Methane, iodo-

• Formula: CH₃I
• Molecular weight: 141.9390
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH3I/c1-2/h1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: INQOMBQAUSQDDS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 74-88-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • iodo(2H3)methane
• Other names: Iodomethane; Methyl iodide; CH3I; Halon 10001; Iodometano; Iodure de methyle; Jod-methan; Joodmethaan; Methyljodid; Methyljodide; Metylu jodek; Monoioduro di metile; Rcra waste number U138; UN 2644; Methyl iodine; Monoiodomethane; NSC 9366
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Ion clustering data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Clustering reactions

CH₃I₂^- + 2 = C₂H₆I₃^-

By formula: CH₃I₂^- + 2CH₃I = C₂H₆I₃^-

C₆H₇N⁺ +  = (C₆H₇N⁺ • )

By formula: C₆H₇N⁺ + CH₃I = (C₆H₇N⁺ • CH₃I)

Free energy of reaction

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cl^- + CH₃I = (Cl^- • CH₃I)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: I^- + CH₃I = (I^- • CH₃I)

References

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Timmermans, 1952
Timmermans, J., Freezing points of organic compounds. VVI New determinations., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1952, 61, 393. [all data]

Timmermans, 1911
Timmermans, J., Researches on the freezing point of organic liquid compounds, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1911, 25, 300. [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]

Wren and Vikis, 1982
Wren, D.J.; Vikis, A.C., Vapour pressure of CH3I in the temperature range 176 to 227 K, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1982, 14, 5, 435-437, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(82)90135-5 . [all data]

Boublík and Aim, 1972
Boublík, T.; Aim, K., Heats of vaporization of simple non-spherical molecule compounds, Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun., 1972, 37, 11, 3513-3521, https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19723513 . [all data]

Kudchadker, Kudchadker, et al., 1979
Kudchadker, A.P.; Kudchadker, S.A.; Shukla, R.P.; Patnaik, P.R., Vapor pressures and boiling points of selected halomethanes, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1979, 8, 2, 499, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555600 . [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Ewert, 1936
Ewert, M., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1936, 45, 493. [all data]

Thompson and Linnett, 1936
Thompson, H.W.; Linnett, J.W., The vapour pressures and association of some metallic and non-metallic alkyls, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1936, 32, 681-685. [all data]

Hiraoka, Fujita, et al., 1905
Hiraoka, K.; Fujita, K.; Ishida, M.; Ichikawa, T.; Okada, H.; Hiizumi, K.; Wada, A.; Takao, K.; Yamabe, S.; Tsuchida, N., Gas-phase Ion/Molecule Reactions in C5F8, J. Phys. Chem. A (2005), 1905, 109, 6, 1049-1056., https://doi.org/10.1021/jp040251k . [all data]

Meot-Ner (Mautner) and El-Shall, 1986
Meot-Ner (Mautner), M.; El-Shall, M.S., Ionic Charge Transfer Complexes. 1. Cationic Complexes with Delocalized and Partially Localized pi Systems, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 15, 4386, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00275a026 . [all data]

Dougherty and Roberts, 1974
Dougherty, R.C.; Roberts, J.D., SN₂ reactions in the gas phase. Nucleophilicity effects, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1974, 8, 81. [all data]

Van Duzor, Wei, et al., 2010
Van Duzor, M.; Wei, J.; Mbaiwa, F.; Mabbs, R., I-center dot CH3X (X=Cl, Br, I) photodetachment: The effect of electron-molecule interactions in cluster anion photodetachment spectra and angular distributions, J. Chem. Phys., 2010, 133, 14, 144303, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3487739 . [all data]

Arnold, Neumark, et al., 1995
Arnold, C.C.; Neumark, D.M.; Cyr, D.M.; Johnson, M.A., Negative ion zero electron kinetic energy spectroscopy of I-center dot CH3I, J. Phys. Chem., 1995, 99, 6, 1633, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100006a002 . [all data]

Cyr, Bishea, et al., 1992
Cyr, D.M.; Bishea, G.A.; Scarton, M.G.; Johnson, M.A., Observation of Charge-Transfer Excited States in the I-.CH3I, I-.CH3Br, and I-.CH2Br2 S(N)2 Reaction Intermediates Using Photofragmentation, J. Chem. Phys., 1992, 97, 8, 5911, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.463752 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  T	Temperature
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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