Mercury, chloromethyl-

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-13.2 ± 0.79kcal/molReviewMartinho SimõesThe enthalpy of formation relies on 13.8 ± 0.72 kcal/mol for the enthalpy of formation of Hg(Me)2(l).

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid-28.68 ± 0.67kcal/molReviewMartinho SimõesThe enthalpy of formation relies on 13.8 ± 0.72 kcal/mol for the enthalpy of formation of Hg(Me)2(l).

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
MS - José A. Martinho Simões

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus446.6KN/APlato, 1972Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub15.5 ± 0.38kcal/molVStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 278. - 307. K. See also Pilcher and Skinner, 1983, Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950, and Charnley and Skinner, 1951.; AC
Δsub15.5 ± 0.41kcal/molRSCCharnley and Skinner, 1951, 2MS

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

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Individual Reactions

Mercury, dimethyl- (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2Mercury, chloromethyl- (cr)

By formula: C2H6Hg (l) + Cl2Hg (cr) = 2CH3ClHg (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-16.2 ± 0.55kcal/molRSCHartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
10.5PEBaidin, Chizhov, et al., 1981LLK
10.5PEBaidin, Chizhov, et al., 1981, 2LLK
11.3 ± 0.2EIGlockling, Irwin, et al., 1976LLK
11.5 ± 0.02EIGowenlock, Haynes, et al., 1962RDSH
10.84 ± 0.05PEBaidin, Timoshenko, et al., 1985Vertical value; LBLHLM
10.83 ± 0.05PEBaidin, Chizhov, et al., 1981Vertical value; LLK
10.83PEBaidin, Chizhov, et al., 1981, 2Vertical value; LLK
10.88PEEland, 1970Vertical value; RDSH

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
CH3+14.8 ± 0.2?EIGowenlock, Haynes, et al., 1962RDSH
CH3Hg+12.4 ± 0.2ClEIGowenlock, Haynes, et al., 1962RDSH
ClHg+13.3 ± 0.2CH3EIGlockling, Irwin, et al., 1976LLK

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Source Arah and McDuffie, 1976
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Source reference RAS UV No. 17446
Instrument Cary 14

References

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Martinho Simões
Martinho Simões, J.A., Private communication (see http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/om/). [all data]

Plato, 1972
Plato, C., DSC as a general method for determining purity and heat of fusion of high-purity organic chemicals, Anal. Chem., 1972, 44, 1531. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Pilcher and Skinner, 1983
Pilcher, G.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of organometallic compounds, 1983, 43-90, https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470771686.ch2 . [all data]

Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950
Hartley, K.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. III.?mercury dimethyl and mercury methyl halides, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1950, 46, 1019, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9504601019 . [all data]

Charnley and Skinner, 1951
Charnley, T.; Skinner, H.A., 424. Measurements of the vapour pressures of some alkylmercury halides. The latent heats of sublimation of methyl- and ethyl- mercury halides, J. Chem. Soc., 1951, 1921, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9510001921 . [all data]

Charnley and Skinner, 1951, 2
Charnley, T.; Skinner, H.A., J. Chem. Soc., 1951, 1921.. [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]

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

Baidin, Chizhov, et al., 1981
Baidin, V.N.; Chizhov, Y.V.; Timoshenko, M.M.; Sokolikova, O.K.; Grishin, Y.K.; Ustynyuk, Y.A., The photoelectron spectra of alkylmercury chlorides, J. Struct. Chem., 1981, 22, 616, In original 164. [all data]

Baidin, Chizhov, et al., 1981, 2
Baidin, V.N.; Chizhov, Y.V.; Timoshenko, M.M.; Ustynyuk, Y.A.; Kritskaya, I.I., He(I) photoelectronic spectra of organic compounds with a mercury atom attached to an sp2 hybridized carbon, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1981, 2362. [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]

Gowenlock, Haynes, et al., 1962
Gowenlock, B.G.; Haynes, R.M.; Majer, J.R., Electron impact measurement on some organomercury compounds, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1962, 58, 1905. [all data]

Baidin, Timoshenko, et al., 1985
Baidin, V.N.; Timoshenko, M.M.; Chizhov, Y.V.; Ustynyuk, Y.A.; Kritskaya, I.I., Photoelectron spectra nad the structure of organomercury compounds, J. Organomet. Chem., 1985, 292, 55. [all data]

Eland, 1970
Eland, J.H.D., Photoelectron spectra and chemical bonding of mercury(II) compounds, Intern. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1970, 4, 37. [all data]

Arah and McDuffie, 1976
Arah, R.D.; McDuffie, B., Anal. Chem., 1976, 48, 195. [all data]


Notes

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