Ethane, iodo-

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-1.7 ± 0.2kcal/molCcbCarson, Laye, et al., 1994 
Δfgas-2.0kcal/molCmKudchadker and Kudchadker, 1979 
Δfgas-2.1 ± 0.2kcal/molChydAshcroft, Carson, et al., 1965 
Δfgas-1.3kcal/molCcbSpringall and White, 1949 

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-9.3 ± 0.2kcal/molCcbCarson, Laye, et al., 1994ALS
Δfliquid-9.43 ± 0.41kcal/molChydAshcroft, Carson, et al., 1965Reanalyzed by Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986, Original value = -9.6 ± 0.2 kcal/mol; ALS
Δfliquid-8.4kcal/molCcbSpringall and White, 1949ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-349.55 ± 0.1kcal/molCcbCarson, Laye, et al., 1994ALS
Δcliquid-350.5 ± 0.5kcal/molCcbSpringall and White, 1949ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
26.22298.15Shehatta, 1993DH
27.51298.Kurbatov, 1948T = -37 to 70°C; mean Cp, three temperatures.; DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil345.5 ± 0.9KAVGN/AAverage of 12 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus162.05KN/ATimmermans and Martin, 1928Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
Tfus162.3KN/ATimmermans, 1911Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap7.660kcal/molN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Δvap7.58kcal/molCGCChickos, Hosseini, et al., 1995Based on data from 313. - 353. K.; AC
Δvap7.62 ± 0.02kcal/molCWadsö, Luoma, et al., 1968AC
Δvap7.631 ± 0.005kcal/molCWadso, 1968ALS
Δvap7.12 ± 0.06kcal/molVMathews, 1926ALS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
7.036345.6N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
8.03264.EStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 249. - 369. K. See also Li and Rossini, 1961.; AC
8.29234.N/AStull, 1947Based on data from 219. - 345. K.; AC
7.6278.N/AMilazzo, 1944Based on data from 254. - 293. K.; AC
7.58318.N/ASmyth and Engel, 1929Based on data from 303. - 333. K.; AC

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
218.8 - 345.64.079401247.135-39.612Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.
303. - 333.4.007551192.892-48.095Smyth and Engel, 1929Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

Hydrogen + 2Ethane, iodo- = 2Ethane + Iodine

By formula: H2 + 2C2H5I = 2C2H6 + I2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-21.2 ± 0.80kcal/molChydAshcroft, Carson, et al., 1965liquid phase

Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

kH(T) = H exp(d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

H (mol/(kg*bar)) d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) (K) Method Reference Comment
0.18 QN/A missing citation give several references for the Henry's law constants but don't assign them to specific species. Value at T = 293. K.
0.14 VN/A 

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
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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)9.349 ± 0.001eVN/AN/AL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)173.2kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity166.9kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
9.3492 ± 0.0006TEKnoblauch, Strobel, et al., 1995LL
9.33ESTLuo and Pacey, 1992LL
9.33PECarlson, Gerard, et al., 1988LL
9.3PEOhno, Imai, et al., 1983LBLHLM
9.35PEKimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981LLK
9.346 ± 0.005EQLias and Ausloos, 1978LLK
9.35 ± 0.02PEBoschi and Salahub, 1974LLK
9.346SBoschi and Salahub, 1972LLK
9.35PEBrogli and Heilbronner, 1971LLK
9.37PEBaker, Betteridge, et al., 1971LLK
9.37PEBaker, Betteridge, et al., 1971LLK
9.35 ± 0.02EIMelton and Hamill, 1964RDSH
9.33 ± 0.01PIWatanabe, 1957RDSH
9.346 ± 0.005SPrice, 1936RDSH
9.35PECarlson, Gerard, et al., 1988Vertical value; LL
9.33PEUtsunomiya, Kobayashi, et al., 1980Vertical value; LLK
9.34PEHoppilliard and Solgadi, 1980Vertical value; LLK
9.6PEDromey and Peel, 1974Vertical value; LLK
9.45 ± 0.02PELeavell, Steichen, et al., 1973Vertical value; LLK
9.34PEKimura, Katsumata, et al., 1973Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
CH2I+13.7 ± 0.3CH3EIIrsa, 1957RDSH
CH3+16.3 ± 0.3?EIIrsa, 1957RDSH
C2H5+10.44IPITraeger and McLoughlin, 1981LLK
C2H5+10.49IPIPECOBaer, 1980LLK
C2H5+11.0 ± 0.3IEIIrsa, 1957RDSH
HI+11.7 ± 0.1?EIIrsa, 1957RDSH
I+14.8 ± 0.2?EIIrsa, 1957RDSH

IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Origin NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, 1994
NIST MS number 133586

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Source Kimura and Nagakura, 1961
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Source reference RAS UV No. 1440
Instrument n.i.g.
Melting point -111.1
Boiling point 72.5

References

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Carson, Laye, et al., 1994
Carson, A.S.; Laye, P.G.; Pedley, J.B.; Welsby, A.M.; Chickos, J.S.; Hosseini, S., The enthalpies of formation of iodoethane, 1,2-diiodoethane, 1,3-diiodopropane, and 1,4-diiodobutane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1994, 26, 1103-1109. [all data]

Kudchadker and Kudchadker, 1979
Kudchadker, S.A.; Kudchadker, A.P., Ideal gas thermodynamic properties of selected bromoethanes and iodoethane, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1979, 8, 519-526. [all data]

Ashcroft, Carson, et al., 1965
Ashcroft, S.J.; Carson, A.S.; Carter, W.; Laye, P.G., Thermochemistry of reductions caused by lithium aluminium hydride. Part 3.- The C-halogen bond dissociation energies in ethyl iodine and ethyl bromide, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1965, 61, 225-229. [all data]

Springall and White, 1949
Springall, H.D.; White, T.R., The heat of combustion of ethyl iodide, Res. Corresp., 1949, 2, 296. [all data]

Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986
Pedley, J.B.; Naylor, R.D.; Kirby, S.P., Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1986, 1-792. [all data]

Shehatta, 1993
Shehatta, I., Heat capacity at constant pressure of some halogen compounds, Thermochim. Acta, 1993, 213, 1-10. [all data]

Kurbatov, 1948
Kurbatov, V.Ya., Heat capacity of liquids. 2. Heat capacity and the temperature dependence of heat capacity from halogen derivatives of acylic hydrocarbons, Zh. Obshch. Kim., 1948, 18, 372-389. [all data]

Timmermans and Martin, 1928
Timmermans, J.; Martin, F., Study of the Physical Constants of Twenty Organic Compounds of the Physical Constants of Twenty Organic Compounds, J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol., 1928, 25, 411. [all data]

Timmermans, 1911
Timmermans, J., Researches on the freezing point of organic liquid compounds, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1911, 25, 300. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Chickos, Hosseini, et al., 1995
Chickos, James S.; Hosseini, Sarah; Hesse, Donald G., Determination of vaporization enthalpies of simple organic molecules by correlations of changes in gas chromatographic net retention times, Thermochimica Acta, 1995, 249, 41-62, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(95)90670-3 . [all data]

Wadsö, Luoma, et al., 1968
Wadsö, Ingemar; Luoma, Sinikka; Olson, Thomas; Norin, Torbjörn, Heats of Vaporization of Organic Compounds. II. Chlorides, Bromides, and Iodides., Acta Chem. Scand., 1968, 22, 2438-2444, https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.22-2438 . [all data]

Wadso, 1968
Wadso, I., Heats of vaporization of organic compounds II. Chlorides, bromides, and iodides, Acta Chem. Scand., 1968, 22, 2438. [all data]

Mathews, 1926
Mathews, J.H., The accurate measurement of heats of vaporization of liquids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 562-576. [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]

Li and Rossini, 1961
Li, J.C.M.; Rossini, F.D., Vapor Pressures and Boiling Points of the l-Fluoroalkanes, l-Chloroalkanes, l-Bromoalkanes, and l-Iodoalkanes, C 1 to C 20 ., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1961, 6, 2, 268-270, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60010a025 . [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Milazzo, 1944
Milazzo, G., Gazz. Chim. Ital., 1944, 74, 49. [all data]

Smyth and Engel, 1929
Smyth, C.P.; Engel, E.W., MOLECULAR ORIENTATION AND THE PARTIAL VAPOR PRESSURES OF BINARY MIXTURES. I. SYSTEMS COMPOSED OF NORMAL LIQUIDS, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1929, 51, 9, 2646-2660, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01384a006 . [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]

Knoblauch, Strobel, et al., 1995
Knoblauch, N.; Strobel, A.; Fischer, I.; Bondybey, V.E., Two-photon ionization and dissociation of ethyl iodide, J. Chem. Phys., 1995, 103, 5417. [all data]

Luo and Pacey, 1992
Luo, Y.-R.; Pacey, P.D., Effects of alkyl substitution on ionization energies of alkanes and haloalkanes and on heats of formation of their molecular cations. Part 2. Alkanes and chloro-, bromo- and iodoalkanes, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1992, 112, 63. [all data]

Carlson, Gerard, et al., 1988
Carlson, T.A.; Gerard, P.; Pullen, B.P.; Grimm, F.A., Autoionization from the ione-pair orbitals of molecules containing iodine, J. Chem. Phys., 1988, 89, 1464. [all data]

Ohno, Imai, et al., 1983
Ohno, K.; Imai, K.; Matsumoto, S.; Harada, Y., Penning ionization electron spectroscopy of C2H5X (X = NH2, OH, H, Cl, I) relative reactivity of orbital localizing on functional groups upon electrophilic attack by metastable helium atoms, J. Phys. Chem., 1983, 87, 4346. [all data]

Kimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981
Kimura, K.; Katsumata, S.; Achiba, Y.; Yamazaki, T.; Iwata, S., Ionization energies, Ab initio assignments, and valence electronic structure for 200 molecules in Handbook of HeI Photoelectron Spectra of Fundamental Organic Compounds, Japan Scientific Soc. Press, Tokyo, 1981. [all data]

Lias and Ausloos, 1978
Lias, S.G.; Ausloos, P.J., eIonization energies of organic compounds by equilibrium measurements, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100, 6027. [all data]

Boschi and Salahub, 1974
Boschi, R.A.A.; Salahub, D.R., The high resolution photoelectron spectra of some iodoalkanes, iodocycloalkanes, iodoalkenes, and fluoroiodohydrocarbons, Can. J. Chem., 1974, 52, 1217. [all data]

Boschi and Salahub, 1972
Boschi, R.A.; Salahub, D.R., The far ultra-violet spectra of some 1-iodoalkanes, Mol. Phys., 1972, 24, 289. [all data]

Brogli and Heilbronner, 1971
Brogli, F.; Heilbronner, E., The competition between spin orbit coupling and conjugation in alkyl halides and its repercussion on their photoelectron spectra, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1971, 54, 1423. [all data]

Baker, Betteridge, et al., 1971
Baker, A.D.; Betteridge, D.; Kemp, N.R.; Kirby, R.E., Application of photoelectron spectrometry to pesticide analysis. II.Photoelectron spectra of hydroxy-, and halo-alkanes and halohydrins, Anal. Chem., 1971, 43, 375. [all data]

Melton and Hamill, 1964
Melton, C.E.; Hamill, W.H., Appearance potentials by the retarding potential-difference method for secondary ions produced by excited-neutral, excited ion-neutral, and ion-neutral reactions, J. Chem. Phys., 1964, 41, 1469. [all data]

Watanabe, 1957
Watanabe, K., Ionization potentials of some molecules, J. Chem. Phys., 1957, 26, 542. [all data]

Price, 1936
Price, W.C., The far ultraviolet absorption spectra and ionization potentials of the alkyl halides. Part II, J. Chem. Phys., 1936, 4, 547. [all data]

Utsunomiya, Kobayashi, et al., 1980
Utsunomiya, C.; Kobayashi, T.; Nagakura, S., Photoelectron angular distribution measurements for some aliphatic alcohols, amines, halides, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1980, 53, 1216. [all data]

Hoppilliard and Solgadi, 1980
Hoppilliard, Y.; Solgadi, D., Conformational analysis of 2-haloethanols and 2-methoxyethylhalides in a photoelectron spectrometer, Tetrahedron, 1980, 36, 377. [all data]

Dromey and Peel, 1974
Dromey, R.G.; Peel, J.B., Photoelectron spectroscopic correlation of the molecular orbitals of the alkanes and alkyl iodides, J. Mol. Struct., 1974, 23, 53. [all data]

Leavell, Steichen, et al., 1973
Leavell, S.; Steichen, J.; Franklin, J.L., Photoelectron spectra of intramolecularly hydrogen bonded compounds, J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 59, 4343. [all data]

Kimura, Katsumata, et al., 1973
Kimura, K.; Katsumata, S.; Achiba, Y.; Matsumoto, H.; Nagakura, S., Photoelectron spectra and orbital structures of higher alkyl chlorides, bromides, and iodides., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1973, 46, 373. [all data]

Irsa, 1957
Irsa, A.P., Electron impact studies on C2H5Cl, C2H5Br, and C2H5I, J. Chem. Phys., 1957, 26, 18. [all data]

Traeger and McLoughlin, 1981
Traeger, J.C.; McLoughlin, R.G., Absolute heats of formation for gas phase cations, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1981, 103, 3647. [all data]

Baer, 1980
Baer, T., Gas phase heats of formation of C2H5+ and C3H7+, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980, 102, 2482. [all data]

Kimura and Nagakura, 1961
Kimura, K.; Nagakura, S., n → σ* Absorption spectra of saturated organic compounds containing bromine and iodine, Spectrochim. Acta, 1961, 17, 166-183. [all data]


Notes

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