Xanthine
- Formula: C5H4N4O2
- Molecular weight: 152.1109
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LRFVTYWOQMYALW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 69-89-6
- Chemical structure:
This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file - Other names: 1H-Purine-2,6-dione, 3,7-dihydro-; Isoxanthine; Pseudoxanthine; Purine-2,6(1H,3H)-dione; Xan; Xanthic oxide; Xanthin; 1H-Purine-2,6-diol; 2,6-Dioxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropurine; 2,6-Dioxopurine; 9H-Purine-2,6(1H,3H)-dione; 3,7-Dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione; 2,6-Dihydroxypurine; Purine-2,6-diol; 9H-Purine-2,6-diol; 2,6(1,3)-Purinedion; USAF CB-17; NSC 14664; purine-2(3H),6(1H)-dione
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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
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
Ionization energy determinations
IE (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
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8.55 | PE | Dougherty, Younathan, et al., 1978 | LLK |
9.3 ± 0.2 | EI | Lifschitz, Bergmann, et al., 1967 | RDSH |
8.89 ± 0.03 | PE | Hush and Cheung, 1975 | Vertical value; LLK |
References
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Dougherty, Younathan, et al., 1978
Dougherty, D.; Younathan, E.S.; Voll, R.; Abdulnur, S.; McGlynn, S.P.,
Photoelectron spectroscopy of some biological molecules,
J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1978, 13, 379. [all data]
Lifschitz, Bergmann, et al., 1967
Lifschitz, C.; Bergmann, E.D.; Pullman, B.,
The ionization potentials of biological purines and pyrimidines,
Tetrahedron Lett., 1967, 4583. [all data]
Hush and Cheung, 1975
Hush, N.S.; Cheung, A.S.,
Ionization potentials and donor properties of nucleic acid bases and related compounds,
Chem. Phys. Lett., 1975, 34, 11. [all data]
Notes
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