Acetonitrile, trichloro-

• Formula: C₂Cl₃N
• Molecular weight: 144.387
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2Cl3N/c3-2(4,5)1-6 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DRUIESSIVFYOMK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 545-06-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Cyanotrichloromethane; Trichloroacetonitrile; Trichloromethyl cyanide; Tritox; CCl3CN; Nitrile trichloracetique; Trichlor-acetonitril; Trichloroethanenitrile; Trichlouracetonitril; Trichlormethylkyanid; Trichloromethylnitrile; Acetonitrile, 2,2,2-trichloro-; NSC 66405
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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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:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

References

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Stephenson, 1994
Stephenson, R.M., Mutual Solubility of Water and Nitriles, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1994, 39, 225-7. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 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]

Dykyj, 1970
Dykyj, J., Petrochemica, 1970, 10, 2, 51. [all data]

Davies and Jenkin, 1954
Davies, Mansel; Jenkin, David G., Physical properties and thermodynamic functions of trichloroacetonitrile, J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 2374, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9540002374 . [all data]

Davies and Jenkin, 1954, 2
Davies, M.; Jenkin, D.G., Physical Properties and Thermodynamic Functions of Trichloroacetonitrile, J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 2374-2377, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9540002374 . [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]

Brooks, Harland, et al., 2007
Brooks, P.R.; Harland, P.W.; Harris, S.A.; Kennair, T.; Redden, C.; Tate, J.F., Steric effects in electron transfer from potassium to pi-bonded oriented molecules CH3CN, CH3NC, and CCl3CN, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 50, 15572-15580, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja074302d . [all data]

Molder, Pikver, et al., 1983
Molder, U.H.; Pikver, R.J.; Koppel, I.A., Photoelectron spectra of molecules. 3. Nitriles, Org. React. Tartu, 1983, 20, 230. [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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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