Mercury, diphenyl-

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas98. ± 20.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 7 values; Individual data points

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid72. ± 20.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 7 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-1537.8 ± 1.9kcal/molCC-SBCarson and Wilmshurst, 1971MS
Δcsolid-1537.1 ± 1.8kcal/molCC-SBFairbrother and Skinner, 1956Please also see Cox and Pilcher, 1970.; MS
Δcsolid-1565.3kcal/molCC-SBBerthelot, 1899Please also see Berthelot, 1900.; MS

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Cp,solid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
53.90298.5Smith and Andrews, 1931T = 102 to 346 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus397.65KN/ASmith and Andrews, 1931, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub27.0 ± 0.2kcal/molCC-SBCarson, Stranks, et al., 1958MS
Δsub27.0 ± 0.2kcal/molMECarson, Stranks, et al., 1958, 2Based on data from 314. to 303. K.; AC

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

Mercury, diphenyl- (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2Mercury, chlorophenyl- (cr)

By formula: C12H10Hg (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2C6H5ClHg (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-13.9 ± 0.50kcal/molRSCChernick, Skinner, et al., 1956Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.; MS

Mercury, diphenyl- (l) + Mercury(II) bromide (cr) = 2C6H5BrHg (cr)

By formula: C12H10Hg (l) + Br2Hg (cr) = 2C6H5BrHg (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-8.48 ± 0.29kcal/molRSCHartley, Pritchard, et al., 1951Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.; MS

Mercury, diphenyl- (l) + Mercury diiodide (cr) = 2Phenyl mercuric iodide (cr)

By formula: C12H10Hg (l) + HgI2 (cr) = 2C6H5HgI (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-5.2 ± 0.2kcal/molRSCHartley, Pritchard, et al., 1951Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.; MS

2Benzene, bromo- + Mercury(II) bromide = Mercury, diphenyl- + 2Bromine

By formula: 2C6H5Br + Br2Hg = C12H10Hg + 2Br2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr78.53 ± 0.80kcal/molCmChernick, Skinner, et al., 1956, 2liquid phase; ALS

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.32PEFurlani, Piancastelli, et al., 1981LLK
9.4 ± 0.2EIGlockling, Irwin, et al., 1976LLK
8.30 ± 0.03PIRodionov, Potapov, et al., 1973LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C6H5Hg+11.5 ± 0.2C6H5EIGlockling, Irwin, et al., 1976LLK
Hg+10.0 ± 0.2?EIGlockling, Irwin, et al., 1976LLK

References

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Carson and Wilmshurst, 1971
Carson, A.S.; Wilmshurst, B.R., J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1971, 3, 251. [all data]

Fairbrother and Skinner, 1956
Fairbrother, D.M.; Skinner, H.A., Trans. Faraday Soc., 1956, 52, 956. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in Academic Press, New York, 1970. [all data]

Berthelot, 1899
Berthelot, M., Compt. Rend., 1899, 129, 918. [all data]

Berthelot, 1900
Berthelot, M., Ann. Chim. Phys., 1900, 20, 158. [all data]

Smith and Andrews, 1931
Smith, R.H.; Andrews, D.H., Thermal energy studies. II. Phenyl derivatives of metals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3661-3667. [all data]

Smith and Andrews, 1931, 2
Smith, R.H.; Andrews, D.H., Thermal Energy Studies II. Phenyl Derivatives of Metals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3661-7. [all data]

Carson, Stranks, et al., 1958
Carson, A.S.; Stranks, D.R.; Wilmshurst, B., Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), 1958, A244, 72. [all data]

Carson, Stranks, et al., 1958, 2
Carson, A.S.; Stranks, D.R.; Wilmshurst, B.R., The Measurement of Very Low Vapour Pressures Using Radioactive Isotopes: The Latent Heat of Sublimation of Mercury Diphenyl, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 1958, 244, 1236, 72-84, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1958.0026 . [all data]

Chernick, Skinner, et al., 1956
Chernick, C.L.; Skinner, H.A.; Wadsö, I., Trans. Faraday Soc., 1956, 52, 1088. [all data]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brigton, 1977. [all data]

Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1951
Hartley, K.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. IV. Mercury diethyl and mercury diphenyl, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1951, 47, 254, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9514700254 . [all data]

Chernick, Skinner, et al., 1956, 2
Chernick, C.L.; Skinner, H.A.; Wadso, I., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. Part 7.-The heat of formation of mercury diphenyl, and of mercury phenyl chloride, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1956, 52, 1088-1093. [all data]

Furlani, Piancastelli, et al., 1981
Furlani, C.; Piancastelli, M.N.; Cauletti, C.; Faticanti, F.; Ortaggi, G., He(I) and He(II) photoelectron spectra of some organomercury compounds with carbon π-systems, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1981, 22, 309. [all data]

Glockling, Irwin, et al., 1976
Glockling, F.; Irwin, J.G.; Morrison, R.J.; Sweeney, J.J., A mass spectroscopic study of organomercurials and mercuric halides, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1976, 19, 267. [all data]

Rodionov, Potapov, et al., 1973
Rodionov, A.N.; Potapov, V.K.; Rogozhin, K.L., Photoionization of certain aromatic heteroorganic compounds, High Energy Chem., 1973, 7, 249, In original 278. [all data]


Notes

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