Cyanogen bromide

• Formula: CBrN
• Molecular weight: 105.921
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CBrN/c2-1-3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ATDGTVJJHBUTRL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 506-68-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Bromine cyanide; Bromocyan; Bromocyanide; Bromocyanogen; Campilit; Cyanobromide; Cyanogen monobromide; BrCN; (CN)Br; Bromine cyanide (BrCN); Bromocyanide (BrCN); Bromure de cyanogen; Cyanogen bromide (BrCN); TL 822; Cyanogen bromide ((CN)Br); Rcra waste number U246; UN 1889; Bromine monocyanide; NSC 89684
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  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Gas phase ion energetics data

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

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Lord and Woolf, 1954
Lord, G.; Woolf, A.A., The cyanogen halides. Part III. Their heats of formation and free energies, J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 2546-2551. [all data]

Lord and Woolf, 1954, 2
Lord, G.; Woolf, A.A., The cyanogen halides. Part III. Their heats of formation and free energies, J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 2546, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9540002546 . [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [all data]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

Baxter, Bezzenberger, et al., 1920
Baxter, G.P.; Bezzenberger, F.K.; Wilson, C.H., THE VAPOR PRESSURES OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES: CHLORO-PICRIN, CYANOGEN BROMIDE, METHYL-DICHLORO-ARSINE, PHENYL-DICHLORO-ARSINE, DIPHENYL-CHLORO-ARSINE AND ARSENIC TRICHLORIDE. ¹, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1920, 42, 7, 1386-1393, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01452a012 . [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]

Ibuki, Hiraya, et al., 1996
Ibuki, T.; Hiraya, A.; Olney, T.N.; Brion, C.E., Ionic photofragmentation (11.5-160 eV) and PIPICO spectroscopy (40-130 eV) of BrCN in the valence shell and bromine 3d regions, Chem. Phys., 1996, 203, 359. [all data]

Lake and Thompson, 1970
Lake, R.F.; Thompson, H., The photoelectron spectra of some molecules containing the C N group, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), 1970, A317, 187. [all data]

Heilbronner, Hornung, et al., 1970
Heilbronner, E.; Hornung, V.; Muszkat, K.A., Die Photoelektron-Spektren von Chlor-, Brom- und Jodcyan, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1970, 53, 347. [all data]

Dibeler and Liston, 1967
Dibeler, V.H.; Liston, S.K., Mass-spectrometric study of photoionization. VIII.Dicyanogen and the cyanogen halides, J. Chem. Phys., 1967, 47, 4548. [all data]

Herron and Dibeler, 1960
Herron, J.T.; Dibeler, V.H., Electron impact study of the cyanogen halides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1960, 82, 1555. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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