Vinyl radical

• Formula: C₂H₃
• Molecular weight: 27.0452
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H3/c1-2/h1H,2H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ORGHESHFQPYLAO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2669-89-8
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Robert C. Dunbar

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Individual Reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cr⁺ + C₂H₃ = (Cr⁺ • C₂H₃)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and 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
B - John E. Bartmess

View reactions leading to C₂H₃⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cr⁺ + C₂H₃ = (Cr⁺ • C₂H₃)

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   Ryd

State:   B

State:   A

State:   X

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 232; Jacox, 1998, page 269; Jacox, 2003, page 255; Kim and Yamamoto, 2002; Tanaka, Toshimitsu, et al., 2004

Notes

References

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Tsang, 1996
Tsang, W., Heats of Formation of Organic Free Radicals by Kinetic Methods in Energetics of Organic Free Radicals, Martinho Simoes, J.A.; Greenberg, A.; Liebman, J.F., eds., Blackie Academic and Professional, London, 1996, 22-58. [all data]

Fisher and Armentrout, 1992
Fisher, E.R.; Armentrout, P.B., Activation of Alkanes by Cr+: Unique Reactivity of Ground-State Cr+(6S) and Thermochemistry of Neutral and Ionic Chromium-Carbon Bonds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1992, 114, 6, 2039, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00032a017 . [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]

Ervin, Gronert, et al., 1990
Ervin, K.M.; Gronert, S.; Barlow, S.E.; Gilles, M.K.; Harrison, A.G.; Bierbaum, V.M.; DePuy, C.H.; Lin, W.C., Bonds Strengths of Ethylene and Acetylene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 15, 5750, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00171a013 . [all data]

Lindinger, Albritton, et al., 1975
Lindinger, W.; Albritton, A.L.; Fehsenfeld, F.C.; Ferguson, E.E., Reactions of O- with N₂, N₂O, SO₂, NH₃, CH₄, C₂H₄, and C₂H₂- with O₂ from 300K to relative kinetic energies of 2 eV, J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 63, 3238. [all data]

Blush and Chen, 1992
Blush, J.A.; Chen, P., Photoelectron spectrum of the vinyl radical. Downward revision of C₂H₃ ionization potential, J. Phys. Chem., 1992, 96, 4138. [all data]

Berkowitz, Mayhew, et al., 1988
Berkowitz, J.; Mayhew, C.A.; Ruscic, B., A photoionization study of the vinyl radical, J. Chem. Phys., 1988, 88, 7396. [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]

Lossing, 1971
Lossing, F.P., Free radicals by mass spectrometry. XLIII. Ionization potentials and ionic heats of formation for vinyl, allyl, and benzyl radicals, Can. J. Chem., 1971, 49, 357. [all data]

Fahr and Laufer, 1988
Fahr, A.; Laufer, A.H., Ultraviolet absorption of the vinyl radical and reaction with oxygen, J. Phys. Chem., 1988, 92, 26, 7229, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100337a014 . [all data]

Fahr, Hassanzadeh, et al., 1998
Fahr, A.; Hassanzadeh, P.; Atkinson, D.B., Ultraviolet absorption spectrum and cross-sections of vinyl (C2H3) radical in the 225--238 nm region, Chem. Phys., 1998, 236, 1-3, 43, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-0104(98)00213-4 . [all data]

Hunziker, Kneppe, et al., 1983
Hunziker, H.E.; Kneppe, H.; McLean, A.D.; Siegbahn, P.; Wendt, H.R., Visible electronic absorption spectrum of vinyl radical, Can. J. Chem., 1983, 61, 5, 993, https://doi.org/10.1139/v83-175 . [all data]

Pibel, McIlroy, et al., 1999
Pibel, C.D.; McIlroy, A.; Taatjes, C.A.; Alfred, S.; Patrick, K.; Halpern, J.B., The vinyl radical (A[sup 2]A[sup ´´]←X[sup 2]A[sup ´]) spectrum between 530 and 415 nm measured by cavity ring-down spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys., 1999, 110, 4, 1841, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.477850 . [all data]

Tonokura, Marui, et al., 1999
Tonokura, K.; Marui, S.; Koshi, M., Absorption cross-section measurements of the vinyl radical in the 440--460 nm region by cavity ring-down spectroscopy, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1999, 313, 5-6, 771, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(99)01070-2 . [all data]

Pushkarsky, Mann, et al., 2001
Pushkarsky, M.B.; Mann, A.M.; Yeston, J.S.; Moore, C.B., Electronic spectroscopy of jet-cooled vinyl radical, J. Chem. Phys., 2001, 115, 23, 10738, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1416495 . [all data]

Shahu, Yang, et al., 2002
Shahu, M.; Yang, C.-H.; Pibel, C.D.; McIlroy, A.; Taatjes, C.A.; Halpern, J.B., Vinyl radical visible spectroscopy and excited state dynamics, J. Chem. Phys., 2002, 116, 19, 8343, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1471909 . [all data]

Wu, Lin, et al., 2008
Wu, Y.-J.; Lin, M.-Y.; Cheng, B.-M.; Chen, H.-F.; Lee, Y.-P., Infrared absorption spectra of vinyl radicals isolated in solid Ne, J. Chem. Phys., 2008, 128, 20, 204509, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2929826 . [all data]

Dong, Roberts, et al., 2008
Dong, F.; Roberts, M.; Nesbitt, D.J., High-resolution infrared spectroscopy of jet-cooled vinyl radical: Symmetric CH[sub 2] stretch excitation and tunneling dynamics, J. Chem. Phys., 2008, 128, 4, 044305, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2816704 . [all data]

Wu, Chen, et al., 2009
Wu, Y.-J.; Chen, H.-F.; Camacho, C.; Sitek, H.A.; Hsu, S.-C.; Lin, M.-Y.; Chou, S.-L.; Ogilvie, J.F.; Cheng, B.-M., FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF INTERSTELLAR MOLECULE LINEAR C, Astrophys. J., 2009, 701, 1, 8, https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/701/1/8 . [all data]

Jacox and Thompson, 2011
Jacox, M.E.; Thompson, W.E., The infrared spectra of C2H4+ and C2H3 trapped in solid neon, J. Chem. Phys., 2011, 134, 6, 064321, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3555626 . [all data]

Tanskanen, Khrichtchev, et al., 2005
Tanskanen, H.; Khrichtchev, L.; Rasanen, M.; Feldman, V.I.; Sukhov, F.F.; Orlov, A.Yu.; Tyurin, D.A., Infrared absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance studies of vinyl radical in noble-gas matrices, J. Chem. Phys., 2005, 123, 6, 064318, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2000907 . [all data]

Kanamori, Endo, et al., 1990
Kanamori, H.; Endo, Y.; Hirota, E., The vinyl radical investigated by infrared diode laser kinetic spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys., 1990, 92, 1, 197, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.458462 . [all data]

Forney, Jacox, et al., 1995
Forney, D.; Jacox, M.E.; Thompson, W.E., The Infrared and Near-Infrared Spectra of HCC and DCC Trapped in Solid Neon, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1995, 170, 1, 178, https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsp.1995.1065 . [all data]

Shepherd, Doyle, et al., 1988
Shepherd, R.A.; Doyle, T.J.; Graham, W.R.M., A Fourier transform infrared study of the D and 13C substituted C2H3 vinyl radical in solid argon, J. Chem. Phys., 1988, 89, 5, 2738, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.455025 . [all data]

Khriachtchev, Tanskanen, et al., 2003
Khriachtchev, L.; Tanskanen, H.; Lundell, J.; Pettersson, M.; Kiljunen, H.; Rasanen, M., Fluorine-Free Organoxenon Chemistry: HXeCCH, HXeCC, and HXeCCXeH, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 16, 4696, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja034485d . [all data]

Feldman, Sukhov, et al., 2003
Feldman, V.I.; Sukhov, F.F.; Orlov, A.Yu.; Tyulpina, I.V., Experimental Evidence for the Formation of HXeCCH: The First Hydrocarbon with an Inserted Rare-Gas Atom, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 16, 4698, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja034585j . [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]

Kim and Yamamoto, 2002
Kim, E.; Yamamoto, S., Fourier transform millimeter-wave spectroscopy of the deuterated vinyl radical, C[sub 2]D[sub 3], J. Chem. Phys., 2002, 116, 24, 10713, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1480270 . [all data]

Tanaka, Toshimitsu, et al., 2004
Tanaka, K.; Toshimitsu, M.; Harada, K.; Tanaka, T., Determination of the proton tunneling splitting of the vinyl radical in the ground state by millimeter-wave spectroscopy combined with supersonic jet expansion and ultraviolet photolysis, J. Chem. Phys., 2004, 120, 8, 3604, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1642583 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  ΔfH(+) ion,0K	Enthalpy of formation of positive ion at 0K
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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