Benzoyl chloride

• Formula: C₇H₅ClO
• Molecular weight: 140.567
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H5ClO/c8-7(9)6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PASDCCFISLVPSO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 98-88-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzaldehyde, α-chloro-; Benzenecarbonyl chloride; Benzoic acid, chloride; α-Chlorobenzaldehyde; UN 1736
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 +  =  + 

By formula: H₂O + C₇H₅ClO = C₇H₆O₂ + HCl

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₇H₉NO + C₇H₅ClO = C₁₄H₁₃NO₂ + HCl

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₇H₉N + C₇H₅ClO = C₁₄H₁₃NO + HCl

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₆H₇N + C₇H₅ClO = HCl + C₁₃H₁₁NO

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:
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

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Carson, Pritchard, et al., 1950
Carson, A.S.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., The heats of hydrolysis of the benzoyl halides, J. Chem. Soc., 1950, 656-659. [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]

Moselhy and Pritchard, 1975
Moselhy, G.M.; Pritchard, H.O., The thermochemistry of the chloro-benzoyl chlorides, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1975, 7, 977-982. [all data]

Davies, Dunning, et al., 1972
Davies, J.V.; Dunning, B.K.; Pritchard, H.O., The enthalpy of formation of benzoyl chloride, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1972, 4, 731-737. [all data]

Kiselev, Khuzyasheva, et al., 1979
Kiselev, V.D.; Khuzyasheva, d.G.; Konovalov, A.I., Thermochemical study of the acylation of para-substituted anilines, J. Gen. Chem. USSR, 1979, 49, 2273-2276. [all data]

Gan, Livett, et al., 1984
Gan, T.H.; Livett, M.K.; Peel, J.B., Comparative He I and He II photoelectron spectroscopic studies of the benzoyl halides, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1984, 80, 1281. [all data]

Meeks, Wahlborg, et al., 1981
Meeks, J.; Wahlborg, A.; McGlynn, S.P., Photoelectron spectroscopy of carbonyls: Benzoic acid and its derivatives, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1981, 22, 43. [all data]

McLoughlin and Traeger, 1979
McLoughlin, R.G.; Traeger, J.C., A photoionization study of some benzoyl compounds - thermochemistry of [C₇H₅O]⁺ formation, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1979, 14, 434. [all data]

Elder, Beynon, et al., 1976
Elder, J.F.; Beynon, J.H.; Cooks, R.G., The benzoyl ion. Thermochemistry and kinetic energy release, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1976, 11, 415. [all data]

Benoit, 1973
Benoit, F., The benzoyl cation: The participation of isolated electronic excited states in the dissociation of molecular ions of the form [C₆H₅COX]⁺, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1973, 7, 1407. [all data]

Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1964
Foffani, A.; Pignataro, S.; Cantone, B.; Grasso, F., Ionization potentials and substituent effects for aromatic carbonyl compounds, Z. Physik. Chem. (Frankfurt), 1964, 42, 221. [all data]

Gofman, Yarzhemsky, et al., 1980
Gofman, M.M.; Yarzhemsky, V.G.; Nefedov, V.I., Relative intensities in the He(I) and He(II) photoelectron spectra of benzoyl chloride, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1980, 21, 171. [all data]

Majer and Patrick, 1963
Majer, J.R.; Patrick, C.R., Appearance potentials of the benzoyl radical-ion, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1963, 59, 1274. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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