Peroxide, dimethyl

• Formula: C₂H₆O₂
• Molecular weight: 62.0678
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H6O2/c1-3-4-2/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SRXOCFMDUSFFAK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 690-02-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Methyl peroxide; Dimethyl peroxide; (CH3O)2
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

View reactions leading to C₂H₆O₂⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Proton affinity at 298K

Ionization energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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References

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Baker, Littlefair, et al., 1965
Baker, G.; Littlefair, J.H.; Shaw, R.; Thynne, J.C.J., 1286. The heats of formation of dimethyl, diethyl, and di-t-butyl peroxide, J. Chem. Soc., 1965, 6970-6972. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1997
Dorofeeva O.V., Unpublished results. Thermocenter of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 1997. [all data]

Bernardi, Cacace, et al., 1998
Bernardi, F.; Cacace, F.; de Petris, G.; Pepi, F.; Rossi, I., Gaseous [N2O5]H+, [N2O4]H+, and related species from the addition of NO2+ and NO+ ions to nitric acid and its derivatives, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1998, 102, 1987. [all data]

Kimura and Osafune, 1975
Kimura, K.; Osafune, K., Photoelectron spectroscopic study of skew compounds. III. N,N'-dimethylhydrazine, dimethyl peroxide, and dimethyl disulfide, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1975, 48, 2421. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  ΔcH°gas	Enthalpy of combustion of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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