Aluminum hydroxide


Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

De-protonation reactions

AlO- + Hydrogen cation = HAlO

By formula: AlO- + H+ = HAlO

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr367.9 ± 9.6kcal/molD-EADesai, Wu, et al., 1996gas phase
Δr359.6 ± 4.1kcal/molG+TSDamrauer, Krempp, et al., 1991gas phase; Between CF3CH2OH, pyrrole. Calculations imply that the acid is AlOH, not HAlO
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr360.7 ± 9.7kcal/molH-TSDesai, Wu, et al., 1996gas phase
Δr352.5 ± 4.0kcal/molIMRBDamrauer, Krempp, et al., 1991gas phase; Between CF3CH2OH, pyrrole. Calculations imply that the acid is AlOH, not HAlO

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   B


 Energy 
 (cm-1
 Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 
 λmax 
 (nm) 
 References

To = 41747 gas B-X 230 240 Pilgrim, Robbins, et al., 1993


Vib. 
sym. 
 No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 
 cm-1   Med.   Method   References

760.3 gas MPI Pilgrim, Robbins, et al., 1993
581.0 gas MPI Pilgrim, Robbins, et al., 1993

State:   A


 Energy 
 (cm-1
 Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 
 λmax 
 (nm) 
 References

To = 40073 gas A-X 227 255 Pilgrim, Robbins, et al., 1993
Kr A-X 245 252 Douglas, Hauge, et al., 1982
Douglas, Hauge, et al., 1983


Vib. 
sym. 
 No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 
 cm-1   Med.   Method   References

OH stretch 3258.4 T gas MPI Pilgrim, Robbins, et al., 1993
807.6 gas MPI Pilgrim, Robbins, et al., 1993
636.6 gas MPI Pilgrim, Robbins, et al., 1993

State:   X


Vib. 
sym. 
 No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 
 cm-1   Med.   Method   References

Σ+ 1 OH stretch 3787.0 Ar IR Hauge, Kauffman, et al., 1980
Wang and Andrews, 2007
3 AlO stretch 895 gas MPI Pilgrim, Robbins, et al., 1993
3 AlO stretch 810.7 Ar IR Hauge, Kauffman, et al., 1980
Wang and Andrews, 2007

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 36; Jacox, 1998, page 143; Apponi, Barclay, et al., 1993

Notes

TTentative assignment or approximate value
oEnergy separation between the v = 0 levels of the excited and electronic ground states.

References

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Desai, Wu, et al., 1996
Desai, S.R.; Wu, H.; Wang, L.-S., Vibrationally Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy of AlO- and AlO2-, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1996, 159, 1-3, 75, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1176(96)04443-6 . [all data]

Damrauer, Krempp, et al., 1991
Damrauer, R.; Krempp, M.; Schmidt, M.W.; Gordon, M.S., Gas-Phase Chemistry of the Dimethylaluminum Oxide Ion and Related Aluminum Oxide Ions - Comparison of Reactivity with Siloxide Ions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 7, 2393, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00007a007 . [all data]

Pilgrim, Robbins, et al., 1993
Pilgrim, J.S.; Robbins, D.L.; Duncan, M.A., Photoionization electronic spectroscopy of AlOH, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1993, 202, 3-4, 203, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(93)85266-Q . [all data]

Douglas, Hauge, et al., 1982
Douglas, M.A.; Hauge, R.H.; Margrave, J.L., ACS Symposium Ser. 179, American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C., 1982. [all data]

Douglas, Hauge, et al., 1983
Douglas, M.A.; Hauge, R.H.; Margrave, J.L., J. Chem. Soc., 1983, Faraday Trans. 1 79, 1533. [all data]

Hauge, Kauffman, et al., 1980
Hauge, R.H.; Kauffman, J.W.; Margrave, J.L., Infrared matrix-isolation studies of the interactions and reactions of Group 3A metal atoms with water, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980, 102, 19, 6005, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00539a005 . [all data]

Wang and Andrews, 2007
Wang, X.; Andrews, L., Infrared Spectroscopic Observation of the Group 13 Metal Hydroxides, M(OH), J. Phys. Chem. A, 2007, 111, 10, 1860, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp066390e . [all data]

Jacox, 1994
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1994, 464. [all data]

Jacox, 1998
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement A, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 2, 115-393, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556017 . [all data]

Apponi, Barclay, et al., 1993
Apponi, A.J.; Barclay, W.L., Jr.; Ziurys, L.M., The millimeter-wave spectrum of AlOH, Astrophys. J., 1993, 414, L129, https://doi.org/10.1086/187013 . [all data]


Notes

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