Ethane, nitro-

• Formula: C₂H₅NO₂
• Molecular weight: 75.0666
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H5NO2/c1-2-3(4)5/h2H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: MCSAJNNLRCFZED-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 79-24-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Nitroethane; C2H5NO2; Nitroetan; UN 2842; NE; Nitroparaffin
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

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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C₂H₃NO₂^- +  = C₄H₈N₂O₄^-

By formula: C₂H₃NO₂^- + C₂H₅NO₂ = C₄H₈N₂O₄^-

C₂H₄NO₂^- +  = C₄H₉N₂O₄^-

By formula: C₂H₄NO₂^- + C₂H₅NO₂ = C₄H₉N₂O₄^-

C₂H₅N₂O₄^- + 2 = C₄H₁₀N₃O₆^-

By formula: C₂H₅N₂O₄^- + 2C₂H₅NO₂ = C₄H₁₀N₃O₆^-

C₂H₆NO₂⁺ +  = (C₂H₆NO₂⁺ • )

By formula: C₂H₆NO₂⁺ + C₂H₅NO₂ = (C₂H₆NO₂⁺ • C₂H₅NO₂)

C₄H₈N₂O₄^- + 2 = C₆H₁₃N₃O₆^-

By formula: C₄H₈N₂O₄^- + 2C₂H₅NO₂ = C₆H₁₃N₃O₆^-

C₄H₉N₂O₄^- + 2 = C₆H₁₄N₃O₆^-

By formula: C₄H₉N₂O₄^- + 2C₂H₅NO₂ = C₆H₁₄N₃O₆^-

C₄H₁₀N₂O₆^- + 2 = C₆H₁₅N₃O₈^-

By formula: C₄H₁₀N₂O₆^- + 2C₂H₅NO₂ = C₆H₁₅N₃O₈^-

C₄H₁₀N₃O₆^- + 3 = C₆H₁₅N₄O₈^-

By formula: C₄H₁₀N₃O₆^- + 3C₂H₅NO₂ = C₆H₁₅N₄O₈^-

C₆H₁₅N₃O₆^- + 3 = C₈H₂₀N₄O₈^-

By formula: C₆H₁₅N₃O₆^- + 3C₂H₅NO₂ = C₈H₂₀N₄O₈^-

C₆H₁₅N₃O₈^- + 3 = C₈H₂₀N₄O₁₀^-

By formula: C₆H₁₅N₃O₈^- + 3C₂H₅NO₂ = C₈H₂₀N₄O₁₀^-

C₆H₁₅N₄O₈^- + 4 = C₈H₂₀N₅O₁₀^-

By formula: C₆H₁₅N₄O₈^- + 4C₂H₅NO₂ = C₈H₂₀N₅O₁₀^-

C₈H₂₀N₄O₈^- + 4 = C₁₀H₂₅N₅O₁₀^-

By formula: C₈H₂₀N₄O₈^- + 4C₂H₅NO₂ = C₁₀H₂₅N₅O₁₀^-

C₈H₂₀N₄O₁₀^- + 4 = C₁₀H₂₅N₅O₁₂^-

By formula: C₈H₂₀N₄O₁₀^- + 4C₂H₅NO₂ = C₁₀H₂₅N₅O₁₂^-

 +  = C₂H₅N₂O₄^-

By formula: NO₂^- + C₂H₅NO₂ = C₂H₅N₂O₄^-

References

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Lebedeva and Ryadenko, 1973
Lebedeva, N.D.; Ryadenko, V.L.R., Enthalpies of formation of nitroalkanes, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1973, 47, 1382. [all data]

Cass, Fletcher, et al., 1958
Cass, R.C.; Fletcher, S.E.; Mortimer, C.T.; Quincey, P.G.; Springall, H.D., Heats of combustion and molecular structure. Part IV. Aliphatic nitroalkanes and nitric esters, J. Chem. Soc., 1958, 958-962. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Holcomb and Dorsey, 1949
Holcomb, D.E.; Dorsey, C.L., Jr., Thermodynamic properties of nitroparaffins, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 2788-2792. [all data]

Liu and Ziegler, 1966
Liu, K.F.; Ziegler, W.T., Heat capacity from 80° to 300°K., melting point and heat of fusion of nitroethane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1966, 11, 187-189. [all data]

Wincel, 2004
Wincel, H., Gas-phase clustering reactions of NO2-, C2H3NO2-, C2H4NO2-C2H5NO2- and C2H5NO4- with C2H5NO2, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2004, 232, 2, 185-194, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2004.01.003 . [all data]

Meot-Ner, Hunter, et al., 1979
Meot-Ner, (Mautner); Hunter, E.P.; Field, F.H., Ion Thermochemistry of Low Volatility Compounds in the Gas Phase. I. Intrinsic Basicities of Alpha - Amino Acids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 3, 686, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00497a034 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  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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