Tetracyano-p-quinodimethane

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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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas184.3kcal/molN/AMetzger, Kuo, et al., 1983Value computed using ΔfHsolid° value of 666.1±5.9 kj/mol from Metzger, Kuo, et al., 1983 and ΔsubH° value of 105.0 kj/mol from Boyd, 1963.; DRB
Δfgas184.0 ± 2.5kcal/molCcbBoyd, 1963ALS

Condensed 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
Δfsolid159.2 ± 1.4kcal/molCcrMetzger, Kuo, et al., 1983see Metzger, 1977
Δfsolid158.9 ± 0.6kcal/molCcbBoyd, 1963 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-1424.2 ± 1.4kcal/molCcrMetzger, Kuo, et al., 1983see Metzger, 1977
Δcsolid-1424.2 ± 0.6kcal/molCcbBoyd, 1963 

Phase change data

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus567.KN/AMetzger, Kuo, et al., 1983, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub25.1kcal/molVBoyd, 1963ALS
Δsub25.10kcal/molN/ABoyd, 1963DRB

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
25.8 ± 0.5500.TKersten and Oppermann, 1984Based on data from 452. to 553. K.; AC
29.2 ± 0.5423.MEKersten and Oppermann, 1984Based on data from 382. to 464. K.; AC
30.1 ± 0.2413.ME,TEde Kruif and Govers, 1980AC
25.0 ± 2.4448.N/ASwain, Kwan, et al., 1980Based on data from 433. to 499. K. See also Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987.; AC
25.1 ± 2.2465.MGBoyd, 1963, 2See also Cox and Pilcher, 1970.; AC

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

EA (eV) Method Reference Comment
2.80 ± 0.30NBIECompton and Cooper, 1977The neutral HOF is not in 94PED, but this value agrees very well with G3B calculations.
2.80 ± 0.10NBIEKlots, Compton, et al., 1974Bound excited states: Brinkman, Gunther, et al., 1994.
2.80 ± 0.10SINazarenko and Pokhodenko, 1979The Magnetron method, lacking mass analysis, is not considered reliable.
2.88 ± 0.19SIFarragher and Page, 1967The Magnetron method, lacking mass analysis, is not considered reliable.

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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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]

Metzger, 1977
Metzger, R.M., The enthalpy of formation and the experimental crystal binding energy of tetrathiofulvalenium 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethanide (TTF TCNQ), J. Chem. Phys., 1977, 66, 2525-2533. [all data]

Metzger, Kuo, et al., 1983, 2
Metzger, R.M.; Kuo, C.S.; Arafat, E.S., A semi-micro rotating-bomb combustion calorimeter, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 841. [all data]

Kersten and Oppermann, 1984
Kersten, von F.; Oppermann, H., Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 1984, 265, 1207. [all data]

de Kruif and Govers, 1980
de Kruif, C.G.; Govers, H.A.J., Enthalpies of sublimation and vapor pressures of 2,2´-bis-1,3-dithiole (TTF), 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ), and TTF--TCNQ (1:1), J. Chem. Phys., 1980, 73, 1, 553, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.439854 . [all data]

Swain, Kwan, et al., 1980
Swain, H.A.; Kwan, Chiu-Yin; Sung, Ho-Nan, Measurement of vapor pressures from 20 to 30.degree.C of long-chain peroxy acids, J. Phys. Chem., 1980, 84, 11, 1347-1349, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100448a012 . [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Boyd, 1963, 2
Boyd, Richard H., Thermochemistry of Cyanocarbons, J. Chem. Phys., 1963, 38, 10, 2529, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1733536 . [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [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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