Mercury, dimethyl-


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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas94.4 ± 0.9kJ/molReviewMartinho Simões 
Δfgas96.4 ± 4.0kJ/molReviewMartinho Simões 
Δfgas86.5 ± 2.3kJ/molReviewMartinho Simões 
Δfgas92.4 ± 3.1kJ/molReviewMartinho SimõesSelected data. Average of the values from Carson, Carson, et al., 1952 and Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950.
Δfgas196.8kJ/molReviewMartinho Simões 

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Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid61.8 ± 3.9kJ/molReviewMartinho Simões 
Δfliquid51.9 ± 2.1kJ/molReviewMartinho Simões 
Δfliquid57.8 ± 3.0kJ/molReviewMartinho SimõesSelected data. Average of the values from Carson, Carson, et al., 1952 and Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950.
Δfliquid59.8 ± 0.4kJ/molCC-SBCarson, Carson, et al., 1952Value corrected based on a set of ancillary data by J.A. Martinho Simões; Please also see Cox and Pilcher, 1970. The enthalpy of combustion is not reported in Carson, Carson, et al., 1952.
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid162.2kJ/molReviewMartinho Simões 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-1806.7kJ/molCC-SBBerthelot, 1899Please also see Berthelot, 1900.

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap34.6 ± 0.8kJ/molCC-SBLong and Cattanach, 1961MS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub34.6 ± 0.8kJ/molCC-SBLong and Cattanach, 1961MS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
36.7 ± 0.1321.Baev, 2001Based on data from 275. to 367. K.; AC

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

Mercury, dimethyl- (g) = CH3Hg (g) + Methane (g)

By formula: C2H6Hg (g) = CH3Hg (g) + CH4 (g)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr239.3 ± 6.3kJ/molKinGJackson, 1989 
Δr247. to 259.kJ/molN/ASmith and Patrick, 1983 
Δr255. ± 17.kJ/molN/AMcMillen and Golden, 1982 

Mercury, dimethyl- (l) + 2Iodine (cr) = 2Methane, iodo- (l) + Mercury diiodide (cr)

By formula: C2H6Hg (l) + 2I2 (cr) = 2CH3I (l) + HgI2 (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-184.5 ± 0.8kJ/molRSCHartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.

Mercury, dimethyl- (l) + 2Bromine (l) = 2Methane, bromo- (g) + Mercury(II) bromide (cr)

By formula: C2H6Hg (l) + 2Br2 (l) = 2CH3Br (g) + Br2Hg (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-302.1 ± 2.5kJ/molRSCHartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.

Mercury, dimethyl- (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2Mercury, chloromethyl- (cr)

By formula: C2H6Hg (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2CH3ClHg (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-67.7 ± 2.3kJ/molRSCHartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.

Mercury, dimethyl- (l) + Mercury(II) bromide (cr) = 2Mercury, bromomethyl- (cr)

By formula: C2H6Hg (l) + Br2Hg (cr) = 2CH3BrHg (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-61.0 ± 3.1kJ/molRSCHartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.

Mercury, dimethyl- (l) + Mercury diiodide (cr) = 2Methylmercuric iodide (cr)

By formula: C2H6Hg (l) + HgI2 (cr) = 2CH3HgI (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-39.8 ± 1.6kJ/molRSCHartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.

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:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)771.6kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity740.8kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
9.10 ± 0.05PIDistefano and Dibeler, 1970RDSH
9.3PECreber and Bancroft, 1980Vertical value; LLK
9.33PENugent, Wu, et al., 1976Vertical value; LLK
9.33PEFehlner, Ulman, et al., 1976Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
CH3+12.55CH3+Hg?PIDistefano and Dibeler, 1970RDSH
CH3Hg+10.10 ± 0.02CH3PIDistefano and Dibeler, 1970RDSH
Hg+13.05 ± 0.022CH3PIDistefano and Dibeler, 1970RDSH

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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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 2911  C  ia 2911 VS p liq. Free rotation
a1' 2 CH3 s-deform 1182  C  ia 1182 VS p liq. Free rotation
a1' 3 CHg s-str 515  C  ia 515 VS p liq. Free rotation
a1 4 Torsion  ia  ia Free rotation
a2 5 CH3 s-str 2925  D 2925 b gas  ia Free rotation
a2 6 CH3 s-deform 1191  C 1191 M gas  ia Free rotation
a2 7 CHg a-str 540  C 540 VS gas  ia Free rotation
e' 8 CH3 d-str 2962  C 2962 S gas Free rotation
e' 9 CH3 d-deform 1397  C 1397 W dp liq. Free rotation
e' 10 CH3 rock 780  C 780 VS gas 779 VW dp liq. Free rotation
e' 11 CHgC deform 161  C 161 M dp liq. Free rotation
e 12 CH3 d-str 2874  C 2874 S p liq. Free rotation
e 13 CH3 d-deform 1442  C 1442 W dp liq. Free rotation
e 14 CH3 rock 699  C 700 sh gas 699 M dp liq. Free rotation

Source: Shimanouchi, 1972

Notes

VSVery strong
SStrong
MMedium
WWeak
VWVery weak
iaInactive
bBroad
shShoulder
pPolarized
dpDepolarized
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]

Carson, Carson, et al., 1952
Carson, A.S.; Carson, E.M.; Wilmshurst, B., Nature, 1952, 170, 320. [all data]

Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950
Hartley, K.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. III.?mercury dimethyl and mercury methyl halides, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1950, 46, 1019, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9504601019 . [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]

Berthelot, 1899
Berthelot, M., Compt. Rend., 1899, 129, 918. [all data]

Berthelot, 1900
Berthelot, M., Ann. Chim. Phys., 1900, 20, 158. [all data]

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

Baev, 2001
Baev, A.K., Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved., Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 2001, 44, 1, 3. [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]

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

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]

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]

Nugent, Wu, et al., 1976
Nugent, W.A.; Wu, M.M.-H.; Fehlner, T.P.; Kochi, J.K., Enhanced reactivity of exo-norbornyl derivatives. Evidence for σ-participation in the absence of steric effects, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1976, 456. [all data]

Fehlner, Ulman, et al., 1976
Fehlner, T.P.; Ulman, J.; Nugent, W.A.; Kochi, J.K., Effect of alkyl substituents on the first ionization potential and on 5d10 ionization in dialkylmercury compounds, Inorg. Chem., 1976, 15, 2544. [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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