Mercury, diphenyl-

• Formula: C₁₂H₁₀Hg
• Molecular weight: 354.80
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/2C6H5.Hg/c2*1-2-4-6-5-3-1;/h2*1-5H; Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HWMTUNCVVYPZHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 587-85-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzene, mercuriodi-; Diphenylmercury
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MS - José A. Martinho Simões
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Phase change data

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AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

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MS - José A. Martinho Simões
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 (l) + Cl₂Hg (cr) = 2 (cr)

By formula: C₁₂H₁₀Hg (l) + Cl₂Hg (cr) = 2C₆H₅ClHg (cr)

 (l) +  (cr) = 2C₆H₅BrHg (cr)

By formula: C₁₂H₁₀Hg (l) + Br₂Hg (cr) = 2C₆H₅BrHg (cr)

 (l) +  (cr) = 2 (cr)

By formula: C₁₂H₁₀Hg (l) + HgI₂ (cr) = 2C₆H₅HgI (cr)

2 +  =  + 2

By formula: 2C₆H₅Br + Br₂Hg = C₁₂H₁₀Hg + 2Br₂

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LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Condensed Phase Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Carson and Wilmshurst, 1971
Carson, A.S.; Wilmshurst, B.R., J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1971, 3, 251. [all data]

Fairbrother and Skinner, 1956
Fairbrother, D.M.; Skinner, H.A., Trans. Faraday Soc., 1956, 52, 956. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in Academic Press, New York, 1970. [all data]

Berthelot, 1899
Berthelot, M., Compt. Rend., 1899, 129, 918. [all data]

Berthelot, 1900
Berthelot, M., Ann. Chim. Phys., 1900, 20, 158. [all data]

Smith and Andrews, 1931
Smith, R.H.; Andrews, D.H., Thermal energy studies. II. Phenyl derivatives of metals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3661-3667. [all data]

Smith and Andrews, 1931, 2
Smith, R.H.; Andrews, D.H., Thermal Energy Studies II. Phenyl Derivatives of Metals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3661-7. [all data]

Carson, Stranks, et al., 1958
Carson, A.S.; Stranks, D.R.; Wilmshurst, B., Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), 1958, A244, 72. [all data]

Carson, Stranks, et al., 1958, 2
Carson, A.S.; Stranks, D.R.; Wilmshurst, B.R., The Measurement of Very Low Vapour Pressures Using Radioactive Isotopes: The Latent Heat of Sublimation of Mercury Diphenyl, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 1958, 244, 1236, 72-84, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1958.0026 . [all data]

Chernick, Skinner, et al., 1956
Chernick, C.L.; Skinner, H.A.; Wadsö, I., Trans. Faraday Soc., 1956, 52, 1088. [all data]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brigton, 1977. [all data]

Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1951
Hartley, K.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. IV. Mercury diethyl and mercury diphenyl, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1951, 47, 254, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9514700254 . [all data]

Chernick, Skinner, et al., 1956, 2
Chernick, C.L.; Skinner, H.A.; Wadso, I., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. Part 7.-The heat of formation of mercury diphenyl, and of mercury phenyl chloride, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1956, 52, 1088-1093. [all data]

Furlani, Piancastelli, et al., 1981
Furlani, C.; Piancastelli, M.N.; Cauletti, C.; Faticanti, F.; Ortaggi, G., He(I) and He(II) photoelectron spectra of some organomercury compounds with carbon π-systems, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1981, 22, 309. [all data]

Glockling, Irwin, et al., 1976
Glockling, F.; Irwin, J.G.; Morrison, R.J.; Sweeney, J.J., A mass spectroscopic study of organomercurials and mercuric halides, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1976, 19, 267. [all data]

Rodionov, Potapov, et al., 1973
Rodionov, A.N.; Potapov, V.K.; Rogozhin, K.L., Photoionization of certain aromatic heteroorganic compounds, High Energy Chem., 1973, 7, 249, In original 278. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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