Iron pentacarbonyl

• Formula: C₅FeO₅
• Molecular weight: 195.895
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/5CO.Fe/c5*1-2; Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FYOFOKCECDGJBF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 13463-40-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Iron carbonyl (Fe(CO)5), (TB-5-11)-; Iron carbonyl (Fe(CO)5); Pentacarbonyl iron; Fe(CO)5; Iron carbonyl
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  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • Reaction thermochemistry data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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MS - José A. Martinho Simões

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 (cal/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kcal/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (cal/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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MS - José A. Martinho Simões

Liquid 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 (cal/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kcal/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (cal/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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MS - José A. Martinho Simões
B - John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

 (g) = C₄FeO₄ (g) +  (g)

By formula: C₅FeO₅ (g) = C₄FeO₄ (g) + CO (g)

HO^- +  = (HO^- • )

By formula: HO^- + C₅FeO₅ = (HO^- • C₅FeO₅)

C₉FeNiO₉ (g) =  (g) +  (g)

By formula: C₉FeNiO₉ (g) = C₄NiO₄ (g) + C₅FeO₅ (g)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: F^- + C₅FeO₅ = (F^- • C₅FeO₅)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cl^- + C₅FeO₅ = (Cl^- • C₅FeO₅)

C₈H₇O₂^- +  = (C₈H₇O₂^- • )

By formula: C₈H₇O₂^- + C₅FeO₅ = (C₈H₇O₂^- • C₅FeO₅)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: H^- + C₅FeO₅ = (H^- • C₅FeO₅)

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

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Tanya L. Myers, Russell G. Tonkyn, Ashley M. Oeck, Tyler O. Danby, John S. Loring, Matthew S. Taubman, Stephen W. Sharpe, Jerome C. Birnbaum, and Timothy J. Johnson

Condensed Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

Spectrum

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References

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  S°liquid,1 bar	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid 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
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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