Methylene

• Formula: CH₂
• Molecular weight: 14.0266
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH2/h1H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HZVOZRGWRWCICA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2465-56-7
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
RCD - Robert C. Dunbar

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Individual Reactions

(CAS Reg. No. 60291-30-7 • 4294967295) +  = CAS Reg. No. 60291-30-7

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 60291-30-7 • 4294967295CH₂) + CH₂ = CAS Reg. No. 60291-30-7

(CAS Reg. No. 60291-29-4 • 4294967295) +  = CAS Reg. No. 60291-29-4

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 60291-29-4 • 4294967295CH₂) + CH₂ = CAS Reg. No. 60291-29-4

CH^- +  =

By formula: CH^- + H⁺ = CH₂

(CH₃^- • 4294967295) +  = CH₃^-

By formula: (CH₃^- • 4294967295CH₂) + CH₂ = CH₃^-

 +  = ( • )

By formula: La⁺ + CH₂ = (La⁺ • CH₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Sc⁺ + CH₂ = (Sc⁺ • CH₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Y⁺ + CH₂ = (Y⁺ • CH₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Co⁺ + CH₂ = (Co⁺ • CH₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cr⁺ + CH₂ = (Cr⁺ • CH₂)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
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

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Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

CH^- +  =

By formula: CH^- + H⁺ = CH₂

Ion clustering data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
RCD - Robert C. Dunbar

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Clustering reactions

(CH₃^- • 4294967295) +  = CH₃^-

By formula: (CH₃^- • 4294967295CH₂) + CH₂ = CH₃^-

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Co⁺ + CH₂ = (Co⁺ • CH₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cr⁺ + CH₂ = (Cr⁺ • CH₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: La⁺ + CH₂ = (La⁺ • CH₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Sc⁺ + CH₂ = (Sc⁺ • CH₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Y⁺ + CH₂ = (Y⁺ • CH₂)

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   4p

State:   D

State:   C

State:   3d ³A₂

State:   3p

State:   c

State:   b

State:   a

State:   X

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 18; Jacox, 1998, page 130; Jacox, 2003, page 16; Herzberg, 1961; Bernheim, Bernard, et al., 1970; Wasserman, Yager, et al., 1970; Wasserman, Kuck, et al., 1970; Herzberg and Johns, 1971; Mohlmann and DeHeer, 1976; Grimley and Stephenson, 1981; Ashfold, Fullstone, et al., 1982; Duxbury, 1982; Sears, Bunker, et al., 1982, 2; Jensen, Bunker, et al., 1982; Bunker, Sears, et al., 1983; Evenson, Sears, et al., 1984; Duxbury, 1988; Alijah and Duxbury, 1990; Garcia-Moreno, Lovejoy, et al., 1993; Xie and Dai, 1993; Ozeki and Saito, 1996; Michael, Lewen, et al., 2003; Brunken, Michael, et al., 2004; Brunken, Muller, et al., 2005

Notes

References

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Kim, Komissarov, et al., 2005
Kim, Y.; Komissarov, A.V.; Hall, G.E.; Sears, T.J., Observation of the c [sup 1]A[sub 1] state of methylene by optical-optical double resonance, J. Chem. Phys., 2005, 123, 2, 024306, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1988289 . [all data]

Kim, Hall, et al., 2006
Kim, Y.; Hall, G.E.; Sears, T.J., Observation of the state of CH2 by optical--optical double resonance, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 2006, 240, 2, 269, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2006.10.008 . [all data]

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McKellar, A.R.W.; Bunker, P.R.; Sears, T.J.; Evenson, K.M.; Saykally, R.J.; Langhoff, S.R., Far infrared laser magnetic resonance of singlet methylene: Singlet--triplet perturbations, singlet--triplet transitions, and the singlet--triplet splittinga), J. Chem. Phys., 1983, 79, 11, 5251, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.445713 . [all data]

Petek, Nesbitt, et al., 1987
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Hartland, G.V.; Xie, W.; Qin, D.; Dai, H-L., Strong asymmetry induced ΔKa=3 transitions in the CH2 b 1B1→a 1A1 spectrum: A study by Fourier transform emission spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys., 1992, 97, 9, 7010, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.463209 . [all data]

Hartland, Qin, et al., 1993
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Garcia-Moreno, I.; Moore, C.B., Spectroscopy of methylene: Einstein coefficients for CH2(b 1B1--a 1A1) transitions, J. Chem. Phys., 1993, 99, 9, 6429, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.465882 . [all data]

Qin, Hartland, et al., 1994
Qin, D.; Hartland, G.V.; Dai, H.-L., A Characterization of the CH2ã1A1(1,2,0),(2,0,0),(0,5,0),(1,3,0) and b1B1(1,142,0),(0,180,0),(0,191,0) Vibronic Levels by Fourier-Transform Dispersed Fluorescence Spectroscopy, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1994, 168, 2, 333, https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsp.1994.1282 . [all data]

Chang, Wu, et al., 1994
Chang, B.-C.; Wu, M.; Hall, G.E.; Sears, T.J., Near-infrared vibronic spectrum of the CH2 b 1B1←a 1A1 transition, J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 101, 11, 9236, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.468015 . [all data]

Fockenberg, Marr, et al., 1998
Fockenberg, C.; Marr, A.J.; Sears, T.J.; Chang, B.-C., Near-Infrared High Resolution Diode Laser Spectrum of the CH2←ã1A1Transition, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1998, 187, 2, 119, https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsp.1997.7476 . [all data]

Marr, Sears, et al., 1998
Marr, A.J.; Sears, T.J.; Chang, B.-C., Near-infrared spectroscopy of CH[sub 2] by frequency modulated diode laser absorption, J. Chem. Phys., 1998, 109, 9, 3431, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.476938 . [all data]

Kobayashi, Pride, et al., 2000
Kobayashi, K.; Pride, L.D.; Sears, T.J., Absorption Spectroscopy of Singlet CH, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2000, 104, 45, 10119, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp000293i . [all data]

Kobayashi and Sears, 2001
Kobayashi, K.; Sears, T.J., Can. J. Phys., 2001, 79, 347. [all data]

Hall, Komissarov, et al., 2004
Hall, G.E.; Komissarov, A.V.; Sears, T.J., Doppler-Resolved Spectroscopy as an Assignment Tool in the Spectrum of Singlet Methylene, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2004, 108, 39, 7922, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0494133 . [all data]

Kobayashi, Hall, et al., 2006
Kobayashi, K.; Hall, G.E.; Sears, T.J., The spectrum of CH[sub 2] near 1.36 and 0.92 μm: Reevaluation of rotational level structure and perturbations in a(010), J. Chem. Phys., 2006, 124, 18, 184320, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2200340 . [all data]

Chang, Wang, et al., 2011
Chang, C.-H.; Wang, Z.; Hall, G.E.; Sears, T.J.; Xin, J., Transient laser absorption spectroscopy of CH2 near 780nm, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 2011, 267, 1-2, 50, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2011.02.004 . [all data]

Chang, Xin, et al., 2011
Chang, C.-H.; Xin, J.; Latsha, T.; Otruba, E.; Wang, Z.; Hall, G.E.; Sears, T.J.; Chang, B.-C., CH, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2011, 115, 34, 9440, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp1115965 . [all data]

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  ΔfH(+) ion,0K	Enthalpy of formation of positive ion at 0K
  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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