Trifluoroacetic acid

• Formula: C₂HF₃O₂
• Molecular weight: 114.0233
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2HF3O2/c3-2(4,5)1(6)7/h(H,6,7) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DTQVDTLACAAQTR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 76-05-1
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• Other names: Acetic acid, trifluoro-; Perfluoroacetic acid; Trifluoroethanoic acid; CF3COOH; Kyselina trifluoroctova; Trifluoracetic acid; UN 2699; Acetic acid, 2,2,2-trifluoro-; NSC 77366
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Data compiled by: Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Clustering reactions

C₂H₂F₃O₂⁺ +  = (C₂H₂F₃O₂⁺ • )

By formula: C₂H₂F₃O₂⁺ + C₂HF₃O₂ = (C₂H₂F₃O₂⁺ • C₂HF₃O₂)

Bond type: Hydrogen bonds of the type OH-O between organics

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Larson and McMahon, 1982
Larson, J.W.; McMahon, T.B., Formation, Thermochemistry, and Relative Stabilities of Proton - Bound dimers of Oxygen n - Donor Bases from Ion Cyclotron Resonance Solvent - Exchange Equilibria Measurements, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1982, 104, 23, 6255, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00387a016 . [all data]

Cunningham, Payzant, et al., 1972
Cunningham, A.J.; Payzant, J.D.; Kebarle, P., A Kinetic Study of the Proton Hydrate H+(H2O)n Equilibria in the Gas Phase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1972, 94, 22, 7627, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00777a003 . [all data]

Lias, Liebman, et al., 1984
Lias, S.G.; Liebman, J.F.; Levin, R.D., Evaluated gas phase basicities and proton affinities of molecules heats of formation of protonated molecules, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1984, 13, 695. [all data]

Keesee and Castleman, 1986
Keesee, R.G.; Castleman, A.W., Jr., Thermochemical data on Ggs-phase ion-molecule association and clustering reactions, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1986, 15, 1011. [all data]

Zenkevich, 2005
Zenkevich, I.G., Experimentally measured retention indices., 2005. [all data]

Zenkevich and Rodin, 2002
Zenkevich, I.G.; Rodin, A.A., Gas Chromatographic One-Step Determination of Number of Hydroxyl Groups in Polyphenols with Mixed Derivatization Reagents, Zh. Anal. Khim. (Rus.), 2002, 57, 7, 732-736. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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