Oxalyl chloride
- Formula: C2Cl2O2
- Molecular weight: 126.926
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CTSLXHKWHWQRSH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 79-37-8
- Chemical structure:
This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file - Other names: Ethanedioyl dichloride; Ethanedioyl chloride; Oxalic acid dichloride; Oxalic dichloride; Oxaloyl chloride; Oxalyl dichloride; (COCl)2
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data
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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔfH°liquid | -367.6 ± 4.7 | kJ/mol | Ccr | Walker and Prophet, 1967 | Reanalyzed by Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986, Original value = -358. ± 2. kJ/mol |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔcH°liquid | -417. ± 2. | kJ/mol | Ccr | Walker and Prophet, 1967 |
Phase change data
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔvapH° | 32. ± 4. | kJ/mol | E | Walker and Prophet, 1967 | ALS |
Reduced pressure boiling point
Tboil (K) | Pressure (bar) | Reference | Comment |
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336.7 | 1.02 | Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990 | BS |
Gas phase ion energetics data
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
Ionization energy determinations
IE (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
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10.91 ± 0.05 | PE | Frost, McDowell, et al., 1977 | LLK |
11.33 | PE | Kimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981 | Vertical value; LLK |
11.26 | PE | Meeks and McGlynn, 1975 | Vertical value; LLK |
Appearance energy determinations
Ion | AE (eV) | Other Products | Method | Reference | Comment |
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C2O2+ | 15.7 ± 0.1 | Cl2 | EI | Chen and Holmes, 1994 | LL |
Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director
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References
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Walker and Prophet, 1967
Walker, L.C.; Prophet, H.,
Enthalpy of formation of oxalyl chloride and the COCl radical,
Trans. Faraday Soc., 1967, 63, 879-882. [all data]
Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986
Pedley, J.B.; Naylor, R.D.; Kirby, S.P.,
Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1986, 1-792. [all data]
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc.,
Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]
Frost, McDowell, et al., 1977
Frost, D.C.; McDowell, C.A.; Pouzard, G.; Westwood, N.P.C.,
The photoelectron spectra of the oxalyl halides (COX)2,[X = F, Cl and Br],
J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1977, 10, 273. [all data]
Kimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981
Kimura, K.; Katsumata, S.; Achiba, Y.; Yamazaki, T.; Iwata, S.,
Ionization energies, Ab initio assignments, and valence electronic structure for 200 molecules
in Handbook of HeI Photoelectron Spectra of Fundamental Organic Compounds, Japan Scientific Soc. Press, Tokyo, 1981. [all data]
Meeks and McGlynn, 1975
Meeks, J.L.; McGlynn, S.P.,
Photoelectron spectra of carbonyls. Oxalyl chloride, ethyl oxalyl chloride, ethyl oxamate and N,N-dimethyl ethyl oxamate,
Spectrosc. Lett., 1975, 8, 439. [all data]
Chen and Holmes, 1994
Chen, H.; Holmes, J.L.,
The generation of OC2O+ and OC2O and a study of ionized OC3O and C2O by tandem mass spectrometry,
Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1994, 133, 111. [all data]
Notes
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- Symbols used in this document:
AE Appearance energy Tboil Boiling point ΔcH°liquid Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions ΔfH°liquid Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions ΔvapH° Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions - Data from NIST Standard Reference Database 69: NIST Chemistry WebBook
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