Methyl nitrite

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap5.40 ± 0.04kcal/molVGray and Pratt, 1958Measured by Baldrey, Lotzgesell and Style; ALS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
5.28258.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 218. to 273. K.; AC
6.26190.N/ARook, 1982Based on data from 154. to 225. K.; AC

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:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)190.9kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity183.2kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
10.44DERSchroder, Sulzle, et al., 1994LL
10.3PEOgden, Shaw, et al., 1983LBLHLM
10.38 ± 0.03PIPECOGilman, Hsieh, et al., 1983LBLHLM
10.38PIPECOGilman, Hsieh, et al., 1983, 2LBLHLM
10.38 ± 0.03PIMeisels, Hsieh, et al., 1980LLK
11.0PEBergmann and Bock, 1975LLK
10.475 ± 0.007PINicholson, 1970RDSH

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
CH3O+10.82 ± 0.05NOEIBurgers and Holmes, 1984LBLHLM
CH3O+11.0 ± 0.2NOEIBurgers and Holmes, 1984LBLHLM
CH3O+10.69 ± 0.03NOPIPECOGilman, Hsieh, et al., 1983LBLHLM
CH3O+10.69NOPIPECOGilman, Hsieh, et al., 1983, 2LBLHLM
CH3O+10.96NOEIHaney and Franklin, 1969RDSH
NO+10.83 ± 0.04CH3OPIPECOGilman, Hsieh, et al., 1983LBLHLM
NO+10.83CH3OPIPECOGilman, Hsieh, et al., 1983, 2LBLHLM
NO+10.83 ± 0.04CH3OPEMeisels, Hsieh, et al., 1980LLK
NO+10.917 ± 0.008CH3OPINicholson, 1970RDSH
NO+11.15CH3OEIHaney and Franklin, 1969RDSH
NO+11.07 ± 0.06CH3OEIMartin, Lampe, et al., 1966RDSH

Gas Chromatography

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Column type Active phase I Reference Comment
CapillaryOV-101268.Zenkevich, 200525. m/0.20 mm/0.10 μm, N2/He, 6. K/min; Tstart: 50. C; Tend: 250. C

References

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Gray and Pratt, 1958
Gray, P.; Pratt, M.W.T., 687. The thermodynamic functions of methyl nitrite and the potential barrier to free rotation., J. Chem. Soc., 1958, 3403-3412. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Rook, 1982
Rook, Frederick L., Preparation, vapor pressure, and infrared spectrum of methyl nitrite, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1982, 27, 1, 72-73, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00027a022 . [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]

Schroder, Sulzle, et al., 1994
Schroder, D.; Sulzle, D.; Dutuit, O.; Baer, T.; Schwarz, H., Further insight in the surprisingly complex unimolecular fragmentations of the methyl nitrite radical cation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 6395. [all data]

Ogden, Shaw, et al., 1983
Ogden, I.K.; Shaw, N.; Danby, C.J.; Powis, I., Competing dissociation channels of nitromethane and methyl nitrite ions and the role of electronic and internal modes of excitation, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1983, 54, 41. [all data]

Gilman, Hsieh, et al., 1983
Gilman, J.P.; Hsieh, T.; Meisels, G.G., The unimolecular decomposition rates of energy selected methylnitrite and deuterated methylnitrite ions, J. Chem. Phys., 1983, 78, 3767. [all data]

Gilman, Hsieh, et al., 1983, 2
Gilman, J.P.; Hsieh, T.; Meisels, G.G., Competition between isomerization and fragmentation of gaseous ions. II. Nitromethane and methylnitrite ions, J. Chem. Phys., 1983, 78, 1174. [all data]

Meisels, Hsieh, et al., 1980
Meisels, G.G.; Hsieh, T.; Gilman, J.P., Ion fragmentation from noninterconverting electronic states, J. Chem. Phys., 1980, 73, 4126. [all data]

Bergmann and Bock, 1975
Bergmann, H.; Bock, H., Photoelectron spectra molecular properties, XLVI nitroso compounds - electron-rich molecules, Z. Naturforsch. B:, 1975, 30, 629. [all data]

Nicholson, 1970
Nicholson, A.J.C., Determination of bond dissociation energies from photoionization efficiency curves in Recent Developments in Mass Spectrometroscopy, ed. K Ogata and T. Hayakawa, Univ. Park Press, Baltimore, MD, 1970, 745. [all data]

Burgers and Holmes, 1984
Burgers, P.C.; Holmes, J.L., The generation of triplet methoxy cations, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1984, 19, 452. [all data]

Haney and Franklin, 1969
Haney, M.A.; Franklin, J.L., Excess energies in mass spectra of some oxygen-containing organic compounds, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1969, 65, 1794. [all data]

Martin, Lampe, et al., 1966
Martin, R.H.; Lampe, F.W.; Taft, R.W., An electron-impact study of ionization and dissociation in methoxy- and halogen- substituted methanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 1353. [all data]

Zenkevich, 2005
Zenkevich, I.G., Experimentally measured retention indices., 2005. [all data]


Notes

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