MeN radical

• Formula: CH₃N
• Molecular weight: 29.0412
• CAS Registry Number: 27770-42-9
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

View reactions leading to CH₃N⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Electron affinity determinations

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   A

State:   a

State:   X

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 234; Jacox, 1998, page 269; Jacox, 2003, page 256; Ying, Xia, et al., 1996

Notes

References

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Travers, Cowles, et al., 1999
Travers, M.J.; Cowles, D.C.; Clifford, E.P.; Ellison, G.B.; Engelking, P.C., Photoelectron spectroscopy of the CH3N- ion, J. Chem. Phys., 1999, 111, 12, 5349-5360, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.479795 . [all data]

Franken, Perner, et al., 1970
Franken, Th.; Perner, D.; Bosnali, M.W., Z. Naturforsch., 1970, 25a, 151. [all data]

Carrick and Engelking, 1984
Carrick, P.G.; Engelking, P.C., The electronic emission spectrum of methylnitrene, J. Chem. Phys., 1984, 81, 4, 1661, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.447891 . [all data]

Carrick, Brazier, et al., 1987
Carrick, P.G.; Brazier, C.R.; Bernath, P.F.; Engelking, P.C., The structure of the methylnitrene radical, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 17, 5100, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00251a008 . [all data]

Chappell and Engelking, 1988
Chappell, E.L.; Engelking, P.C., Methylnitrene free radical. Ground state vibrational fundamentals and harmonic force field from jet-cooled emission spectra of the A 3E--X 3A2 band system, J. Chem. Phys., 1988, 89, 10, 6007, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.455415 . [all data]

Brazier, Carrick, et al., 1992
Brazier, C.R.; Carrick, P.G.; Bernath, P.F., Rotational analysis of the 000 band of the A 3E--X 3A2 system of methylnitrene, J. Chem. Phys., 1992, 96, 2, 919, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.462113 . [all data]

Shang, Yu, et al., 1995
Shang, H.; Yu, C.; Ying, L.; Zhao, X., Investigation of the A 3E↔X 3A2 system of methylnitrene radical by laser spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys., 1995, 103, 11, 4418, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.470682 . [all data]

Shang, Gao, et al., 1997
Shang, H.; Gao, R.; Ying, L.; Zhao, X.; Tang, Y., Laser induced dispersed fluorescence spectra of CH3N radical and the lifetime of its Ã3E state, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1997, 267, 3-4, 345, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(97)00091-2 . [all data]

Ferrante, 1987
Ferrante, R.F., Spectroscopy of matrix-isolated methylnitrene, J. Chem. Phys., 1987, 86, 1, 25, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.452775 . [all data]

Ferrante, 1991
Ferrante, R.F., Vibrational frequencies in the A 3E state of methylnitrene, J. Chem. Phys., 1991, 94, 6, 4678, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.460600 . [all data]

Travers, Cowles, et al., 1999, 2
Travers, M.J.; Cowles, D.C.; Clifford, E.P.; Ellison, G.B.; Engelking, P.C., Photoelectron spectroscopy of the CH[sub 3]N[sup -] ion, J. Chem. Phys., 1999, 111, 12, 5349, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.479795 . [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]

Jacox, 2003
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement B, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2003, 32, 1, 1-441, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1497629 . [all data]

Ying, Xia, et al., 1996
Ying, L.; Xia, Y.; Shang, H.; Zhao, X.; Tang, Y., Photodissociation of methylazide: Observation of triplet methylnitrene radical, J. Chem. Phys., 1996, 105, 14, 5798, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.472423 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity

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