Benzene, (iodomethyl)-

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas30.43 ± 0.32kcal/molEqkWalsh, Golden, et al., 1966 

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid12.6 ± 0.4kcal/molChydAshcroft, Carson, et al., 1963 

Phase change data

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus297.6KN/ABuckingham and Donaghy, 1982BS
Tfus299.45KN/AAshcroft, 1976Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap13.7 ± 0.07kcal/molGSKrasnykh, Vasiltsova, et al., 2002Based on data from 301. to 337. K.; AC
Δvap13.8kcal/molCGCKrasnykh, Vasiltsova, et al., 2002AC
Δvap12.1 ± 0.33kcal/molN/AAshcroft, 1976, 2AC

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (atm) Reference Comment
366.20.013Weast and Grasselli, 1989BS
366.0.013Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
11.2375.I,AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 360. to 400. K. See also Ashcroft, 1976, 2.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
3.15299.5Ashcroft, 1976, 2AC

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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B - John E. Bartmess
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C7H6I- + Hydrogen cation = Benzene, (iodomethyl)-

By formula: C7H6I- + H+ = C7H7I

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr371.8 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSPoutsma, Nash, et al., 1997gas phase; between tBuCH(Me)OH, FCH2CH2OH; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr364.5 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRBPoutsma, Nash, et al., 1997gas phase; between tBuCH(Me)OH, FCH2CH2OH; B

C20H26CoN5O4 (solution) + Iodine (solution) = C13H19CoIN5O4 (solution) + Benzene, (iodomethyl)- (solution)

By formula: C20H26CoN5O4 (solution) + I2 (solution) = C13H19CoIN5O4 (solution) + C7H7I (solution)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-15.1 ± 0.91kcal/molRSCToscano, Seligson, et al., 1989solvent: Bromoform; The enthalpy of solution of Co(py)(dmg)2(Bz)(cr) was measured as 2.70 kcal/mol Toscano, Seligson, et al., 1989; MS

C15H12MoO3 (solution) + Iodine (solution) = C8H5IMoO3 (solution) + Benzene, (iodomethyl)- (solution)

By formula: C15H12MoO3 (solution) + I2 (solution) = C8H5IMoO3 (solution) + C7H7I (solution)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-28.8 ± 1.0kcal/molRSCNolan, de la Vega, et al., 1988solvent: Tetrahydrofuran; MS

Hydrogen iodide + Benzene, (iodomethyl)- = Toluene + Iodine

By formula: HI + C7H7I = C7H8 + I2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-7.8 ± 1.1kcal/molCmGraham, Nichol, et al., 1955liquid phase; solvent: p-Xylene; ALS

Benzene, (iodomethyl)- + Water = Hydrogen iodide + Benzyl alcohol

By formula: C7H7I + H2O = HI + C7H8O

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-3.00kcal/molCmGellner and Skinner, 1949liquid phase; Heat of hydrolysis; ALS

Benzene, (iodomethyl)- = Toluene + 0.5Iodine

By formula: C7H7I = C7H8 + 0.5I2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-9.7 ± 0.4kcal/molChydAshcroft, Carson, et al., 1963liquid phase; ALS

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
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
8.73 ± 0.02PITraeger and Kompe, 1990LL
8.8EIYeo and Williams, 1970RDSH
8.91PESchmidt and Schweig, 1973Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C7H7+8.84 ± 0.02IPITraeger and Kompe, 1990LL
C7H7+9.2IEIYeo and Williams, 1970RDSH

De-protonation reactions

C7H6I- + Hydrogen cation = Benzene, (iodomethyl)-

By formula: C7H6I- + H+ = C7H7I

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr371.8 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSPoutsma, Nash, et al., 1997gas phase; between tBuCH(Me)OH, FCH2CH2OH; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr364.5 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRBPoutsma, Nash, et al., 1997gas phase; between tBuCH(Me)OH, FCH2CH2OH; B

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Walsh, Golden, et al., 1966
Walsh, R.; Golden, D.M.; Benson, S.W., The thermochemistry of the Gas Phase Equilibrium I2 + C6H5CH3 = C6H5CH2I + HI and the heat of formation of the benzyl radical, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 650-656. [all data]

Ashcroft, Carson, et al., 1963
Ashcroft, S.J.; Carson, A.S.; Pedley, J.B., Thermochemistry of reductions caused by lithium aluminium hydride. Part 2.-The heats of formation of benzyl bromide, benzyl iodide and the benzyl radical, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1963, 59, 2713-2717. [all data]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Ashcroft, 1976
Ashcroft, S.J., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1976, 21, 397. [all data]

Krasnykh, Vasiltsova, et al., 2002
Krasnykh, Eugen L.; Vasiltsova, Tatiana V.; Verevkin, Sergey P.; Heintz, Andreas, Vapor Pressures and Enthalpies of Vaporization of Benzyl Halides and Benzyl Ethers, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 6, 1372-1378, https://doi.org/10.1021/je020034h . [all data]

Ashcroft, 1976, 2
Ashcroft, Stanley J., Vapor pressures and enthalpies of vaporization of benzyl halides, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1976, 21, 4, 397-398, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60071a009 . [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 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]

Poutsma, Nash, et al., 1997
Poutsma, J.C.; Nash, J.J.; Paulino, J.A.; Squires, R.R., Absolute Heats of Formation of Phenylcarbene and Vinylcarbene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 20, 4686, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja963918s . [all data]

Toscano, Seligson, et al., 1989
Toscano, P.J.; Seligson, A.L.; Curran, M.T.; Skrobutt, A.T.; Sonnenberger, D.C., Inorg. Chem., 1989, 28, 166; ibid. 1989. [all data]

Nolan, de la Vega, et al., 1988
Nolan, S.P.; de la Vega, R.L.; Mukerjee, S.L.; Gonzalez, A.A.; Zhang, K.; Hoff, C., Polyhedron, 1988, 7, 1491. [all data]

Graham, Nichol, et al., 1955
Graham, W.S.; Nichol, R.J.; Ubbelohde, A.R., A thermochemical evaluation of bond strengths in some carbon compounds. Part III. Bond strengths based on the reactions: (a) Ph·CH2I + HI=Ph·CH3 + I2 and (b) PhI + HI=PhH + I2, J. Chem. Soc., 1955, 115-121. [all data]

Gellner and Skinner, 1949
Gellner, O.H.; Skinner, H.A., Dissociation energies of carbon-halogen bonds. The bond strengths allyl-X and benzyl-X, J. Chem. Soc., 1949, 1145-1148. [all data]

Traeger and Kompe, 1990
Traeger, J.C.; Kompe, B.M., Threshold C7H7 formation from the benzyl halides by photoionization mass spectrometry, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1990, 101, 111. [all data]

Yeo and Williams, 1970
Yeo, A.N.H.; Williams, D.H., Rearrangement in the molecular ions of halogenotoluenes prior to fragmentation in the mass spectrometer, Chem. Commun., 1970, 886. [all data]

Schmidt and Schweig, 1973
Schmidt, H.; Schweig, A., C-Hal hyperkonjugation, Tetrahedron Lett., 1973, 981. [all data]


Notes

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