indolide anion


Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity of neutral species

EAneutral (eV) Method Reference Comment
2.31 ± 0.15LPESMcKay, Sanz, et al., 2010 
2.52 ± 0.20D-EATaft and Bordwell, 1988 

Protonation reactions

C8H6N- + Hydrogen cation = Indole

By formula: C8H6N- + H+ = C8H7N

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1472. ± 10.kJ/molTDEqMeot-ner, Liebman, et al., 1988gas phase; anchored to 88MEO scale, not the "87 acidity scale". The Kiefer, Zhang, et al., 1997 BDE is for ortho.
Δr1461. ± 8.8kJ/molG+TSTaft and Bordwell, 1988gas phase
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1440. ± 8.4kJ/molTDEqMeot-ner, Liebman, et al., 1988gas phase; anchored to 88MEO scale, not the "87 acidity scale". The Kiefer, Zhang, et al., 1997 BDE is for ortho.
Δr1431. ± 8.4kJ/molIMRETaft and Bordwell, 1988gas phase

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

McKay, Sanz, et al., 2010
McKay, A.R.; Sanz, M.E.; Mooney, C.R.S.; Minns, R.S.; Gill, E.M.; Fielding, H.H., Development of a new photoelectron spectroscopy instrument combining an electrospray ion source and photoelectron imaging, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 2010, 81, 12, 123101, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3505097 . [all data]

Taft and Bordwell, 1988
Taft, R.W.; Bordwell, F.G., Structural and Solvent Effects Evaluated from Acidities Measured in Dimethyl Sulfoxide and in the Gas Phase, Acc. Chem. Res., 1988, 21, 12, 463, https://doi.org/10.1021/ar00156a005 . [all data]

Meot-ner, Liebman, et al., 1988
Meot-ner, M.; Liebman, J.F.; Kafafi, S.A., Ionic Probes of Aromaticity in Annelated Rings, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 18, 5937, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00226a001 . [all data]

Kiefer, Zhang, et al., 1997
Kiefer, J.H.; Zhang, Q.; Kern, R.D.; Yao, J.; Jursic, B., Pyrolysis of Aromatic Azines: Pyrazine, Pyrimidine, and Pyridine, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1997, 101, 38, 7061, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp970211z . [all data]


Notes

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