Ethoxy radical

• Formula: C₂H₅O
• Molecular weight: 45.0605
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H5O/c1-2-3/h2H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: VOLGAXAGEUPBDM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2154-50-9
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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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By formula: C₂H₅NO₂ = NO + C₂H₅O

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   B

State:   A

State:   X

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 376; Jacox, 1998, page 337; Jacox, 2003, page 353

Notes

References

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Rebbert and Laidler, 1952
Rebbert, R.E.; Laidler, K.J., Kinetics of the decomposition of diethyl peroxide, J. Chem. Phys., 1952, 20, 574-577. [all data]

Style and Ward, 1953
Style, D.W.G.; Ward, J.C., Fluorescent spectra from ethyl nitrate. Part 1.?Supposed emissions from alkoxy radicals and NO2, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1953, 49, 999, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9534900999 . [all data]

Ohbayashi, Akimoto, et al., 1977
Ohbayashi, K.; Akimoto, H.; Tanaka, I., Emission spectra of methoxyl, ethoxyl, and isopropoxyl radicals, J. Phys. Chem., 1977, 81, 8, 798, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100523a023 . [all data]

Inoue, Okuda, et al., 1981
Inoue, G.; Okuda, M.; Akimoto, H., Laser-induced fluorescence of the C2H5O radical, J. Chem. Phys., 1981, 75, 5, 2060, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.442325 . [all data]

Ebata, Yanagishita, et al., 1982
Ebata, T.; Yanagishita, H.; Obi, K.; Tanaka, I., Ã→X fluorescence spectra of CH3O and C2H5O generated by the Arf laser photolysis of alkyl nitrites, Chem. Phys., 1982, 69, 1-2, 27, https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-0104(82)88129-9 . [all data]

Foster, Hsu, et al., 1986
Foster, S.C.; Hsu, Y.-C.; Damo, C.P.; Liu, X.; Kung, C.-Y.; Miller, T.A., Implications of the rotationally resolved spectra of the alkoxy radicals for their electronic structure, J. Phys. Chem., 1986, 90, 26, 6766, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100284a011 . [all data]

Tan, Williamson, et al., 1993
Tan, X.Q.; Williamson, J.M.; Foster, S.C.; Miller, T.A., Rotationally resolved electronic excitation spectra of the ethoxy ~B .rarw. ~X transition, J. Phys. Chem., 1993, 97, 37, 9311, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100139a010 . [all data]

Gopalakrishnan, Zu, et al., 2003
Gopalakrishnan, S.; Zu, L.; Miller, T.A., Radiative and non-radiative decay of selected vibronic levels of the state of alkoxy radicals, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2003, 380, 5-6, 749, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2003.08.124 . [all data]

Ramond, Davico, et al., 2000
Ramond, T.M.; Davico, G.E.; Schwartz, R.L.; Lineberger, W.C., Vibronic structure of alkoxy radicals via photoelectron spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys., 2000, 112, 3, 1158, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.480767 . [all data]

Jacox, 1994
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1994, 464. [all data]

Jacox, 1998
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement A, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 2, 115-393, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556017 . [all data]

Jacox, 2003
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement B, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2003, 32, 1, 1-441, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1497629 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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