Mercury, dimethyl-

• Formula: C₂H₆Hg
• Molecular weight: 230.66
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/2CH3.Hg/h2*1H3; Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ATZBPOVXVPIOMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 593-74-8
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Dimethylmercury; (CH3)2Hg
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  • Gas phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
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  • Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

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

Enthalpy of vaporization

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

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Takehiko Shimanouchi

Symmetry:   D_3h'(G⁺₃₆)     Symmetry Number σ = 6

Source: Shimanouchi, 1972

Notes

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]

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]

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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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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