Dinitrogen tetroxide

• Formula: N₂O₄
• Molecular weight: 92.0110
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/N2O4/c3-1(4)2(5)6 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WFPZPJSADLPSON-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 10544-72-6
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• Other names: dinitrogen tetraoxide
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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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

0.76 + 0.62 +  =  + 

By formula: 0.76NO₂ + 0.62N₂O₄ + CH₃NO₃ = N₂O₅ + CH₃NO₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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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

Ionization energy determinations

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

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Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 350; Jacox, 1998, page 321; Jacox, 2003, page 330; Smith and Hedberg, 1956

Notes

References

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Chase, 1998
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Ames and Turner, 1976
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Bibart and Ewing, 1974
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Melen, Carleer, et al., 1992
Melen, F.; Carleer, M.; Herman, M., Fourier transform jet spectrum of the ν9 band of N2O4, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1992, 199, 1-2, 124, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(92)80058-J . [all data]

Luckhaus and Quack, 1993
Luckhaus, D.; Quack, M., High resolution FTIR spectra of "NOX" (NO2, N2O4) in supersonic jet expansions and their rovibrational analysis, J. Mol. Struct., 1993, 293, 213, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2860(93)80052-W . [all data]

Domenech, Andrews, et al., 1994
Domenech, J.L.; Andrews, A.M.; Belov, S.P.; Fraser, G.T.; Lafferty, W.J., Infrared diode-laser spectra of the ν9 and ν11 N--O stretching bands of N2O4, J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 100, 10, 6993, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.466900 . [all data]

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Bandow, H.; Akimoto, H.; Akiyama, S.; Tezuka, T., Photolysis of asym-N2O4 (ONONO2) isolated in an argon matrix at 11 K, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1984, 111, 4-5, 496, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(84)85547-5 . [all data]

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Luckhaus and Quack, 1992
Luckhaus, D.; Quack, M., High-resolution FTIR spectra of NO2 and N2O4 in supersonic jet expansions and their rovibrational analysis, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1992, 199, 3-4, 293, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(92)80121-Q . [all data]

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Jacox, 1998
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Jacox, 2003
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Smith and Hedberg, 1956
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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