Diazene, dimethyl-

• Formula: C₂H₆N₂
• Molecular weight: 58.0824
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H6N2/c1-3-4-2/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: JCCAVOLDXDEODY-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 503-28-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • (E)-CH3N=NCH3
• Other names: Azomethane; (CH3N)2; 1,2-Dimethyldiazene; Dimethyldiazene
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  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Gas phase ion energetics data

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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 C₂H₆N₂⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Additional Data

References

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Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Frost, Lee, et al., 1976
Frost, D.C.; Lee, S.T.; McDowell, C.A.; Westwood, N.P.C., The photoelectron spectra of diazene, diazene-d2, trans-methyldiazene, J. Chem. Phys., 1976, 64, 4719. [all data]

Prasil and Forst, 1968
Prasil, Z.; Forst, W., Mass spectrometry of azomethane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1968, 90, 3344. [all data]

Gowenlock, Majer, et al., 1962
Gowenlock, B.G.; Majer, J.R.; Snelling, D.R., Bond dissociation energies in some azo compounds, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1962, 58, 670. [all data]

Rao, 1975
Rao, C.N.R., Lone-pair ionization bands of chromophores in the photoelectron spectra of organic molecules, Indian J. Chem., 1975, 13, 950. [all data]

Koenig, Balle, et al., 1975
Koenig, T.; Balle, T.; Snell, W., Helium(I) photoelectron spectra of organic radicals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1975, 97, 662. [all data]

Foster and Beauchamp, 1972
Foster, M.S.; Beauchamp, J.L., Gas-phase ion chemistry of azomethane by ion cyclotron resonance spectroscopy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1972, 94, 2425. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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