1,2-Ethanediol

• Formula: C₂H₆O₂
• Molecular weight: 62.0678
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H6O2/c3-1-2-4/h3-4H,1-2H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LYCAIKOWRPUZTN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 107-21-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • Pluronic f-68
• Other names: Ethylene glycol; Ethylene alcohol; Glycol; Glycol alcohol; Lutrol 9; Macrogol 400 BPC; Monoethylene glycol; Ramp; Tescol; 1,2-Dihydroxyethane; 2-Hydroxyethanol; HOCH2CH2OH; Aethylenglykol; Ethane-1,2-diol; Fridex; MEG 100; 1,2-Ethandiol; Ucar 17; Dowtherm SR 1; Norkool; Zerex; Ilexan E; 1,2-Ethylene glycol; 146AR; Ethylene dihydrate; NSC 93876; Union Carbide XL 54 Type I De-icing Fluid; Dihydroxyethane; Ethanediol; Ethylene gycol; Glygen; Athylenglykol; M.e.g.; Aliphatic diol
• Information on this page:
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  • References
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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:
B - John E. Bartmess
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

View reactions leading to C₂H₆O₂⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₂H₅O₂^- +  =

By formula: C₂H₅O₂^- + H⁺ = C₂H₆O₂

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.

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]

Holmes and Lossing, 1982
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P., Towards a general scheme for estimating the heats of formation of organic ions in the gas phase. Part II. The effect of substitution at charge-bearing sites, Can. J. Chem., 1982, 60, 2365. [all data]

Ohno, Imai, et al., 1985
Ohno, K.; Imai, K.; Harada, Y., Variations in reactivity of lone-pair electrons due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding as observed by penning ionization electron spectroscopy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1985, 107, 8078. [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]

Von Niessen, Bieri, et al., 1980
Von Niessen, W.; Bieri, G.; Asbrink, L., 30.4 nm He(II) photoelectron spectra of organic molecules. Part III. Oxo-compounds (C,H,O), J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1980, 21, 175. [all data]

Holmes and Lossing, 1984
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P., Heats of formation of organic radicals from appearance energies, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1984, 58, 113. [all data]

Holmes, Lossing, et al., 1983
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P.; Terlouw, J.K.; Burgers, P.C., Novel gas-phase ions. The radical cations [CH₂XH]⁺. (X = F, Cl, Br, I, OH, NH², SH) and [CH₂CH₂NH₃]⁺., Can. J. Chem., 1983, 61, 2305. [all data]

Holmes, Lossing, et al., 1982
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P.; Terlouw, J.K.; Burgers, P.C., The radical cation [CH₂OH₂]⁺ and related stable gas phase ion-dipole complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1982, 104, 2931. [all data]

Burgers, Holmes, et al., 1987
Burgers, P.C.; Holmes, J.L.; Hop, C.E.C.A.; Postma, R.; Ruttink, P.J.A.; Terlouw, J.K., The isomeric [C₂H₆O₂]⁺ hydrogen-bridged radical cations [CH₂-O(H)...H...O=CH₂]⁺, [CH₃-O...H...O=CH₂]⁺, and [CH₃-O(H)...H...O=CH]⁺: Theory and experiment, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 7315. [all data]

Crowder and Bartmess, 1993
Crowder, C.; Bartmess, J., The Gas Phase Acidities of Diols, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 1993, 4, 9, 723, https://doi.org/10.1016/1044-0305(93)80051-Y . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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