Thiophene, 3-methyl-

• Formula: C₅H₆S
• Molecular weight: 98.166
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H6S/c1-5-2-3-6-4-5/h2-4H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QENGPZGAWFQWCZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 616-44-4
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• Other names: 3-Methylthiophene; 3-Thiotolene; Methyl-3-thiophene; β-Methylthiophene
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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: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₅H₅S^- +  =

By formula: C₅H₅S^- + H⁺ = C₅H₆S

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
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

De-protonation reactions

C₅H₅S^- +  =

By formula: C₅H₅S^- + H⁺ = C₅H₆S

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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McCullough, Sunner, et al., 1953
McCullough, J.P.; Sunner, S.; Finke, H.L.; Hubbard, W.N.; Gross, M.E.; Pennington, R.E.; Messerly, J.F.; Good, W.D.; Waddington, G., The chemical thermodynamic properties of 3-methylthiophene from 0 to 1000°K, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 5075-50. [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]

DePuy, Kass, et al., 1988
DePuy, C.H.; Kass, S.R.; Bean, G.P., Formation and Reactions of Heteroaromatic Anions in the Gas Phase, J. Org. Chem., 1988, 53, 19, 4427, https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00254a001 . [all data]

Aloisi and Pignataro, 1973
Aloisi, G.G.; Pignataro, S., Molecular complexes of substituted thiophens with σ and π acceptors, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 1, 1973, 69, 534. [all data]

Baker, Betteridge, et al., 1970
Baker, A.D.; Betteridge, D.; Kemp, N.R.; Kirby, R.E., Application of photoelectron spectrometry to pesticide analysis. Photoelectron spectra of fivemembered heterocycles and related molecules, Anal. Chem., 1970, 42, 1064. [all data]

Colonna, Distefano, et al., 1979
Colonna, F.P.; Distefano, G.; Guerra, M.; Jones, D.; Modelli, A., Furyl- and thienyl-mercury derivatives studied by means of ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. Evidence for the participation in bonding of the vacant 6p π orbitals of mercury in bis-2-furyl-bis-2-thienylmercury, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1979, 2037. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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