Fluoromethylidyne

• Formula: CF
• Molecular weight: 31.0091
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CF/c1-2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ISOSXCFSIDVNNC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 3889-75-6
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

(CF₂^- • 4294967295) +  = CF₂^-

By formula: (CF₂^- • 4294967295CF) + CF = CF₂^-

(CAS Reg. No. 226407-20-1 • 4294967295) +  = CAS Reg. No. 226407-20-1

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 226407-20-1 • 4294967295CF) + CF = CAS Reg. No. 226407-20-1

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:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

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Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

References

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Schwartz, Davico, et al., 1999
Schwartz, R.L.; Davico, G.E.; Ramond, T.M.; Lineberger, W.C., Singlet-triplet splittings in CX2 (X = F, Cl, Br, I) dihalocarbenes via negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103, 41, 8213-8221, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp992214c . [all data]

Murray, Leopold, et al., 1988
Murray, K.K.; Leopold, D.G.; Miller, T.M.; Lineberger, W.C., Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the Halocarbene Anions HCF^-, HCCl^-, HCBr^-, HCI^-, CF₂^-, and CCl₂^-, J. Chem. Phys., 1988, 89, 9, 5442, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.455596 . [all data]

Jesinger and Squires, 1999
Jesinger, R.A.; Squires, R.R., Carbyne thermochemistry from energy-resolved collision-induced dissociation. The heats of formation of CH, CF, and CCl, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 1999, 187, 745-757, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-3806(98)14182-9 . [all data]

Thynne and MacNeil, 1970
Thynne, J.C.J.; MacNeil, K.A.G., Ionisation of Tetrafluoroethylene by Electron Impact, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1970, 5, 3-4, 329, https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7381(70)80026-2 . [all data]

Tarnovsky and Becker, 1993
Tarnovsky, V.; Becker, K., Absolute partial cross sections for the parent ionization of the CF_x (x = 1-3) free radicals by electron impact, J. Chem. Phys., 1993, 98, 7868. [all data]

Dyke, Lewis, et al., 1984
Dyke, J.M.; Lewis, A.E.; Morris, A., A photoelectron spectroscopic study of the ground state of CF⁺ via the ionization process CF⁺(X¹Σ⁺)←CF(X²Π), J. Chem. Phys., 1984, 80, 1382. [all data]

Hepburn, Trevor, et al., 1982
Hepburn, J.W.; Trevor, D.J.; Pollard, J.E.; Shirley, D.A.; Lee, Y.T., Multiphoton ionization photoelectron spectroscopy of CCl₂F₂ and CCl₃F, J. Chem. Phys., 1982, 76, 4287. [all data]

Huber and Herzberg, 1979
Huber, K.P.; Herzberg, G., Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure. IV. Constants of Diatomic Molecules,, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1979, ,1. [all data]

Hildenbrand, 1975
Hildenbrand, D.L., Vertical ionization potential of the CF₂ radical, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1975, 32, 30. [all data]

Reinke, Kraessig, et al., 1973
Reinke, D.; Kraessig, R.; Baumgartel, H., Photoreactions of small organic molecules, Z. Naturforsch. A:, 1973, 28, 1021. [all data]

Carroll and Grennan, 1970
Carroll, P.K.; Grennan, T.P., The B-X system of CF, J. Phys. B:, 1970, 3, 865. [all data]

Walter, Lifshitz, et al., 1969
Walter, T.A.; Lifshitz, C.; Chupka, W.A.; Berkowitz, J., Mass-spectrometric study of the photoionization of C₂F₄ and CF₄, J. Chem. Phys., 1969, 51, 3531. [all data]

Johns and Barrow, 1958
Johns, J.W.C.; Barrow, R.F., The band spectrum of silicon monofluoride, SiF, Proc. Phys. Soc. (London), 1958, 71, 476. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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