Dimethylzinc

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas13.2 ± 1.4kcal/molReviewMartinho Simões 
Δfgas12.6 ± 0.31kcal/molReviewMartinho Simões 

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid6.0 ± 1.4kcal/molReviewMartinho SimõesMS
Δfliquid5.38 ± 0.31kcal/molReviewMartinho SimõesMS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-482.8 ± 1.4kcal/molCC-SBLong and Norrish, 1949Please also see Cox and Pilcher, 1970.; MS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid48.18cal/mol*KN/ASheiman, Nistratov, et al., 1984DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
30.88298.15Sheiman, Nistratov, et al., 1984T = 5 to 300 K.; DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple230.13KN/ASheiman, Nistratov, et al., 1984, 2Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap7.27 ± 0.05kcal/molCC-SBSokolovskii and Baev, 1984Another value for the enthalpy of vaporization has been reported: 7.05 ± 0.1 kcal/mol Long and Cattanach, 1961.; MS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
7.27 ± 0.02273. to 313.N/ABaev, 1997AC
7.15283.BGBamford, Levi, et al., 1946Based on data from 248. to 318. K.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
1.63230.1Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
1.21210.3Domalski and Hearing, 1996CAL
7.094230.1

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
0.2536210.26crystaline, IIcrystaline, ISheiman, Nistratov, et al., 1984DH
1.632230.13crystaline, IliquidSheiman, Nistratov, et al., 1984DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
1.21210.26crystaline, IIcrystaline, ISheiman, Nistratov, et al., 1984DH
7.091230.13crystaline, IliquidSheiman, Nistratov, et al., 1984DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

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Individual Reactions

Dimethylzinc (l) + (Sulfuric Acid • 100Water) (solution) = 2Methane (g) + (zinc sulphate • 100Water) (solution)

By formula: C2H6Zn (l) + (H2O4S • 100H2O) (solution) = 2CH4 (g) + (O4SZn • 100H2O) (solution)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-81.7 ± 0.2kcal/molRSCCarson, Hartley, et al., 1949Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.

Dimethylzinc (g) = Methyl zinc (g) + Methane (g)

By formula: C2H6Zn (g) = CH3Zn (g) + CH4 (g)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr63.7 ± 1.5kcal/molKinGJackson, 1989 
Δr66.0 to 71.2kcal/molN/ASmith and Patrick, 1983 
Δr68.0 ± 4.0kcal/molN/AMcMillen and Golden, 1982 

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

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
9.00 ± 0.02PIDistefano and Dibeler, 1970RDSH
8.86 ± 0.15EIWinters and Kiser, 1967RDSH
9.4PECreber and Bancroft, 1980Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
CH3+15.1 ± 0.5?EIWinters and Kiser, 1967RDSH
CH3Zn+10.22 ± 0.02CH3PIDistefano and Dibeler, 1970RDSH
CH3Zn+11.2 ± 0.2CH3EIWinters and Kiser, 1967RDSH
ZnH+13.9 ± 0.4?EIWinters and Kiser, 1967RDSH
Zn+13.13 ± 0.022CH3PIDistefano and Dibeler, 1970RDSH
Zn+13.4 ± 0.32CH3EIWinters and Kiser, 1967RDSH

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Takehiko Shimanouchi

Symmetry:   D3h'(G+36)     Symmetry Number σ = 6


 Sym.   No   Approximate   Selected Freq.  Infrared   Raman   Comments 
 Species   type of mode   Value   Rating   Value  Phase  Value  Phase

a1' 1 CH3 s-str 2900  C  ia 2900 S p liq. Free rotation
a1' 2 CH3 s-deform 1157  C  ia 1157 S p liq. Free rotation
a1' 3 CZn s-str 503  C  ia 503 VS p liq. Free rotation
a1 4 Torsion  ia  ia Free rotation
a2 5 CH3 s-str 2915  C 2915 S gas  ia Free rotation
a2 6 CH3 s-deform 1183  C 1183 M gas  ia Free rotation
a2 7 CZn a-str 613  C 613 gas  ia Free rotation
e' 8 CH3 d-str 2966  C 2966 S gas 2947 liq. Free rotation
e' 9 CH3 d-deform 1304  C 1301 M gas 1302 W liq. Free rotation
e' 10 CH3 rock 704  C 704 S gas Free rotation
e' 11 CZnC deform 134  D 134 sh liq. Free rotation
e 12 CH3 d-str 2843  C 2843 gas 2830 liq. Free rotation
e 13 CH3 d-deform 1434  C 1434 W liq. Free rotation
e 14 CH3 rock 620  C 620 M liq. Free rotation

Source: Shimanouchi, 1972

Notes

VSVery strong
SStrong
MMedium
WWeak
iaInactive
shShoulder
pPolarized
C3~6 cm-1 uncertainty
D6~15 cm-1 uncertainty

References

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Martinho Simões
Martinho Simões, J.A., Private communication (see http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/om/). [all data]

Long and Norrish, 1949
Long, L.H.; Norrish, R.G.W., Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. (London), 1949, A241, 587. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in Academic Press, New York, 1970. [all data]

Sheiman, Nistratov, et al., 1984
Sheiman, M.S.; Nistratov, V.P.; Kamelova, G.P.; Rabinovich, I.B., Low-temperature heat capacity of organic compounds of aluminum and zinc, Probl. Kalorim. Khim. Termodin., Dokl. Vses. Konf., 10th, 1984, 2, 457-459. [all data]

Sheiman, Nistratov, et al., 1984, 2
Sheiman, M.S.; Nistratov, V.P.; Kamelova, G.P.; Rabinovich, I.B., Low-temperature heat capacity of organic compounds of aluminum and zinc in Probl. Kalorim. Khim. Termodin., Dokl. Vses. Konf., 10th, Akad. Nauk SSSS Inst. Khim. Fiz.: Chernogolovka, USSR, Vol. 2 2, 1984. [all data]

Sokolovskii and Baev, 1984
Sokolovskii, A.E.; Baev, A.K., Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1984, 54, 103. [all data]

Long and Cattanach, 1961
Long, L.H.; Cattanach, J., J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem., 1961, 20, 340. [all data]

Baev, 1997
Baev, A.K., Thermodynamic study of structural changes in solutions of dimethyl-zinc with methyl compounds of Group VIB elements, Zh. Neorg. Khim., 1997, 42, 4, 662. [all data]

Bamford, Levi, et al., 1946
Bamford, C.H.; Levi, D.L.; Newitt, D.M., 91. Physical and chemical properties of organo-metallic compounds. Part I. The vapour pressures and freezing points of simple metal alkyls of Groups II, III, and V, J. Chem. Soc., 1946, 468, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9460000468 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Carson, Hartley, et al., 1949
Carson, A.S.; Hartley, K.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metal alkyls. Part II.?The bond dissociation energies of some Zn?C and Cd?C bonds, and of Et?I., Trans. Faraday Soc., 1949, 45, 1159, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9494501159 . [all data]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brigton, 1977. [all data]

Jackson, 1989
Jackson, R.L., Chem. Phys. Lett., 1989, 163, 315. [all data]

Smith and Patrick, 1983
Smith, G.P.; Patrick, R., Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 1983, 15, 167. [all data]

McMillen and Golden, 1982
McMillen, D.F.; Golden, D.M., Hydrocarbon bond dissociation energies, Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem., 1982, 33, 493. [all data]

Distefano and Dibeler, 1970
Distefano, G.; Dibeler, V.H., Photoionization study of the dimethyl compounds of zinc, cadmium, and mercury, Intern. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1970, 4, 59. [all data]

Winters and Kiser, 1967
Winters, R.E.; Kiser, R.W., Ionization and fragmentation of dimethylzinc, trimethylaluminum, and trimethylantimony, J. Organometal. Chem., 1967, 10, 7. [all data]

Creber and Bancroft, 1980
Creber, D.K.; Bancroft, G.M., Photoelectron studies of dialkyl group 2B compounds: Ligand field splittings intensity variations with photon energy, Inorg. Chem., 1980, 19, 643. [all data]

Shimanouchi, 1972
Shimanouchi, T., Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies Consolidated Volume II, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1972, 6, 3, 993-1102. [all data]


Notes

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