Dichloromethylene
- Formula: CCl2
- Molecular weight: 82.917
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PFBUKDPBVNJDEW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 1605-72-7
- Chemical structure:
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Gas phase thermochemistry data
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Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔfH°gas | 238.49 | kJ/mol | Review | Chase, 1998 | Data last reviewed in December, 1968 |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
S°gas,1 bar | 265.33 | J/mol*K | Review | Chase, 1998 | Data last reviewed in December, 1968 |
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 (J/mol*K)
H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
t = temperature (K) / 1000.
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Temperature (K) | 298. to 1700. | 1700. to 6000. |
---|---|---|
A | 55.20579 | 101.2202 |
B | -6.434992 | -18.23308 |
C | 16.46990 | 2.956063 |
D | -5.290501 | -0.168778 |
E | -0.749371 | -35.72743 |
F | 219.6638 | 149.3491 |
G | 329.1599 | 329.8900 |
H | 238.4884 | 238.4884 |
Reference | Chase, 1998 | Chase, 1998 |
Comment | Data last reviewed in December, 1968 | Data last reviewed in December, 1968 |
Reaction thermochemistry data
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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess
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Individual Reactions
(CAS Reg. No. 14478-07-0 • 4294967295) +
= CAS Reg. No. 14478-07-0
By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 14478-07-0 • 4294967295CCl2) + CCl2 = CAS Reg. No. 14478-07-0
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | 129. ± 11. | kJ/mol | CIDT | Paulino and Squires, 1991 | gas phase |
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
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess
View reactions leading to CCl2+ (ion structure unspecified)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proton affinity (review) | 861. | kJ/mol | N/A | Hunter and Lias, 1998 | HL |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Gas basicity | 828.5 | kJ/mol | N/A | Hunter and Lias, 1998 | HL |
Electron affinity determinations
EA (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
1.5930 ± 0.0060 | LPES | Wren, Vogelhuber, et al., 2009 | revision: earlier had HCCl2- contaminant. Triplet ca.0.9±0.2 eV up; B |
1.66 ± 0.14 | IMRB | Born, Ingemann, et al., 2000 | Between oCHO-nitrobenzene, 3,5-diCF3-nitrobenzene; B |
1.590 ± 0.070 | LPES | Schwartz, Davico, et al., 1999 | T > S by 3±3 kcal/mol. But Barden and Schaeffer, 2000: EA(triplet)>laser energy.Calc: 19.5±2 kcal. See also Dyke, Lee, et al., 2005.; B |
1.6030 ± 0.0080 | LPES | Murray, Leopold, et al., 1988 | B |
1.80 ± 0.30 | NBAE | Dispert and Lacmann, 1978 | From CCl4,CFCl3,CHCl3; B |
2.50 ± 0.60 | EIAE | Scheunemann, Illenberger, et al., 1980 | From CCl4, CHCl3, CH2Cl2; B |
Ionization energy determinations
IE (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
9.27 ± 0.04 | PE | Kohn, Robles, et al., 1993 | LL |
9.76 | EI | Shapiro and Lossing, 1968 | RDSH |
Appearance energy determinations
Ion | AE (eV) | Other Products | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CCl+ | 16.3 ± 0.2 | Cl | EI | Blanchard and LeGoff, 1957 | RDSH |
Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels
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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox
State: A
Energy (cm-1) |
Med. | Transition | λmin (nm) |
λmax (nm) |
References | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To = 17255.67 ± 0.02 | gas | A-X | 400 | 987 | Huie, Long, et al., 1977 | ||
Kiefer, Siegel, et al., 1978 | |||||||
Tiee, Wampler, et al., 1979 | |||||||
Predmore, Murray, et al., 1984 | |||||||
Ibuki, Takahashi, et al., 1986 | |||||||
Choe, Tanner, et al., 1989 | |||||||
Clouthier and Karolczak, 1989 | |||||||
Clouthier and Karolczak, 1991 | |||||||
Lu, Chen, et al., 1991 | |||||||
Liu, Lee, et al., 2003 | |||||||
Guss, Richmond, et al., 2005 | |||||||
Mukarakate, Mishchenko, et al., 2006 | |||||||
Richmond, Tao, et al., 2008 | |||||||
To = 17092 | Ar | A-X | 440 | 827 | Milligan and Jacox, 1967 | ||
Jacox and Milligan, 1970 | |||||||
Shirk, 1971 | |||||||
Tevault and Andrews, 1975 | |||||||
Bondybey, 1977 | |||||||
Vib. sym. |
No. | Approximate type of mode |
cm-1 | Med. | Method | References | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a1 | 1 | Sym. stretch | 634.3 | gas | LF | Predmore, Murray, et al., 1984 Choe, Tanner, et al., 1989 Clouthier and Karolczak, 1991 | |
1 | Sym. stretch | 624 | Ar | LF | Bondybey, 1977 | ||
2 | Bend | 302.6 | gas | LF | Tiee, Wampler, et al., 1979 Predmore, Murray, et al., 1984 Choe, Tanner, et al., 1989 Clouthier and Karolczak, 1991 | ||
2 | Bend | 304 | Ar | AB LF | Milligan and Jacox, 1967 Jacox and Milligan, 1970 Bondybey, 1977 | ||
State: a
Energy (cm-1) |
Med. | Transition | λmin (nm) |
λmax (nm) |
References | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To = 7260 ± 1600 | gas | Wren, Vogelhuber, et al., 2009, 2 | |||||
Vib. sym. |
No. | Approximate type of mode |
cm-1 | Med. | Method | References | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a1 | 1 | Sym. stretch | 600 | T | gas | PE | Wren, Vogelhuber, et al., 2009, 2 |
2 | Bend | 300 | T | gas | PE | Wren, Vogelhuber, et al., 2009, 2 | |
State: X
Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 99; Jacox, 2003, page 138; Ibuki, Hiraya, et al., 1989; Fujitake and Hirota, 1989; Hansen, Mader, et al., 2001; Pancur, Brendel, et al., 2005
Notes
w | Weak |
m | Medium |
vs | Very strong |
T | Tentative assignment or approximate value |
o | Energy separation between the v = 0 levels of the excited and electronic ground states. |
References
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Tiee, Wampler, et al., 1979
Tiee, J.J.; Wampler, F.B.; Rice, W.W.,
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CCl2(A 1B1) radical formation in VUV photolyses of CCl4 and CBrCl3,
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Choe, J.-I.; Tanner, S.R.; Harmony, M.D.,
Laser-excitation spectrum and structure of CCl2 in a free-jet expansion from a heated nozzle,
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Clouthier and Karolczak, 1989
Clouthier, D.J.; Karolczak, J.,
Pyrolysis jet spectroscopy: rotationally resolved electronic spectrum of dichlorocarbene,
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Clouthier and Karolczak, 1991
Clouthier, D.J.; Karolczak, J.,
A pyrolysis jet spectroscopic study of the rotationally resolved electronic spectrum of dichlorocarbene,
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Lu, Chen, et al., 1991
Lu, Q.; Chen, Y.; Wang, D.; Zhang, Y.; Yu, S.; Chen, C.; Koshi, M.; Matsui, H.; Koda, S.; Ma, X.,
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Probing spin?orbit mixing and the singlet?triplet gap in dichloromethylene via?Ka-sorted emission spectra,
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Matrix-Isolation Study of the Reaction of Carbon Atoms with Chlorine. The Electronic and Vibrational Spectra of the Free Radical CCl2,
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Notes
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