Dicobalt octacarbonyl

• Formula: C₈Co₂O₈
• Molecular weight: 341.9472
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/8CO.2Co/c8*1-2;; Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NFWSABSVGZVHCA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 10210-68-1
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Cobalt, di-μ-carbonylhexacarbonyldi-, (Co-Co); Cobalt carbonyl (Co2(CO)8); Cobalt tetracarbonyl dimer; Di-μ-carbonylhexacarbonyldicobalt; Dicobalt carbonyl (Co2(CO)8); Octacarbonyldicobalt; Co2(CO)8; Cobalt carbonyl; Cobalt, di-μ-carbonylhexacarbonyldi-; Cobalt octacarbonyl
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  • References
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
MS - José A. Martinho Simões

Enthalpy of sublimation

References

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Martinho Simões
Martinho Simões, J.A., Private communication (see http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/om/). [all data]

Connor, Skinner, et al., 1973
Connor, J.A.; Skinner, H.A.; Virmani, Y., High temperature microcalorimetric studies of the thermal decomposition and iodination of polynuclear carbonyls of Fe, Co, Ru, Rh, Re, Os and Ir, Faraday Symp. Chem. Soc., 1973, 8, 18, https://doi.org/10.1039/fs9730800018 . [all data]

Gardner, Cartner, et al., 1975
Gardner, P.J.; Cartner, A.; Cunninghame, R.G.; Robinson, B.H., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1975, 2582.. [all data]

Pilcher and Skinner, 1983
Pilcher, G.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of organometallic compounds, 1983, 43-90, https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470771686.ch2 . [all data]

Cardner, Gartner, et al., 1975
Cardner, Peter J.; Gartner, Anthony; Cunninghame, Robert G.; Robinson, Brian H., Bond energies in dicobalt octacarbonyl and bromo- and chloro-methylidynetricobalt enneacarbonyls, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1975, 23, 2582, https://doi.org/10.1039/dt9750002582 . [all data]

Cartner, Robinson, et al., 1973
Cartner, A.; Robinson, B.; Gardner, P.J., J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1973, 317.. [all data]

Garner, Chandra, et al., 1995
Garner, M.L.; Chandra, D.; Lau, K.H., Low-temperature vapor pressures of W-, Cr-, and Co-carbonyls, JPE, 1995, 16, 1, 24-29, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02646245 . [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]

Baev, 1968
Baev, A.K., Vestsi Akad. Navak BSSR, Ser. Khim. Navuk, 1968, 4, 76. [all data]

Cartner, Robinson, et al., 1973, 2
Cartner, Anthony; Robinson, Brian; Gardner, Peter J., Heat of formation of dicobalt octacarbonyl and the metal?carbon monoxide bond strength in carbonyls, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1973, 9, 317b, https://doi.org/10.1039/c3973000317b . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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