Tetracyanoethylene

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas688.1kJ/molN/ABaroody and Carpenter, 1972Value computed using ΔfHsolid° value of 607.1 kj/mol from Baroody and Carpenter, 1972 and ΔsubH° value of 81.0 kj/mol from Boyd, 1963.; DRB
Δfgas714.0kJ/molN/AFrankel, Amster, et al., 1966Value computed using ΔfHsolid° value of 633.0±2.0 kj/mol from Frankel, Amster, et al., 1966 and ΔsubH° value of 81.0 kj/mol from Boyd, 1963.; DRB
Δfgas705.0 ± 6.3kJ/molCcbBoyd, 1963ALS

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
Δfsolid607.1kJ/molCcbBaroody and Carpenter, 1972 
Δfsolid633. ± 2.kJ/molCcbFrankel, Amster, et al., 1966 
Δfsolid624. ± 2.kJ/molCcbBoyd, 1963 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-2996. ± 2.kJ/molCcbFrankel, Amster, et al., 1966 
Δcsolid-3033.3kJ/molCcbWebster, 1966 
Δcsolid-2985. ± 2.kJ/molCcbBoyd, 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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil496.2KN/AWeast and Grasselli, 1989BS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus472.0KN/ARadomska and Radomski, 1991Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub81.2kJ/molVBoyd, 1963ALS
Δsub81.0kJ/molN/ABoyd, 1963DRB

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
81.4348.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 333. to 371. K.; AC
84.3302.TE,MEDe Wit, Van Miltenburg, et al., 1983Based on data from 290. to 312. K.; AC
81.2 ± 5.9350.N/ABoyd, 1963, 2See also Cox and Pilcher, 1970.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
24.92472.2Radomska and Radomski, 1991AC

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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

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Individual Reactions

1,3-Cyclopentadiene + Tetracyanoethylene = Bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2,2,3,3-tetracarbonitrile

By formula: C5H6 + C6N4 = C11H6N4

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-112.kJ/molKinSamuilov, Bukharov, et al., 1981liquid phase; solvent: Chorobenzene
Δr-106.9 ± 2.9kJ/molCmRogers, 1972liquid phase

C21H12N4 = Tetracyanoethylene + Anthracene, 9-methyl-

By formula: C21H12N4 = C6N4 + C15H12

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr62.3kJ/molKinLotfi and Roberts, 1979liquid phase; solvent: CCl4; Spectrophotometrically

3-Methyl-4-cyclohexene-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitrile = Tetracyanoethylene + Isoprene

By formula: C11H8N4 = C6N4 + C5H8

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr157. ± 3.kJ/molCmRogers, 1971solid phase; Heat of formation derived by 77PED/RYL

Tetracyanoethylene + Isoprene = 3-Methyl-4-cyclohexene-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitrile

By formula: C6N4 + C5H8 = C11H8N4

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-157. ± 3.kJ/molCmRogers, 1971liquid phase; solvent: Dichloromethane

Benzene, (1-methoxyethenyl)- + Tetracyanoethylene = 1,1,2,2-Cyclobutanetetracarbonitrile, 3-methoxy-3-phenyl-

By formula: C9H10O + C6N4 = C15H10N4O

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-51.8kJ/molCmSolomonov, Antipin, et al., 1979liquid phase; solvent: methylene chloride

1,3-Butadiene, 2,3-dimethyl- + Tetracyanoethylene = C12H10N4

By formula: C6H10 + C6N4 = C12H10N4

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-165.6 ± 1.8kJ/molCmRogers, 1972liquid phase

1,3-Cyclohexadiene + Tetracyanoethylene = Bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-ene-2,2,3,3-tetracarbonitrile

By formula: C6H8 + C6N4 = C12H8N4

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-120.9 ± 3.2kJ/molCmRogers, 1972liquid phase

C12H10N4 = 1,3-Butadiene, 2,3-dimethyl- + Tetracyanoethylene

By formula: C12H10N4 = C6H10 + C6N4

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr165.6 ± 1.8kJ/molCmRogers, 1972solid phase

Bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-ene-2,2,3,3-tetracarbonitrile = 1,3-Cyclohexadiene + Tetracyanoethylene

By formula: C12H8N4 = C6H8 + C6N4

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr120.9 ± 3.2kJ/molCmRogers, 1972solid phase

Bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2,2,3,3-tetracarbonitrile = 1,3-Cyclopentadiene + Tetracyanoethylene

By formula: C11H6N4 = C5H6 + C6N4

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr106.9 ± 2.9kJ/molCmRogers, 1972solid phase

9,10-Dihydro-9,10-ethanoanthracene-11,11,12,12-tetracarbonitrile = Anthracene + Tetracyanoethylene

By formula: C20H10N4 = C14H10 + C6N4

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr40.5 ± 2.1kJ/molCmRogers, 1972solid phase

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
B - John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

EA (eV) Method Reference Comment
3.160 ± 0.020LPESKhuseynov, Fontana, et al., 2012B
3.17 ± 0.20IMREChowdhury and Kebarle, 1986ΔGea(423 K) = -73.0 kcal/mol; ΔSea (estimated) = 0. eu.; B
2.30 ± 0.30LPDLyons and Palmer, 1976B
1.70 ± 0.30LPDLyons and Palmer, 1975B
2.030 ± 0.052PDLyons and Palmer, 1973B
2.884 ± 0.061SIFarragher and Page, 1967The Magnetron method, lacking mass analysis, is not considered reliable.; B

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
11.765 ± 0.008PIKnowles and Nicholson, 1974LLK
11.67 ± 0.02PIKotov and Potapov, 1972LLK
11.79 ± 0.05PEHouk and Munchausen, 1976Vertical value; LLK

IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Baroody and Carpenter, 1972
Baroody, E.E.; Carpenter, G.A., Heats of formation of propellant compounds (U), Rpt. Naval Ordnance Systems Command Task No. 331-003/067-1/UR2402-001 for Naval Ordance Station, Indian Head, MD, 1972, 1-9. [all data]

Boyd, 1963
Boyd, R.H., Thermochemistry of cyanocarbons, J. Chem. Phys., 1963, 38, 2529-2535. [all data]

Frankel, Amster, et al., 1966
Frankel, M.B.; Amster, A.B.; Wilson, E.R.; McCormick, M.; McEachern, M., Jr., Synthesis and thermochemistry of tricyanomethyl and other polycyano compounds, Adv. Chem. Ser., 1966, 108-117. [all data]

Webster, 1966
Webster, O.W., Diazotetracyanocyclopentadiene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 4055-4060. [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]

Radomska and Radomski, 1991
Radomska, M.; Radomski, R., Phase diagrams in the binary systems of tetracyanoethylene with mesitylene, durene and pentamethylbenzene, Journal of Thermal Analysis, 1991, 37, 4, 693-704, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01913148 . [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]

De Wit, Van Miltenburg, et al., 1983
De Wit, H.G.M.; Van Miltenburg, J.C.; De Kruif, C.G., Thermodynamic properties of molecular organic crystals containing nitrogen, oxygen, and sulphur 1. Vapour pressures and enthalpies of sublimation, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1983, 15, 7, 651-663, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(83)90079-4 . [all data]

Boyd, 1963, 2
Boyd, Richard H., Thermochemistry of Cyanocarbons, J. Chem. Phys., 1963, 38, 10, 2529, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1733536 . [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [all data]

Samuilov, Bukharov, et al., 1981
Samuilov, Ya.D.; Bukharov, S.V.; Konovalov, A.I., Reactivity of tetraphenylcyclopentadiene and tetracyclone in the Diels-Alder reaction with cyanoethylenes, Zh. Org. Khim., 1981, 17, 2389-2393. [all data]

Rogers, 1972
Rogers, F.E., Thermochemistry of the Diels-Alder reactions. II. Heat of addition of several dienes to tetracyanoethylene, J. Phys. Chem., 1972, 76, 106-109. [all data]

Lotfi and Roberts, 1979
Lotfi, M.; Roberts, R.M.G., Kinetics and mechanism of Diels-Alder additions of tetracyanoethylene to anthracene derivatives - I. Substituent effects, Tetrahedron, 1979, 35, 2131-2136. [all data]

Rogers, 1971
Rogers, F.E., Thermochemistry of the Diels-Alder reaction. I. Enthalpy of addition of isoprene to tetracyanoethylene, J. Phys. Chem., 1971, 75, 1734-1737. [all data]

Solomonov, Antipin, et al., 1979
Solomonov, B.N.; Antipin, I.S.; Konovalov, A.I.; Novikov, V.B., Solvation effects in the retro[2 + 2]cycloaddition reaction, Zh. Org. Khim., 1979, 15, 2466-24. [all data]

Khuseynov, Fontana, et al., 2012
Khuseynov, D.; Fontana, M.T.; Sanov, A., Photoelectron spectroscopy and photochemistry of tetracyanoethylene radical anion in the gas phase, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2012, 550, 15-18, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2012.08.035 . [all data]

Chowdhury and Kebarle, 1986
Chowdhury, S.; Kebarle, P., Electron affinities of di- and tetracyanoethylene and cyanobenzenes based on measurements of gas-phase electron transfer equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 5453. [all data]

Lyons and Palmer, 1976
Lyons, L.E.; Palmer, L.D., The electron affinity of tetracyanoethylene and other organic electron acceptors, Aust. J. Chem., 1976, 29, 1919. [all data]

Lyons and Palmer, 1975
Lyons, L.E.; Palmer, L.D., A Surface ionization source and quadrupole mass filter for photodetachment studies, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1975, 16, 431. [all data]

Lyons and Palmer, 1973
Lyons, L.E.; Palmer, L.D., Photodetachment of electrons from tetracyanoethylene nNegative ions, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1973, 21, 442. [all data]

Farragher and Page, 1967
Farragher, A.L.; Page, F.M., Experimental Determination of Electron Affinities. Part 11. - Electron Capture by Some Cyanocarbons and Related Compounds, Trans. Farad. Soc., 1967, 63, 2369, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9676302369 . [all data]

Knowles and Nicholson, 1974
Knowles, D.J.; Nicholson, A.J.C., Ionization energies of formic and acetic acid monomers, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 60, 1180. [all data]

Kotov and Potapov, 1972
Kotov, B.V.; Potapov, V.K., Ionization potentials of strong organic electron acceptors, Khim. Vys. Energ., 1972, 6, 375. [all data]

Houk and Munchausen, 1976
Houk, K.N.; Munchausen, L.L., Ionization potentials, electron affinities, reactivities of cyanoalkenes related electron-deficient alkenes. A frontier molecular orbital treatment of cyanoalkene reactivities in cycloaddition, electrophilic, nucleophilic, and radical reactions., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1976, 98, 937. [all data]


Notes

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