Phosphorus trichloride

• Formula: Cl₃P
• Molecular weight: 137.333
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/Cl3P/c1-4(2)3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FAIAAWCVCHQXDN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7719-12-2
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: PCl3; Phosphorus chloride; Phosphorus(III) chloride; Phosphorous trichloride; Chloride of phosphorus; Fosforo(tricloruro di); Fosfortrichloride; Phosphore(trichlorure de); Phosphorous chloride; Phosphortrichlorid; Trojchlorek fosforu; UN 1809; Phosphorus chloride (pcl3); Phosphine, trichloro-; Phosphorus chloride (cl6p2); Trichlorophosphine
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Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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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

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

 +  = Cl₄P^-

By formula: Cl^- + Cl₃P = Cl₄P^-

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

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Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

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Clustering reactions

 +  = Cl₄P^-

By formula: Cl^- + Cl₃P = Cl₄P^-

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Takehiko Shimanouchi

Symmetry:   C_3ν     Symmetry Number σ = 3

Source: Shimanouchi, 1972

Notes

References

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Chase, 1998
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Ruede, R.; Troxler, H.; Beglinger, C.; Jungen, M., The dissociation energies of the positive ions NH₃⁺, NF₃⁺, PH₃⁺, PF₃⁺ and PCl₃⁺, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1993, 203, 477. [all data]

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Daamen, H.; Boxhoorn, G.; Oskam, A., U. V. photoelectron (He I and He II) studies of M(CO)₅PX₃ (M=Cr, Mo, W and X=F, Cl, Br), Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1978, 28, 263. [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Vc	Critical volume
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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