Trichloromethane

• Formula: CHCl₃
• Molecular weight: 119.378
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CHCl3/c2-1(3)4/h1H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HEDRZPFGACZZDS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 67-66-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • Chloroform, deutero-
  • Chloroform, deutero-
  • Methane-d, trichloro-
• Other names: Chloroform; Freon 20; Methane, trichloro-; R 20; Trichloroform; CHCl3; Formyl trichloride; Methane trichloride; Methenyl trichloride; Methyl trichloride; Chloroforme; Cloroformio; NCI-C02686; R 20 (refrigerant); Trichloormethaan; Trichlormethan; Triclorometano; Rcra waste number U044; UN 1888; NSC 77361; F 20
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cl^- + CHCl₃ = (Cl^- • CHCl₃)

CCl₃^- +  =

By formula: CCl₃^- + H⁺ = CHCl₃

CN^- +  = (CN^- • )

By formula: CN^- + CHCl₃ = (CN^- • CHCl₃)

C₈H₆MoO₃ (solution) +  (solution) =  (solution) +  (solution)

By formula: C₈H₆MoO₃ (solution) + CCl₄ (solution) = C₈H₅ClMoO₃ (solution) + CHCl₃ (solution)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Br^- + CHCl₃ = (Br^- • CHCl₃)

CHCl₄^- + 2 = C₂H₂Cl₇^-

By formula: CHCl₄^- + 2CHCl₃ = C₂H₂Cl₇^-

C₂H₂Cl₇^- + 3 = C₃H₃Cl₁₀^-

By formula: C₂H₂Cl₇^- + 3CHCl₃ = C₃H₃Cl₁₀^-

C₄H₉⁺ +  = (C₄H₉⁺ • )

By formula: C₄H₉⁺ + CHCl₃ = (C₄H₉⁺ • CHCl₃)

 +  =  + 

By formula: HNaO + C₂HCl₃O = CHNaO₂ + CHCl₃

 +  =  + 

By formula: CHCl₃ + Cl₂ = CCl₄ + HCl

 +  = ( • )

By formula: I^- + CHCl₃ = (I^- • CHCl₃)

 +  =  + 

By formula: CHCl₃ + Br₂ = HBr + CBrCl₃

2 =  + 

By formula: 2CHCl₂F = CHCl₃ + CHClF₂

C₁₀H₁₂Mo (cr) + 2 (l) = C₁₀H₁₀Cl₂Mo (cr) + 2 (l)

By formula: C₁₀H₁₂Mo (cr) + 2CCl₄ (l) = C₁₀H₁₀Cl₂Mo (cr) + 2CHCl₃ (l)

C₁₀H₁₂W (cr) + 2 (l) = C₁₀H₁₀Cl₂W (cr) + 2 (l)

By formula: C₁₀H₁₂W (cr) + 2CCl₄ (l) = C₁₀H₁₀Cl₂W (cr) + 2CHCl₃ (l)

 +  =  + 

By formula: HBr + CBrCl₃ = CHCl₃ + Br₂

References

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Yamdagni and Kebarle, 1971
Yamdagni, R.; Kebarle, P., Hydrogen bonding energies to negative ions from gas phase measurements of ionic equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1971, 93, 7139. [all data]

Hiraoka, Mizuno, et al., 2001
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Giles and Grimsrud, 1993
Giles, K.; Grimsrud, E.P., Measurements of Equilibria and Reactivity of Cluster Ions at Atmospheric Pressure - Reactions of Cl-(CHCl3)0-2 with CH3Br and CH3I, J. Phys. Chem., 1993, 97, 7, 1318, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100109a012 . [all data]

Larson and McMahon, 1984
Larson, J.W.; McMahon, T.B., Hydrogen bonding in gas phase anions. An experimental investigation of the interaction between chloride ion and bronsted acids from ICR chloride exchange equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 517. [all data]

Dougherty, Dalton, et al., 1974
Dougherty, R.C.; Dalton, J.; Roberts, J.D., SN₂ reactions in the gas phase: Structure of the transition state, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1974, 8, 77. [all data]

Larson and McMahon, 1984, 2
Larson, J.W.; McMahon, T.B., Gas phase negative ion chemistry of alkylchloroformates, Can. J. Chem., 1984, 62, 675. [all data]

Paulino and Squires, 1991
Paulino, J.A.; Squires, R.R., Carbene Thermochemistry from Collision-Induced Dissociation Threshold Energy Measurements - The Heats of Formation of X1A1 CF2 and X1A1 CCl2, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 15, 5573, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00015a009 . [all data]

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Born, M.; Ingemann, S.; Nibbering, N.M.M., Thermochemical properties of halogen-substituted methanes, methyl radicals, and carbenes in the gas phase, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2000, 194, 2-3, 103-113, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-3806(99)00125-6 . [all data]

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Larson, J.W.; McMahon, T.B., Hydrogen bonding in gas phase anions. The energetics of interaction between cyanide ion and bronsted acids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 6230. [all data]

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Payzant, J.D.; Yamdagni, R.; Kebarle, P., Hydration of CN-, NO₂-, NO₃-, and HO- in the gas phase, Can. J. Chem., 1971, 49, 3308. [all data]

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Nolan, López de la Vega, et al., 1986, 2
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Sharma, Meza de Hojer, et al., 1985
Sharma, D.M.S.; Meza de Hojer, S.; Kebarle, P., Stabilities of halonium ions from a study of gas-phase equilibria R+ + XR' = (RXR')+, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1985, 107, 13, 3757, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00299a002 . [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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