chlorine fluoride
- Formula: ClF
- Molecular weight: 54.451
- IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/ClF/c1-2
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: OMRRUNXAWXNVFW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 7790-89-8
- Chemical structure:
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- Other names: Chlorine monofluoride
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Gas phase ion energetics data
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias
Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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
View reactions leading to ClF+ (ion structure unspecified)
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE (evaluated) | 12.66 ± 0.01 | eV | N/A | N/A | L |
Electron affinity determinations
| EA (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| >1.50 ± 0.20 | EIAE | Illenberger, Baumgartel, et al., 1979 | From CFCl3; B |
| >1.50 ± 0.40 | EIAE | Thynne, 1972 | From SF5Cl; B |
| 2.86 ± 0.20 | EIAE | Dudin, Gorokhov, et al., 1979 | From ClF3; B |
| 1.50 ± 0.30 | NBIE | Dispert and Lacmann, 1978 | From CF2Cl2; G3MP2B3 calculations indicate an EA of ca. 2.1 eV; B |
Ionization energy determinations
| IE (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.74 ± 0.01 | PE | DeKock, Higginson, et al., 1972 | LLK |
| 12.66 ± 0.01 | PE | DeKock, Higginson, et al., 1972 | LLK |
| 12.74 ± 0.01 | PE | Anderson, Mamantov, et al., 1971 | LLK |
| 12.66 ± 0.01 | PE | Anderson, Mamantov, et al., 1971 | LLK |
| 12.65 ± 0.01 | PI | Dibeler, Walker, et al., 1970 | RDSH |
| 12.7 ± 0.3 | EI | Irsa and Friedman, 1958 | RDSH |
| 12.77 | PE | Dyke, Josland, et al., 1984 | Vertical value; LBLHLM |
Appearance energy determinations
| Ion | AE (eV) | Other Products | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cl+ | 12.04 | F- | PI | Dibeler, Walker, et al., 1970 | RDSH |
| Cl+ | 15.50 ± 0.04 | F | PI | Dibeler, Walker, et al., 1970 | RDSH |
References
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Illenberger, Baumgartel, et al., 1979
Illenberger, T.; Baumgartel, H.; Scheunemann, H.,
Negative Ion Formation in CF2Cl2, CF3Cl, and CFCl3 Following Low Energy (0-10eV) Impact with Near Monoenergetic Electrons,
Chem. Phys., 1979, 37, 1, 21, https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-0104(79)80003-8
. [all data]
Thynne, 1972
Thynne, J.C.J.,
Negative Ion Studies with a Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer.,
Dyn. Mass Spectrom., 1972, 3, 67. [all data]
Dudin, Gorokhov, et al., 1979
Dudin, A.V.; Gorokhov, L.N.; Baluev, A.V.,
A Study of the Electron Impact Ionization of Chlorine Trifluoride and Its Decomposition Products by Mass Spectrometry, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSR Ser. Khim. 2408, 1979. [all data]
Dispert and Lacmann, 1978
Dispert, H.; Lacmann, K.,
Negative ion formation in collisions between potassium and fluoro- and chloromethanes: Electron affinities and bond dissociation energies,
Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1978, 28, 49. [all data]
DeKock, Higginson, et al., 1972
DeKock, R.L.; Higginson, B.R.; Lloyd, D.R.; Breeze, A.; Cruickshank, D.W.J.; Armstrong, D.R.,
Photoelectron spectra of halides. V. Experimental theoretical study of the electronic structures of ClF, ClF3, BrF and BrF3,
Mol. Phys., 1972, 24, 1059. [all data]
Anderson, Mamantov, et al., 1971
Anderson, C.P.; Mamantov, G.; Bull, W.E.; Grimm, F.A.; Carver, J.C.; Carlson, T.A.,
Photoelectron spectrum of chlorine monofluoride,
Chem. Phys. Lett., 1971, 12, 137. [all data]
Dibeler, Walker, et al., 1970
Dibeler, V.H.; Walker, J.A.; McCulloh, K.E.,
Photoionization study of chlorine monofluoride and the dissociation energy of fluorine,
J. Chem. Phys., 1970, 53, 4414. [all data]
Irsa and Friedman, 1958
Irsa, A.P.; Friedman, L.,
Mass spectra of halogen fluorides,
J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem., 1958, 6, 77. [all data]
Dyke, Josland, et al., 1984
Dyke, J.M.; Josland, G.D.; Snijders, J.G.; Boerrigter, P.M.,
Ionization energies of the diatomic halogens and interhalogens studied with relativistic hartree-fock-slater calculations,
Chem. Phys., 1984, 91, 419. [all data]
Notes
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- Symbols used in this document:
AE Appearance energy EA Electron affinity IE (evaluated) Recommended ionization energy - Data from NIST Standard Reference Database 69: NIST Chemistry WebBook
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