Methane, diazo-

• Formula: CH₂N₂
• Molecular weight: 42.0400
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH2N2/c1-3-2/h1H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: YXHKONLOYHBTNS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 334-88-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Azimethylene; Diazomethane; Acomethylene; Diazirine; Diazonium methylide
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• Information on this page:
  • Gas phase thermochemistry data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • UV/Visible spectrum
  • References
  • Notes
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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

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
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 CH₂N₂⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

CHN₂^- +  =

By formula: CHN₂^- + H⁺ = CH₂N₂

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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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

Spectrum

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References

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Laufer and Okabe, 1971
Laufer, A.H.; Okabe, H., Heat of formation and bond dissociation energy of diazomethane by a photodissociation method, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1971, 93, 4137-7140. [all data]

Paulett and Ettinger, 1963
Paulett, G.S.; Ettinger, R., Mass spectra and appearance potentials of diazirine and diazomethane, J. Chem. Phys., 1963, 39, 825-827. [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]

Bastide and Maier, 1976
Bastide, J.; Maier, J.P., Electronic states of the radical cations of the 1,3-dipoles: HCNO, CH₂N₂, and N₃H, studied by photoelectron spectroscopy, Chem. Phys., 1976, 12, 177. [all data]

Merer, 1964
Merer, A.J., The vacuum ultraviolet absorption spectrum of diazomethane, Can. J. Phys., 1964, 42, 1242. [all data]

Paulett and Ettinger, 1963, 2
Paulett, G.S.; Ettinger, R., Mass spectra and appearance potentials of diazirine and diazomethane, J. Chem. Phys., 1963, 39, 825. [all data]

Berkowitz and Wexler, 1962
Berkowitz, J.; Wexler, S., On the ionization potential of the CH₂ radical, J. Chem. Phys., 1962, 37, 1476. [all data]

Clifford, Wenthold, et al., 1998
Clifford, E.P.; Wenthold, P.G.; Lineberger, W.C.; Peterssom, G.A.; Broaddus, K.M.; Kass, S.R.; Kato, S., Properties of Diazocarbene [CNN] and the diazomethyl Radical [HCNN] via Ion Chemistry and Spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1998, 102, 36, 7100, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9802735 . [all data]

Laufer and Okabe, 1972
Laufer, A.H.; Okabe, H., J. Phys. Chem., 1972, 76, 3504. [all data]

Dixon, de Jong, et al., 2005
Dixon, D.A.; de Jong, W.A.; Peterson, K.A.; McMahon, T.B., Methyl cation affinities of rare gases and nitrogen and the heat of formation of diazomethane, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2005, 109, 18, 4073-4080, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp044561e . [all data]

DePuy, Van Doren, et al., 1989
DePuy, C.H.; Van Doren, J.M.; Gronert, S.; Kass, S.R.; Motell, E.L.; Ellison, G.B.; Bierbaum, V.M., Gas-Phase Negative-Ion Chemistry of Diazomethane, J. Org. Chem., 1989, 54, 8, 1846, https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00269a020 . [all data]

Gordon and Kass, 1997
Gordon, M.S.; Kass, S.R., CHN2-: A biradical anion and a potentially new type of reactive intermediate (vol 99, pg 6548, 1995), J. Phys. Chem. A, 1997, 101, 42, 7922-7922, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp972321b . [all data]

Brinton and Volman, 1951
Brinton, R.K.; Volman, D.H., J. Chem. Phys., 1951, 19, 1394. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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