Pyrrolidine

• Formula: C₄H₉N
• Molecular weight: 71.1210
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H9N/c1-2-4-5-3-1/h5H,1-4H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RWRDLPDLKQPQOW-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 123-75-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Azacyclopentane; Azolidine; Butylenimine; Prolamine; Pyrrole, tetrahydro-; Tetrahydropyrrole; Tetramethylenimine; Perhydropyrrole; UN 1922; NSC 62781; Pyrrolidine ring
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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 as indicated in comments:
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

(C₄H₁₀N⁺ • ) +  = (C₄H₁₀N⁺ • 2)

By formula: (C₄H₁₀N⁺ • C₄H₉N) + C₄H₉N = (C₄H₁₀N⁺ • 2C₄H₉N)

C₄H₁₀N⁺ +  = (C₄H₁₀N⁺ • )

By formula: C₄H₁₀N⁺ + C₄H₉N = (C₄H₁₀N⁺ • C₄H₉N)

3 +  = 3

By formula: 3H₂ + C₁₂H₂₁N₃ = 3C₄H₉N

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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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Hildenbrand, Sinke, et al., 1959
Hildenbrand, D.L.; Sinke, G.C.; McDonald, R.A.; Kramer, W.R.; Stull, D.R., Thermodynamic and spectroscopic study of pyrrolidine. I. Thermodynamic properties in the solid, liquid, and vapor states, J. Chem. Phys., 1959, 31, 650-654. [all data]

McCullough, Douslin, et al., 1959
McCullough, J.P.; Douslin, D.R.; Hubbard, W.N.; Todd, S.S.; Messerly, J.F.; Hossenlopp, I.A.; Frow, F.R.; Dawson, J.P.; Waddington, G., Pyrrolidine: Chemical thermodynamic properties between 0 and 1500°K; effect of pseudorotation; and an unusual thermal anomaly in the liquid state, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1959, 81, 5884-5890. [all data]

Hiraoka, Takimoto, et al., 1987
Hiraoka, K.; Takimoto, H.; Yamabe, S., Stabilities and Structures in Cluster Ions of Five-Membered Heterocyclic Compounds Containing O, N and S Atoms, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 24, 7346, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00258a018 . [all data]

Wiberg, Nakaji, et al., 1993
Wiberg, K.B.; Nakaji, D.Y.; Morgan, K.M., Heat of hydrogenation of a cis imine. An experimental and theoretical study, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1993, 115, 3527-3532. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Al-Joboury and Turner, 1964
Al-Joboury, M.I.; Turner, D.W., Molecular photoelectron spectroscopy. Part II. A summary of ionization potentials, J. Chem. Soc., 1964, 4434. [all data]

Gerson, Worley, et al., 1978
Gerson, S.H.; Worley, S.D.; Bodor, N.; Kaminski, J.J.; Flechtner, T.W., The photoelectron spectra of some heterocyclic compounds which contain N, O, Cl, and Br, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1978, 13, 421. [all data]

Aue, Webb, et al., 1976
Aue, D.H.; Webb, H.M.; Bowers, M.T., Quantitative proton affinities, ionization potentials, and hydrogen affinities of alkylamines, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1976, 98, 311. [all data]

Morishima, Yoshikawa, et al., 1975
Morishima, I.; Yoshikawa, K.; Hashimoto, M.; Bekki, K., Homoallylic interaction between the nitrogen lone pair and the nonadjacent π bond in cyclic and bicyclic amines. I. Photoelectron spectroscopic study, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1975, 97, 4283. [all data]

Colonna, Distefano, et al., 1975
Colonna, F.P.; Distefano, G.; Pignataro, S.; Pitacco, G.; Valentin, E., Ionization energies of some amines and enamines and an estimation of their relative basicity in gaseous phase, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1975, 71, 1572. [all data]

Yoshikawa, Hashimoto, et al., 1974
Yoshikawa, K.; Hashimoto, M.; Morishima, I., Photoelectron spectroscopic study of cyclic amines. The relation between ionization potentials, basicities, and s character of the nitrogen lone pair electrons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 288. [all data]

Gallegos and Kiser, 1962
Gallegos, E.J.; Kiser, R.W., Electron impact spectroscopy of the four- and five-membered, saturated heterocyclic compounds containing nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, J. Phys. Chem., 1962, 66, 136. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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