Methane, tribromo-

• Formula: CHBr₃
• Molecular weight: 252.731
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CHBr3/c2-1(3)4/h1H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DIKBFYAXUHHXCS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-25-2
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• Isotopologues:
  • Methane-d tribromo-
• Other names: Bromoform; Methenyl tribromide; Tribromomethane; CHBr3; Bromoforme; Bromoformio; NCI-C55130; Tribrommethaan; Tribrommethan; Tribromometan; Rcra waste number U225; UN 2515; NSC 8019
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  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

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

By formula: C₈H₆MoO₃ (solution) + CBr₄ (solution) = C₈H₅BrMoO₃ (solution) + CHBr₃ (solution)

CBr₃^- +  =

By formula: CBr₃^- + H⁺ = CHBr₃

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₂HBr₃O + HNaO = CHNaO₂ + CHBr₃

 +  =  + 

By formula: CHBr₃ + Br₂ = HBr + CBr₄

C₁₀H₁₂Mo (cr) + 2 (cr) = C₁₀H₁₀Br₂Mo (cr) + 2 (l)

By formula: C₁₀H₁₂Mo (cr) + 2CBr₄ (cr) = C₁₀H₁₀Br₂Mo (cr) + 2CHBr₃ (l)

C₁₀H₁₂W (cr) + 2 (cr) = C₁₀H₁₀Br₂W (cr) + 2 (l)

By formula: C₁₀H₁₂W (cr) + 2CBr₄ (cr) = C₁₀H₁₀Br₂W (cr) + 2CHBr₃ (l)

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Additional Data

References

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Papina, Kolesov, et al., 1982
Papina, T.S.; Kolesov, V.P.; Golovanova, Yu.G., The standard enthalpy of formation of bromoform, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1982, 56, 1666-1668. [all data]

Golovanova and Kolesov, 1984
Golovanova, Y.G.; Kolesov, V.P., Enthalpies of melting, melting temperatures, and cryoscopic constants of some haloorganic compounds, Vestn. Mosk. Univ., Ser. 2: Khim., 1984, 25, 244. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Laynez and Wadso, 1972
Laynez, J.; Wadso, I., Enthalpies of vaporization of organic compounds. IX. Some halogen substituted hydrocarbons and esters, Acta Chem. Scand., 1972, 26, 3148. [all data]

Laynez, Wadsö, et al., 1972
Laynez, José; Wadsö, Ingemar; Haug, Arne; Songstad, J.; Pilotti, Åke, Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds. IX. Some Halogen Substituted Hydrocarbons and Esters., Acta Chem. Scand., 1972, 26, 3148-3152, https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.26-3148 . [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]

Kireev and Sitnikov, 1941
Kireev, V.A.; Sitnikov, I.P., Russ. J. Appl. Chem., 1941, 14, 483. [all data]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

Simnikov, 1941
Simnikov, I.P., Increase of Enthalpy During Formation of Azeotropic Mixtures, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1941, 14, 483-492. [all data]

Golovanova and Kolesov, 1984, 2
Golovanova, Yu.G.; Kolesov, V.P., Enthalpies of melting, melting temperatures, and cryoscopic constants of some haloorganic compounds, Vestn. Mosk Univ., Ser. 2: Khim., 1984, 25(3), 244-248. [all data]

Kafarov, Dorokhov, et al., 1987
Kafarov, V.V.; Dorokhov, I.N.; Vetokhin, V.N.; Volkov, L.P., Dokl. Phys. Chem., 1987, 298, 77. [all data]

Nolan, López de la Vega, et al., 1986
Nolan, S.P.; López de la Vega, R.; Hoff, C.D., J. Organometal. Chem., 1986, 315, 187. [all data]

Nolan, López de la Vega, et al., 1986, 2
Nolan, S.P.; López de la Vega, R.; Hoff, C.D., Organometallics, 1986, 5, 2529. [all data]

Born, Ingemann, et al., 2000
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]

Pritchard and Skinner, 1950
Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., The heats of hydrolysis of chloral and bromal, and the C-C bond dissociation energies in chloral and bromal, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 1928-1931. [all data]

King, Golden, et al., 1971
King, K.D.; Golden, D.M.; Benson, S.W., Kinetics and thermochemistry of the gas-phase bromination of bromoform. The C-H bond dissociation energy in CHBr₃ and the C-Br bond dissociation energy in CBr₄, J. Phys. Chem., 1971, 75, 987-989. [all data]

Calado, Dias, et al., 1980
Calado, J.C.G.; Dias, A.R.; Martinho Simões, J.A., J. Organometal. Chem., 1980, 195, 203. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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