Diborane

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas9.799kcal/molReviewChase, 1998Data last reviewed in December, 1964
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
gas,1 bar55.729cal/mol*KReviewChase, 1998Data last reviewed in December, 1964

Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

Cp° = 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
    Cp = heat capacity (cal/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kcal/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (cal/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Temperature (K) 298. to 1200.1200. to 6000.
A -2.96885138.62990
B 63.960612.684821
C -36.39130-0.520599
D 7.9251420.034902
E 0.071819-8.787661
F 8.388829-21.36920
G 35.0170976.60189
H 9.7999609.799960
ReferenceChase, 1998Chase, 1998
Comment Data last reviewed in December, 1964 Data last reviewed in December, 1964

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
3.66164.N/ADitter, Perrine, et al., 1961Based on data from 118. to 179. K.; AC
3.39180.CParidon, MacWood, et al., 1959AC
3.01210.CParidon, MacWood, et al., 1959AC
2.51240.CParidon, MacWood, et al., 1959AC
1.7270.CParidon, MacWood, et al., 1959AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

log10(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
118.3 to 180.83.77585598.39-22.175Ditter, Perrine, et al., 1961, 2Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

Hydrogen anion + Diborane = (Hydrogen anion • Diborane)

By formula: H- + H6B2 = (H- • H6B2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr74.00kcal/molTherWorkman and Squires, 1988gas phase; Calculated from data on BH3..BH4-

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:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)11.38 ± 0.05eVN/AN/AL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)147.kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity140.1kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
≤11.37 ± 0.05PIRuscic, Mayhew, et al., 1988LL
11.4PEAsbrink, Svensson, et al., 1981LLK
11.41 ± 0.02PELloyd and Lynaugh, 1970RDSH
11.38 ± 0.01PEBrundle, Robin, et al., 1970RDSH
20.2 ± 0.1PEBrundle, Robin, et al., 1970RDSH
11.37 ± 0.01PERose, Frey, et al., ibid.RDSH
11.9PEAsbrink, Svensson, et al., 1981Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
B+18.39 ± 0.02?EIWilson and McGee, 1967RDSH
BH+16.4 ± 0.3?EIWilson and McGee, 1967RDSH
BH2+≤14.840 ± 0.017BH3+HPIRuscic, Mayhew, et al., 1988LL
BH2+15.5 ± 0.05?EIWilson and McGee, 1967RDSH
BH2+13.4 ± 0.1?EIKoski, Kaufman, et al., 1958RDSH
BH2+13.5 ± 0.5?EIMargrave, 1957RDSH
BH3+≤14.31BH3PIRuscic, Mayhew, et al., 1988LL
BH3+14.88 ± 0.05BH3?EIWilson and McGee, 1967RDSH
BH3+13.1 ± 0.2BH3?EIKoski, Kaufman, et al., 1958RDSH
BH3+12.1 ± 0.2BH3?EIMargrave, 1957RDSH
B2+21.1 ± 0.23H2EIKoski, Kaufman, et al., 1958RDSH
B2+26.3 ± 0.5?EIMargrave, 1957RDSH
B2H+21.4 ± 0.52H2+HEIMargrave, 1957RDSH
B2H2+≤13.252H2PIRuscic, Mayhew, et al., 1988LL
B2H2+14.1 ± 0.22H2EIFehlner and Koski, 1964RDSH
B2H2+13.8 ± 0.12H2EIKoski, Kaufman, et al., 1958RDSH
B2H2+13.8 ± 0.22H2EIMargrave, 1957RDSH
B2H3+≤14.15H2+HPIRuscic, Mayhew, et al., 1988LL
B2H3+14.3 ± 0.2H2+HEIFehlner and Koski, 1964RDSH
B2H3+14.2 ± 0.1H2+HEIKoski, Kaufman, et al., 1958RDSH
B2H3+14.8 ± 0.5H2+HEIMargrave, 1957RDSH
B2H4+≤11.75H2PIRuscic, Mayhew, et al., 1988LL
B2H4+12.3 ± 0.2H2EIFehlner and Koski, 1964RDSH
B2H4+12.3 ± 0.1H2EIKoski, Kaufman, et al., 1958RDSH
B2H4+12.4 ± 0.3H2EIMargrave, 1957RDSH
B2H5+≤11.40 ± 0.05HPIRuscic, Mayhew, et al., 1988LL
B2H5+11.8 ± 0.1HEIWilson and McGee, 1967RDSH
B2H5+12.0 ± 0.1HEIFehlner and Koski, 1964RDSH
B2H5+11.9 ± 0.1HEIKoski, Kaufman, et al., 1958RDSH
B2H5+12.0 ± 0.3HEIMargrave, 1957RDSH

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

Hydrogen anion + Diborane = (Hydrogen anion • Diborane)

By formula: H- + H6B2 = (H- • H6B2)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr74.00kcal/molTherWorkman and Squires, 1988gas phase; Calculated from data on BH3..BH4-

IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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References

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Chase, 1998
Chase, M.W., Jr., NIST-JANAF Themochemical Tables, Fourth Edition, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Monograph 9, 1998, 1-1951. [all data]

Ditter, Perrine, et al., 1961
Ditter, J.F.; Perrine, J.C.; Shapiro, Isadore, Vapor Pressure of Deuterodiborane., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1961, 6, 2, 271-271, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60010a026 . [all data]

Paridon, MacWood, et al., 1959
Paridon, Leo J.; MacWood, George E.; Hu, Jih-Heng, The Heat of Vaporization of Diborane, J. Phys. Chem., 1959, 63, 12, 1998-1999, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150582a004 . [all data]

Ditter, Perrine, et al., 1961, 2
Ditter, J.F.; Perrine, J.C.; Shapiro, I., Vapor Pressure of Deuterodiborane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1961, 6, 2, 271, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60010a026 . [all data]

Workman and Squires, 1988
Workman, D.B.; Squires, R.R., Hydride Binding Energies of Boranes, Inorg. Chem., 1988, 27, 11, 1846, https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00284a003 . [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Ruscic, Mayhew, et al., 1988
Ruscic, B.; Mayhew, C.A.; Berkowitz, J., Photoionization studies of (BH3)n(n=1,2), J. Chem. Phys., 1988, 88, 5580. [all data]

Asbrink, Svensson, et al., 1981
Asbrink, L.; Svensson, A.; Von Niessen, W.; Bieri, G., 30.4 nm He(II) photoelectron spectra of organic molecules, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1981, 24, 293. [all data]

Lloyd and Lynaugh, 1970
Lloyd, D.R.; Lynaugh, N., Photoelectron studies of boron compounds. I. Diborane, borazine and B-trifluoroborazine, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. (London), 1970, A268, 97. [all data]

Brundle, Robin, et al., 1970
Brundle, C.R.; Robin, M.B.; Basch, H.; Pinsky, M.; Bond, A., Experimental and theoretical comparison of the electronic structures of ethylene and diborane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1970, 92, 3863. [all data]

Rose, Frey, et al., ibid.
Rose, T.; Frey, R.; Brehm, B., The electronic states of the diborane ion determined by photoelectron spectroscopy, Chem. Commun. 1969,,1518; Erratum,, ibid., 1970, ,460. [all data]

Wilson and McGee, 1967
Wilson, J.H.; McGee, H.A., Jr., Mass-spectrometric studies of the synthesis, energetics, and cryogenic stability of the lower boron hydrides, J. Chem. Phys., 1967, 46, 1444. [all data]

Koski, Kaufman, et al., 1958
Koski, W.S.; Kaufman, J.J.; Pachucki, C.F.; Shipko, F.J., A mass spectrometric appearance potential study of isotopically labeled diboranes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1958, 80, 3202. [all data]

Margrave, 1957
Margrave, J.L., A mass spectrometric appearance potential study of diborane, J. Phys. Chem., 1957, 61, 38. [all data]

Fehlner and Koski, 1964
Fehlner, T.P.; Koski, W.S., The fragmentation of some boron hydrides by electron impact, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1964, 86, 581. [all data]


Notes

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