Formyl cation

• Formula: CHO⁺
• Molecular weight: 29.0175
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CHO/c1-2/h1H/q+1 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XPRMKTHGXOVKEH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 17030-74-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Formyl, unipositive ion; Methylium, oxo-; HCO; HCO+
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Individual Reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: CHO⁺ + CO = (CHO⁺ • CO)

( • 2) +  = ( • 3)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 2CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 3CO)

( • 3) +  = ( • 4)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 3CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 4CO)

( • 4) +  = ( • 5)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 4CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 5CO)

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 2CO)

( • 14) +  = ( • 15)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 14CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 15CO)

( • 3) +  = ( • 4)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 3CO₂) + CO₂ = (CHO⁺ • 4CO₂)

( • 10) +  = ( • 11)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 10CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 11CO)

( • 11) +  = ( • 12)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 11CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 12CO)

( • 12) +  = ( • 13)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 12CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 13CO)

( • 13) +  = ( • 14)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 13CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 14CO)

( • 9) +  = ( • 10)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 9CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 10CO)

( • 5) +  = ( • 6)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 5CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 6CO)

( • 6) +  = ( • 7)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 6CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 7CO)

( • 7) +  = ( • 8)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 7CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 8CO)

( • 8) +  = ( • 9)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 8CO) + CO = (CHO⁺ • 9CO)

( • 2) +  = ( • 3)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • 2CO₂) + CO₂ = (CHO⁺ • 3CO₂)

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (CHO⁺ • CO₂) + CO₂ = (CHO⁺ • 2CO₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: CHO⁺ + H₂ = (CHO⁺ • H₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: CHO⁺ + CO₂ = (CHO⁺ • CO₂)

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   X

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 37; Jacox, 1998, page 145; Jacox, 2003, page 33; Dyke, Jonathan, et al., 1980; Bogey, Demuynck, et al., 1981; Sastry, Herbst, et al., 1981; Woods, Saykally, et al., 1981; Foster and McKellar, 1984; Kawaguchi, McKellar, et al., 1986; Dyke, 1987; Woods, 1988; Ohshima, Sumiyoshi, et al., 1997; Olkhov, Nizkorodov, et al., 1997; Foltynowicz, Robinson, et al., 2001; Foltynowicz, Robinson, et al., 2001, 2; Dore, Beninati, et al., 2003

Notes

References

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Ohshima, Sumiyoshi, et al., 1997
Ohshima, Y.; Sumiyoshi, Y.; Endo, Y., Rotational spectrum of the Ar--HCO+ ionic complex, J. Chem. Phys., 1997, 106, 7, 2977, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.473416 . [all data]

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Olkhov, R.V.; Nizkorodov, S.A.; Dopfer, O., Hindered rotation in ion-neutral molecular complexes: The ν[sub 1] vibration of H[sub 2]--HCO[sup +] and D[sub 2]--DCO[sup +], J. Chem. Phys., 1997, 107, 20, 8229, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.475027 . [all data]

Foltynowicz, Robinson, et al., 2001
Foltynowicz, R.J.; Robinson, J.D.; Grant, E.R., Double-resonant photoionization efficiency spectroscopy: A precise determination of the adiabatic ionization potential of DCO, J. Chem. Phys., 2001, 114, 12, 5224, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1349080 . [all data]

Foltynowicz, Robinson, et al., 2001, 2
Foltynowicz, R.J.; Robinson, J.D.; Grant, E.R., An experimental measure of anharmonicity in the bending of DCO[sup +], J. Chem. Phys., 2001, 115, 2, 878, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1379336 . [all data]

Dore, Beninati, et al., 2003
Dore, L.; Beninati, S.; Puzzarini, C.; Cazzoli, G., Study of vibrational interactions in DCO[sup +] by millimeter-wave spectroscopy and determination of the equilibrium structure of the formyl ion, J. Chem. Phys., 2003, 118, 17, 7857, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1564042 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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