Carbonic acid, dimethyl ester

• Formula: C₃H₆O₃
• Molecular weight: 90.0779
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6O3/c1-5-3(4)6-2/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: IEJIGPNLZYLLBP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 616-38-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Dimethyl carbonate; Methyl carbonate; Methyl carbonate ((MeO)2CO); CH3OCOOCH3; UN 1161; Dimethyl ester of carbonic acid
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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:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
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
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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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]

McGlynn and Meeks, 1976
McGlynn, S.P.; Meeks, J.L., Photoelectron spectra of carbonyls, carbonates, oxalates and esterification effects, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1976, 8, 85. [all data]

Wittel, Astrup, et al., 1975
Wittel, K.; Astrup, E.E.; Bock, H.; Graeffe, G.; Juslen, H., Photoelectron spectra and molecular properties, XLVIII Carbonates thio- carbonates, Z. Naturforsch. B:, 1975, 30, 862. [all data]

Meeks, Arnett, et al., 1975
Meeks, J.L.; Arnett, J.F.; Larson, D.; McGlynn, S.P., Photoelectron spectroscopy of carbonyls. Ionization assignments, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1975, 30, 190. [all data]

Suh, Kingsmill, et al., 1995
Suh, D.; Kingsmill, C.A.; Ruttink, P.J.A.; Burgers, P.C.; Terlouw, J.K., C-H...O and O...H...O bonded intermediates in the dissociation of low energy methyl glycolate radical cations, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1995, 146/147, 305. [all data]

Blanchette, Holmes, et al., 1986
Blanchette, M.C.; Holmes, J.L.; Hop, C.E.C.A.; Lossing, F.P.; Postma, R.; Ruttink, P.J.A.; Terlouw, J.K., Theory and experiment in concert; the CH₃O-C=O⁺ ion and its isomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 7589. [all data]

Briggs and Shannon, 1969
Briggs, P.R.; Shannon, T.W., The heat of formation of the methoxycarbonyl ion, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1969, 91, 4307. [all data]

Terlouw, Wezenberg, et al., 1983
Terlouw, J.K.; Wezenberg, J.; Burgers, P.C.; Holmes, J.L., New stable isomers of [C₂H₄O]⁺ and [C₂H₄O₂]⁺, the radical cations [CH₂COH]⁺ and [CH₃OCOH]⁺, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1983, 1121. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy

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