Benzene, 1,3-dichloro-

• Formula: C₆H₄Cl₂
• Molecular weight: 147.002
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H4Cl2/c7-5-2-1-3-6(8)4-5/h1-4H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ZPQOPVIELGIULI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 541-73-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzene, m-dichloro-; m-Dichlorobenzene; m-Dichlorobenzol; m-Phenylene dichloride; 1,3-Dichlorobenzene; Metadichlorobenzene; Rcra waste number U071
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₆H₃Cl₂^- +  =

By formula: C₆H₃Cl₂^- + H⁺ = C₆H₄Cl₂

=

By formula: C₆H₄Cl₂ = C₆H₄Cl₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₆H₃Cl₂^- +  =

By formula: C₆H₃Cl₂^- + H⁺ = C₆H₄Cl₂

References

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Schlosser, Marzi, et al., 2001
Schlosser, M.; Marzi, E.; Cottet, F.; Buker, H.H.; Nibbering, N.M.M., The acidity of chloro-substituted benzenes: A comparison of gas phase, ab initio, and kinetic data, Chem. Eur. J., 2001, 7, 16, 3511-3516, https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-3765(20010817)7:16<3511::AID-CHEM3511>3.0.CO;2-U . [all data]

Godnev and Sverdlin, 1961
Godnev, I.N.; Sverdlin, A.S., Equilibrium and dichlorobenzene isomer (Corrections), Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1961, 35, 231-232. [all data]

Olesik, Baer, et al., 1986
Olesik, S.; Baer, T.; Morrow, J.C., Dissociation rates of energy-selected dichloro- and dibromobenzene ions, J. Phys. Chem., 1986, 90, 3563. [all data]

Ruscic, Klasinc, et al., 1981
Ruscic, B.; Klasinc, L.; Wolf, A.; Knop, J.V., Photoelectron spectra of and Ab initio calculations on chlorobenzenes. 1. Chlorobenzene and dichlorobenzenes, J. Phys. Chem., 1981, 85, 1486. [all data]

Kimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981
Kimura, K.; Katsumata, S.; Achiba, Y.; Yamazaki, T.; Iwata, S., Ionization energies, Ab initio assignments, and valence electronic structure for 200 molecules in Handbook of HeI Photoelectron Spectra of Fundamental Organic Compounds, Japan Scientific Soc. Press, Tokyo, 1981. [all data]

Maier and Marthaler, 1978
Maier, J.P.; Marthaler, O., Emission spectra of the radical cations of 1,3-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene and 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene in the gas phase, Chem. Phys., 1978, 32, 419. [all data]

Lias and Ausloos, 1978
Lias, S.G.; Ausloos, P.J., eIonization energies of organic compounds by equilibrium measurements, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100, 6027. [all data]

Watanabe, Nakayama, et al., 1962
Watanabe, K.; Nakayama, T.; Mottl, J., Ionization potentials of some molecules, J. Quant. Spectry. Radiative Transfer, 1962, 2, 369. [all data]

Fujisawa, Oonishi, et al., 1991
Fujisawa, S.; Oonishi, I.; Masuda, S.; Ohno, K.; Harada, Y., Penning ionization electron spectroscopy of dichlorobenzenes, J. Phys. Chem., 1991, 95, 4250. [all data]

Streets and Ceasar, 1973
Streets, D.G.; Ceasar, G.P., Inductive mesomeric effects on the π orbitals of halobenzenes, Mol. Phys., 1973, 26, 1037. [all data]

Brown, 1970
Brown, P., Kinetic studies in mass spectrometry-IV. The [M - Cl] reaction in substituted chlorobenzenes and the question of molecular ion isomerization, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1970, 3, 639. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔfH(+) ion,0K	Enthalpy of formation of positive ion at 0K
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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