Benzene, pentafluoro-

• Formula: C₆HF₅
• Molecular weight: 168.0642
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6HF5/c7-2-1-3(8)5(10)6(11)4(2)9/h1H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WACNXHCZHTVBJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 363-72-4
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• Other names: Pentafluorobenzene; 1,2,3,4,5-Pentafluorobenzene
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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:
B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
RCD - Robert C. Dunbar

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Individual Reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: F^- + C₆HF₅ = (F^- • C₆HF₅)

Free energy of reaction

C₆F₅^- +  =

By formula: C₆F₅^- + H⁺ = C₆HF₅

C₆H₆⁺ +  = (C₆H₆⁺ • )

By formula: C₆H₆⁺ + C₆HF₅ = (C₆H₆⁺ • C₆HF₅)

Bond type: Charge transfer bond (positive ion)

Free energy of reaction

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cr⁺ + C₆HF₅ = (Cr⁺ • C₆HF₅)

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Cox, Gundry, et al., 1969
Cox, J.D.; Gundry, H.A.; Harrop, D.; Head, A.J., Thermodynamic properties of fluorine compounds. 9. Enthalpies of formation of some compounds containing the pentafluorophenyl group, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1969, 1, 77-87. [all data]

Dillow and Kebarle, 1988
Dillow, G.W.; Kebarle, P., Fluoride Affinities of Perfluorobenzenes C₆F₅X. Meisenheimer Complexes in the Gas Phase and Solution, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 15, 4877, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00223a001 . [all data]

Hiraoka, Mizuse, et al., 1987
Hiraoka, K.; Mizuse, S.; Yamabe, S., A Determination of the Stability and Structure of F^-(C₆H₆) and F^-(C₆F₆) Clusters, J. Chem. Phys., 1987, 86, 7, 4102, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.451920 . [all data]

Buker, Nibbering, et al., 1997
Buker, H.H.; Nibbering, N.M.M.; Espinosa, D.; Mongin, F.; Schlosser, M., Additivity of substituent effects in the fluoroarene series: Equilibrium acidity in the gas phase and deprotonation rates in ethereal solution, Tetrahed. Lett., 1997, 38, 49, 8519-8522, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(97)10303-3 . [all data]

Herd, Adams, et al., 1989
Herd, C.R.; Adams, N.G.; Smith, D., FALP Studies of Electron Attachment Reactions of C6F5Cl, C6F5Br, and C6F5I, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1989, 87, 3, 331, https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(89)80032-1 . [all data]

Compton and Reinhardt, 1982
Compton, R.N.; Reinhardt, P.W., Collisonal ionization between fast alkali atoms and hexafluorobenzene, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1982, 91, 268. [all data]

Meot-Ner (Mautner), Hamlet, et al., 1978
Meot-Ner (Mautner), M.; Hamlet, P.; Hunter, E.P.; Field, F.H., Bonding Energies in Association Ions of Aromatic Molecules. Correlations with Ionization Energies, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100, 17, 5466, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00485a034 . [all data]

Ryzhov, 1999
Ryzhov, V., Binding Energies of Chromium Cations with Fluorobenzenes from Radiative Association Kinetics, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 1999, 185/186/187, 913. [all data]

Vernon and Edwards, 1975
Vernon, F.; Edwards, G.T., Gas-liquid chromatography on fluorinated stationary phases. I. Hydrocarbons and fluorocarbons, J. Chromatogr., 1975, 110, 1, 73-80, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)91212-3 . [all data]

Brown, Chapman, et al., 1968
Brown, I.; Chapman, I.L.; Nicholson, G.J., Gas chromatography of polar solutes in electron acceptor stationary phases, Aust. J. Chem., 1968, 21, 5, 1125-1141, https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9681125 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  T	Temperature
  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
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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