Methane

• Formula: CH₄
• Molecular weight: 16.0425
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH4/h1H4 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 74-82-8
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• Other names: Marsh gas; Methyl hydride; CH4; Fire Damp; R 50; Biogas; R 50 (refrigerant)
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
RCD - Robert C. Dunbar

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Reactions 101 to 112

C₁₁H₁₃ClTi (cr) + ( • 4.40) (solution) =  (cr) +  (g)

By formula: C₁₁H₁₃ClTi (cr) + (HCl • 4.40H₂O) (solution) = C₁₀H₁₀Cl₂Ti (cr) + CH₄ (g)

 + 2 = 2 + 

By formula: H₂ + 2CH₃Br = 2CH₄ + Br₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: H₂ + CH₃Br = HBr + CH₄

 +  =  + 

By formula: H₂ + CH₃Cl = CH₄ + HCl

 + 4 =  + 4

By formula: CF₄ + 4HF = CH₄ + 4F₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: CH₄ + Br₂ = HBr + CH₃Br

C₅H₁₅Ta (l) + 2.5 (l) = 0.5O₅Ta₂ (cr) + 5 (g)

By formula: C₅H₁₅Ta (l) + 2.5H₂O (l) = 0.5O₅Ta₂ (cr) + 5CH₄ (g)

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (Mg⁺ • CH₄) + CH₄ = (Mg⁺ • 2CH₄)

 +  = 2

By formula: CH₄ + CH₂I₂ = 2CH₃I

C₆H₄CrO₅ (g) = C₅CrO₅ (g) +  (g)

By formula: C₆H₄CrO₅ (g) = C₅CrO₅ (g) + CH₄ (g)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Mg⁺ + CH₄ = (Mg⁺ • CH₄)

 (g) =  (g) +  (g)

By formula: CH₃Li (g) = Li (g) + CH₄ (g)

References

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Calhorda, Dias, et al., 1987
Calhorda, M.J.; Dias, A.R.; Minas da Piedade M.E.; Salema, M.S.; Martinho Simões J.A., Organometallics, 1987, 6, 734. [all data]

Adams, Carson, et al., 1966
Adams, G.P.; Carson, A.S.; Laye, P.G., Thermochemistry of reductions caused by lithium aluminium hydride. Part 4.-Heat of formation of methyl bromide, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1966, 62, 1447-1449. [all data]

Fowell, Lacher, et al., 1965
Fowell, P.; Lacher, J.R.; Park, J.D., Reaction heats of organic compounds. Part 3.-Heats of hydrogenation of methyl bromide and ethyl bromide, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1965, 61, 1324-1327. [all data]

Lacher, Emery, et al., 1956
Lacher, J.R.; Emery, E.; Bohmfalk, E.; Park, J.D., Reaction heats of organic compounds. IV. A high temperature calorimeter and the hydrogenation of methyl ethyl and vinyl chlorides, J. Phys. Chem., 1956, 60, 492-495. [all data]

Jessup, McCoskey, et al., 1955
Jessup, R.S.; McCoskey, R.E.; Nelson, R.A., The heat of formation of tetrafluoromethane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1955, 77, 244-245. [all data]

Ferguson, Okafo, et al., 1973
Ferguson, K.C.; Okafo, E.N.; Whittle, E., Bond dissociation energies from equilibrium studies Part 4.-The equilibrium Br₂ + CH₄ = HBr + CH₃Br. Determination of D(CH₃-Br) and ΔH_f°(CH₃Br,g), J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 1, 1973, 69, 295-301. [all data]

Adedeji, Connor J.A., et al., 1976
Adedeji, F.A.; Connor J.A.; Skinner, H.A.; Galyer, L.; Wilkinson, G., J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1976, 159.. [all data]

Andersen, Muntean, et al., 2000
Andersen, A.; Muntean, F.; Walter, D.; Rue, C.; Armentrout, P.B., Collision-Induced Dissociation and Theoretical Studies of Mg+ Complexes with CO, CO2, NH3, CH4, CH3OH, and C6H6, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2000, 104, 4, 692, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp993031t . [all data]

Furuyama, Golden, et al., 1968
Furuyama, S.; Golden, D.M.; Benson, S.W., The thermochemistry of the gas-phase equilibrium 2CH₃I = CH₄ + CH₂i₂. The heat of formation of CH₂I₂, J. Phys. Chem., 1968, 72, 4713-4715. [all data]

Wells, House, et al., 1994
Wells, J.R.; House, P.G.; Weitz, E., J. Phys. Chem., 1994, 98, 8343. [all data]

Smith and Patrick, 1983
Smith, G.P.; Patrick, R., Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 1983, 15, 167. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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