Paulino, et al., 1991collision-induced dissociation
Δfgas490. ± 20.kJ/molIonPollack and Hehre, 1980 

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

benzynide anion + Hydrogen cation = Benzyne

By formula: C6H3- + H+ = C6H4

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1584. ± 13.kJ/molG+TSGuo and Grabowski, 1991gas phase; Acidity between MeOH and tBuOH, comparable to EtOH
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1552. ± 13.kJ/molIMRBGuo and Grabowski, 1991gas phase; Acidity between MeOH and tBuOH, comparable to EtOH
Δr1556. ± 21.kJ/molIMRBGronert and DePuy, 1989gas phase

(CAS Reg. No. 72863-53-7 • 4294967295Benzyne) + Benzyne = CAS Reg. No. 72863-53-7

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 72863-53-7 • 4294967295C6H4) + C6H4 = CAS Reg. No. 72863-53-7

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr82. ± 17.kJ/molN/AAndrade and Riveros, 1996gas phase
Δr70. ± 15.kJ/molTherWenthold and Squires, 1995gas phase
Δr66. ± 13.kJ/molCIDTWenthold, Paulino, et al., 1991, 2gas phase; Between PhF, furan

(CAS Reg. No. 77748-26-6 • 4294967295Benzyne) + Benzyne = CAS Reg. No. 77748-26-6

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 77748-26-6 • 4294967295C6H4) + C6H4 = CAS Reg. No. 77748-26-6

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr226. ± 18.kJ/molN/AMeot-ner and Kafafi, 1988gas phase; anchored to 88MEO scale, not the "87 acidity scale". The Kiefer, Zhang, et al., 1997 BDE is for ortho.

References

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Riveros, Ingeman, et al., 1991
Riveros, J.M.; Ingeman, S.; Nibbering, N.M.M., Formation of gas-phase solvated Br-and I- ion/molecule reactions of halobenzenes. Revised heat of formation of benzyne, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 1053. [all data]

Wenthold, Paulino, et al., 1991
Wenthold, P.G.; Paulino, J.A.; Squires, R.R., The absolute heats of formation of o-,m-, and p-benzyne, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 7414-7415. [all data]

Pollack and Hehre, 1980
Pollack, S.K.; Hehre, W.J., Determination of the heat of formation of ortho-benzyne by ion cyclotron resonance spectroscopy, Tetrahedron Lett., 1980, 21, 2483-2486. [all data]

Guo and Grabowski, 1991
Guo, Y.L.; Grabowski, J.J., Reactions of the Benzyne Radical Anion in the Gas Phase, the Acidity of the Phenyl Radical, and the Heat of Formation of ortho-Benzyne, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 16, 5923, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00016a001 . [all data]

Gronert and DePuy, 1989
Gronert, S.; DePuy, C.H., The Dehydrophenyl Anion and the Gas Phase Ion Chemistry of Benzyne, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 26, 9253, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00208a032 . [all data]

Andrade and Riveros, 1996
Andrade, P.B.M.; Riveros, J.M., Relative Gas-phase Acidities of Fluoro- and Chlorobenzene, J. Mass Spectrom., 1996, 31, 7, 767, https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9888(199607)31:7<767::AID-JMS345>3.0.CO;2-Q . [all data]

Wenthold and Squires, 1995
Wenthold, P.G.; Squires, R.R., Determination of the gas-phase acidities of halogen-substituted aromatic compounds using the silane-cleavage method, J. Mass Spectrom., 1995, 30, 1, 17, https://doi.org/10.1002/jms.1190300105 . [all data]

Wenthold, Paulino, et al., 1991, 2
Wenthold, P.G.; Paulino, J.A.; Squires, R.R., The Absolute Heats of Formation of ortho-Benzyne, meta-Benzyne, and para-Benzyne, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 19, 7414, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00019a044 . [all data]

Meot-ner and Kafafi, 1988
Meot-ner, M.; Kafafi, S.A., Carbon Acidities of Aromatic Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 19, 6297, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00227a003 . [all data]

Kiefer, Zhang, et al., 1997
Kiefer, J.H.; Zhang, Q.; Kern, R.D.; Yao, J.; Jursic, B., Pyrolysis of Aromatic Azines: Pyrazine, Pyrimidine, and Pyridine, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1997, 101, 38, 7061, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp970211z . [all data]


Notes

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