Nitric oxide

• Formula: NO
• Molecular weight: 30.0061
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/NO/c1-2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: MWUXSHHQAYIFBG-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 10102-43-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Nitrogen oxide; Nitrogen monoxide; Nitrosyl radical; NO; Amidogen, oxo-; Nitrogen oxide (NO); UN 1660
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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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Phase change data

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Enthalpy of vaporization

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: NO^- + NO = (NO^- • NO)

Free energy of reaction

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (NO^- • NO) + NO = (NO^- • 2NO)

Free energy of reaction

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (Ni⁺ • NO) + NO = (Ni⁺ • 2NO)

Enthalpy of reaction

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Ni⁺ + NO = (Ni⁺ • NO)

Enthalpy of reaction

( • 2) +  = ( • 3)

By formula: (NO^- • 2NO) + NO = (NO^- • 3NO)

( • 3) +  = ( • 4)

By formula: (NO^- • 3NO) + NO = (NO^- • 4NO)

( • 4) +  = ( • 5)

By formula: (NO^- • 4NO) + NO = (NO^- • 5NO)

=  + 

By formula: C₂H₅NO₂ = NO + C₂H₅O

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
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
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

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Proton affinity at 298K

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Anion protonation reactions

 +  =

By formula: NO^- + H⁺ = HNO

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: NO^- + NO = (NO^- • NO)

Free energy of reaction

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (NO^- • NO) + NO = (NO^- • 2NO)

Free energy of reaction

( • 2) +  = ( • 3)

By formula: (NO^- • 2NO) + NO = (NO^- • 3NO)

( • 3) +  = ( • 4)

By formula: (NO^- • 3NO) + NO = (NO^- • 4NO)

( • 4) +  = ( • 5)

By formula: (NO^- • 4NO) + NO = (NO^- • 5NO)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Ni⁺ + NO = (Ni⁺ • NO)

Enthalpy of reaction

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (Ni⁺ • NO) + NO = (Ni⁺ • 2NO)

Enthalpy of reaction

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Chase, 1998
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Seaver, Chupka, et al., 1983
Seaver, M.; Chupka, W.A.; Colson, S.D.; Gauyacq, D., Double resonance multiphoton ionization studies of high Rydberg states in NO, J. Phys. Chem., 1983, 87, 2226. [all data]

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Kim, Stephan, et al., 1981
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  T	Temperature
  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
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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