Pyrazine

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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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas196.1 ± 1.5kJ/molCcbTjebbes, 1962 

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid139.8 ± 1.2kJ/molCcbTjebbes, 1962ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-2285.5 ± 1.2kJ/molCcbTjebbes, 1962ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Cp,solid (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
180.298.Boyd, Comper, et al., 1979crystaline, III phase; T = 295 to 312 K. Data graphically only.; DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil388.7KN/AAldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS
Tboil388.65KN/AAnderson and Shimanskaya, 1969Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tboil390.35KN/ALecat, 1947Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus324.KN/ABougeard, LeCalve, et al., 1978Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC
Tfus320.15KN/ABruhl, 1897Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tfus334.05KN/ABruhl, 1897Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 6. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap40.5 ± 1.7kJ/molCGCLipkind and Chickos, 2009Based on data from 342. to 373. K. See also Lipkind and Chickos, 2009, 2.; AC
Δvap56.27 ± 0.46kJ/molCTjebbes, 1962ALS
Δvap56.3kJ/molN/ATjebbes, 1962DRB

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (bar) Reference Comment
388.71.02Weast and Grasselli, 1989BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
38.8 ± 0.1340.EBSteele, Chirico, et al., 2002Based on data from 354. to 426. K.; AC
36.5 ± 0.2380.EBSteele, Chirico, et al., 2002Based on data from 354. to 426. K.; AC
34.1 ± 0.4420.EBSteele, Chirico, et al., 2002Based on data from 354. to 426. K.; AC
37.9352.N/ASakoguchi, Ueoka, et al., 1995Based on data from 332. to 373. K.; AC

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
56.2303.Sakoguchi, Ueoka, et al., 1995Based on data from 288. to 317. K.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
14.78325.4ACChirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 2003Based on data from 5. to 380. K.; AC
12.95328.2N/ABougeard, Calve, et al., 1978AC

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
0.969300.6crystaline, IIIcrystaline, IIBoyd, Comper, et al., 1979DH
0.060310.crystaline, IIcrystaline, IBoyd, Comper, et al., 1979DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
3.22300.6crystaline, IIIcrystaline, IIBoyd, Comper, et al., 1979DH
0.2310.crystaline, IIcrystaline, IBoyd, Comper, et al., 1979DH

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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:
B - John E. Bartmess
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

View reactions leading to C4H4N2+ (ion structure unspecified)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)877.1kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity847.0kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Electron affinity determinations

EA (eV) Method Reference Comment
>-0.065004ETSNenner and Schultz, 1975Pyrazine. EA estimated as 0.124 eV based on soln phase electrochemical correlations. G3MP2B3 calculations put EA ca. 0 eV; B

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
9.0PEPiancastelli, Keller, et al., 1983LBLHLM
9.28 ± 0.01SScheps, Florida, et al., 1972LLK
9.29PEGleiter, Heilbronner, et al., 1972LLK
9.216PEAsbrink, Lindholm, et al., 1970RDSH
9.28 ± 0.05PEEland, 1969RDSH
9.36PEDewar and Worley, 1969RDSH
9.29 ± 0.01PIYencha and El-Sayed, 1968RDSH
9.29 ± 0.03SParkin and Innes, 1965RDSH
9.63PESuffolk, 1974Vertical value; LLK
9.63PEGleiter, Heilbronner, et al., 1970Vertical value; RDSH

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C3H2N+15.25 ± 0.10?EIMomigny, Urbain, et al., 1965RDSH
C3H3N+12.81 ± 0.10HCNEIMomigny, Urbain, et al., 1965RDSH
C4H3N2+13.68 ± 0.10HEIMomigny, Urbain, et al., 1965RDSH

De-protonation reactions

C4H3N2- + Hydrogen cation = Pyrazine

By formula: C4H3N2- + H+ = C4H4N2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1643. ± 10.kJ/molTDEqMeot-ner and Kafafi, 1988gas phase; anchored to 88MEO scale, not the "87 acidity scale". The Kiefer, Zhang, et al., 1997 BDE is for ortho.; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1604.6 ± 1.7kJ/molN/AWren, Vogelhuber, et al., 2012gas phase; B
Δr1603. ± 8.4kJ/molTDEqMeot-ner and Kafafi, 1988gas phase; anchored to 88MEO scale, not the "87 acidity scale". The Kiefer, Zhang, et al., 1997 BDE is for ortho.; B

Ion clustering data

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Data compiled by: Robert C. Dunbar

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Clustering reactions

Potassium ion (1+) + Pyrazine = (Potassium ion (1+) • Pyrazine)

By formula: K+ + C4H4N2 = (K+ • C4H4N2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr67. ± 4.kJ/molCIDTAmunugama and Rodgers, 2000 

Lithium ion (1+) + Pyrazine = (Lithium ion (1+) • Pyrazine)

By formula: Li+ + C4H4N2 = (Li+ • C4H4N2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr149. ± 14.kJ/molCIDTAmunugama and Rodgers, 2000 

Sodium ion (1+) + Pyrazine = (Sodium ion (1+) • Pyrazine)

By formula: Na+ + C4H4N2 = (Na+ • C4H4N2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr108. ± 3.kJ/molCIDTAmunugama and Rodgers, 2000 

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

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References

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Tjebbes, 1962
Tjebbes, J., The heats of combustion and formation of the three diazines and their resonance energies, Acta Chem. Scand., 1962, 16, 916-921. [all data]

Boyd, Comper, et al., 1979
Boyd, R.K.; Comper, J.; Ferguson, G., Entropy changes and structural implications for crystalline phases of pyrazine, Can. J. Chem., 1979, 57, 3056-3060. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Anderson and Shimanskaya, 1969
Anderson, A.A.; Shimanskaya, M.V., Gas-Liquid Chromatography of some Aliphatic and Heterocyclic Polyfunctional Amines: II. Solution Thermodyn. of Amines in Fix. Phas., Latv. PSR Zinat. Akad. Vestis, Kim. Ser., 1969, No. 5, 527. [all data]

Lecat, 1947
Lecat, M., Some azeotropes of which one constituant is heterocyclic nitrogen, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ser. 1, 1947, 61, 73. [all data]

Bougeard, LeCalve, et al., 1978
Bougeard, D.; LeCalve, N.; Novak, A.; Bachanh, N., Phase transitions of pyrazine., Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 1978, 44, 113. [all data]

Bruhl, 1897
Bruhl, J.W., Spectrochemistry of nitrogen containing compounds V, Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1897, 22, 373. [all data]

Lipkind and Chickos, 2009
Lipkind, Dmitri; Chickos, James S., An examination of the vaporization enthalpies and vapor pressures of pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine, and 1,3,5-triazine, Struct Chem, 2009, 20, 1, 49-58, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-008-9389-5 . [all data]

Lipkind and Chickos, 2009, 2
Lipkind, D.; Chickos, J.S., , Abstract from 38th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, May 13-16, Chicago, IL, 2009, GLRM-275. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 2002
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Measurements of Vapor Pressure, Heat Capacity, and Density along the Saturation Line for γ-Caprolactam, Pyrazine, 1,2-Propanediol, Triethylene Glycol, Phenyl Acetylene, and Diphenyl Acetylene, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 4, 689-699, https://doi.org/10.1021/je010085z . [all data]

Sakoguchi, Ueoka, et al., 1995
Sakoguchi, Akihiro; Ueoka, Ryuichi; Kato, Yasuo; Arai, Yasuhiko, Vapor Pressures of Alkylpyridines and Alkylpyrazines., KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUNSHU, 1995, 21, 1, 219-223, https://doi.org/10.1252/kakoronbunshu.21.219 . [all data]

Chirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 2003
Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Steele, W.V., Heat capacities, enthalpy increments, and derived thermodynamic functions for pyrazine between the temperatures 5K and 380K, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2003, 35, 7, 1059-1072, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9614(03)00041-7 . [all data]

Bougeard, Calve, et al., 1978
Bougeard, D.; Calve, N. Le; Novak, A.; Nguyen-ba-chanh, A., Phase Transitions of Pyrazine, GMCL, 1978, 44, 1, 113-123, https://doi.org/10.1080/15421407808083935 . [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]

Nenner and Schultz, 1975
Nenner, I.; Schultz, G.J., Temporary negative ions and electron affinities of benzene and N-heterocyclic molecules: Pyridine, pyridazine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, and s-triazine, J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 62, 1747. [all data]

Piancastelli, Keller, et al., 1983
Piancastelli, M.N.; Keller, P.R.; Taylor, J.W.; Grimm, F.A.; Carlson, T.A., Angular distribution parameter as a function of photon energy for some mono- and diazabenzenes and its use for orbital assignment, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1983, 105, 4235. [all data]

Scheps, Florida, et al., 1972
Scheps, R.; Florida, D.; Rice, S.A., Comments on the Rydberg spectrum of pyrazine, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1972, 44, 1. [all data]

Gleiter, Heilbronner, et al., 1972
Gleiter, R.; Heilbronner, E.; Hornung, V., Photoelectron spectra of azabenzenes azanaphthalenes: I. Pyridine, diazines s-triazine and s-tetrazine, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1972, 55, 255. [all data]

Asbrink, Lindholm, et al., 1970
Asbrink, L.; Lindholm, E.; Edqvist, O., Jahn-Teller effect in the vibrational structure of the photoelectron spectrum of benzene, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1970, 5, 609. [all data]

Eland, 1969
Eland, J.H.D., Photoelectron spectra of conjugated hydrocarbons and heteromolecules, Intern. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1969, 2, 471. [all data]

Dewar and Worley, 1969
Dewar, M.J.S.; Worley, S.D., Photoelectron spectra of molecules. II.The ionization potentials of azabenzenes and azanaphthalenes, J. Chem. Phys., 1969, 51, 263. [all data]

Yencha and El-Sayed, 1968
Yencha, A.J.; El-Sayed, M.A., Lowest ionization potentials of some nitrogen heterocyclics, J. Chem. Phys., 1968, 48, 3469. [all data]

Parkin and Innes, 1965
Parkin, J.E.; Innes, K.K., The vacuum ultraviolet spectra of pyrazine, pyrimidine, and pyridazine vapors. Part I. Spectra between 1550 A and 2000 A, J. Mol. Spectry., 1965, 15, 407. [all data]

Suffolk, 1974
Suffolk, R.J., The photoelectron spectra of the perfluorodiazines, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1974, 3, 53. [all data]

Gleiter, Heilbronner, et al., 1970
Gleiter, R.; Heilbronner, E.; Hornung, V., Lone pair interaction in pyridazine, pyrimidine, and pyrazine, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1970, 9, 901. [all data]

Momigny, Urbain, et al., 1965
Momigny, J.; Urbain, J.; Wankenne, H., Les effets de l'impact electronique sur la pyridine et les diazines isomeres, Bull. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liege, 1965, 34, 337. [all data]

Meot-ner and Kafafi, 1988
Meot-ner, M.; Kafafi, S.A., Carbon Acidities of Aromatic Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 19, 6297, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00227a003 . [all data]

Kiefer, Zhang, et al., 1997
Kiefer, J.H.; Zhang, Q.; Kern, R.D.; Yao, J.; Jursic, B., Pyrolysis of Aromatic Azines: Pyrazine, Pyrimidine, and Pyridine, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1997, 101, 38, 7061, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp970211z . [all data]

Wren, Vogelhuber, et al., 2012
Wren, S.W.; Vogelhuber, K.M.; Garver, J.M.; Kato, S.; Sheps, L.; Bierbaum, V.M.; Lineberger, W.C., C-H Bond Strengths and Acidities in Aromatic Systems: Effects of Nitrogen Incorporation in Mono-, Di-, and Triazines, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 15, 6584-6595, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja209566q . [all data]

Amunugama and Rodgers, 2000
Amunugama, R.; Rodgers, M.T., Absolute Alkali Metal Ion Binding Affinities of Several Azines Determined by Threshold Collision-Induced Dissociation and Ab Initio Theory, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2000, 195/196, 439, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-3806(99)00145-1 . [all data]


Notes

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