Tetracyano-p-quinodimethane

• Formula: C₁₂H₄N₄
• Molecular weight: 204.1870
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C12H4N4/c13-5-11(6-14)9-1-2-10(4-3-9)12(7-15)8-16/h1-4H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PCCVSPMFGIFTHU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1518-16-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Propanedinitrile, 2,2'-(2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-diylidene)bis-; 2,5-Cyclohexadiene-δ1,α:4,α'-dimalononitrile; Quinodimethan, tetracyano-; Tetracyanoquinodimethan(e); TCNQ; 2,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,4-Diylidenedimalononitrile; 7,7,8,8-Tetracyano-p-quinodimethane; 7,7,8,8-Tetracyano-1,4-quinodimethan; 7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane; 7,7',8,8'-Tetracyanoquinodimethane; 2,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,4-diylidene-α,α'-dimalononitrile; Tetracyanoquinodimethan; NSC 105237; 2,2'-(2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-diylidene)bismalononitrile
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  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Metzger, Kuo, et al., 1983
Metzger, R.M.; Kuo, C.S.; Arafat, E.S., A semi-micro rotating-bomb combustion calorimeter, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 841-851. [all data]

Boyd, 1963
Boyd, R.H., Thermochemistry of cyanocarbons, J. Chem. Phys., 1963, 38, 2529-2535. [all data]

Compton and Cooper, 1977
Compton, R.N.; Cooper, C.D., Negative ion properties of tetracyanoquinodimethane: Electron affinity and compound states, J. Chem. Phys., 1977, 66, 4325. [all data]

Klots, Compton, et al., 1974
Klots, C.E.; Compton, R.N.; Raaen, V.F., Electronic and ionic properties of of molecular TTF and TCMQ, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 60, 1177. [all data]

Brinkman, Gunther, et al., 1994
Brinkman, E.A.; Gunther, E.; Schafer, O.; Brauman, J.I., Bound Excited Electronic States of Anions, J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 100, 3, 1840, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.466535 . [all data]

Nazarenko and Pokhodenko, 1979
Nazarenko, V.A.; Pokhodenko, V.D., The formation of negative ions in high electric fields, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1979, 31, 381. [all data]

Farragher and Page, 1967
Farragher, A.L.; Page, F.M., Experimental Determination of Electron Affinities. Part 11. - Electron Capture by Some Cyanocarbons and Related Compounds, Trans. Farad. Soc., 1967, 63, 2369, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9676302369 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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