Ethane

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
RCD - Robert C. Dunbar

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Individual Reactions

Cobalt ion (1+) + Ethane = (Cobalt ion (1+) • Ethane)

By formula: Co+ + C2H6 = (Co+ • C2H6)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr22.3cal/mol*KSIDTKemper, Bushnell, et al., 1993gas phase; switching reaction(Co+)CH4, ΔrS(500 K); M

Enthalpy of reaction

ΔrH° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
23.9 (+1.2,-0.) CIDArmentrout and Kickel, 1994gas phase; guided ion beam CID; M
28.0 (+1.6,-0.) SIDTKemper, Bushnell, et al., 1993gas phase; switching reaction(Co+)CH4, ΔrS(500 K); M

(Cobalt ion (1+) • Methane) + Ethane = (Cobalt ion (1+) • Ethane • Methane)

By formula: (Co+ • CH4) + C2H6 = (Co+ • C2H6 • CH4)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr25.9cal/mol*KSIDTKemper, Bushnell, et al., 1993gas phase; switching reaction(Co+).2CH4, ΔrS(480 K); M

Enthalpy of reaction

ΔrH° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
28.4 (+1.3,-0.) SIDTKemper, Bushnell, et al., 1993gas phase; switching reaction(Co+).2CH4, ΔrS(480 K); M

3Water (g) + Aluminum, triethyl- (l) = AlH3O3 (amorphous) + 3Ethane (g)

By formula: 3H2O (g) + C6H15Al (l) = AlH3O3 (amorphous) + 3C2H6 (g)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-154.7 ± 1.5kcal/molRSCFowell, 1961Please also see Cox and Pilcher, 1970. Liquid triethylaluminum contains a very small molar fraction of monomer at 298 K, ca. 0.1% Smith, 1967, so that the "real" liquid should be described as [Al(Et)3]2.; MS

C2H5- + Hydrogen cation = Ethane

By formula: C2H5- + H+ = C2H6

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr420.1 ± 2.0kcal/molBranDePuy, Gronert, et al., 1989gas phase; B
Δr421.0 ± 2.0kcal/molBranDePuy, Bierbaum, et al., 1984gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr411.7 ± 2.1kcal/molH-TSDePuy, Gronert, et al., 1989gas phase; B

(Cobalt ion (1+) • Ethane) + Methane = (Cobalt ion (1+) • Methane • Ethane)

By formula: (Co+ • C2H6) + CH4 = (Co+ • CH4 • C2H6)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr26.4cal/mol*KSIDTKemper, Bushnell, et al., 1993gas phase; ΔrS(490 K); M

Enthalpy of reaction

ΔrH° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
24.4 (+1.1,-0.) SIDTKemper, Bushnell, et al., 1993gas phase; ΔrS(490 K); M

Hydrogen bromide (g) + ethyllithium (cr) = Ethane (g) + Lithium bromide (cr)

By formula: HBr (g) + C2H5Li (cr) = C2H6 (g) + BrLi (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-82.62 ± 0.48kcal/molRSCHolm, 1974Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977. The reaction enthalpy was quoted from Pedley and Rylance, 1977. See Liebman, Martinho Simões, et al., 1995 for comments; MS

C5O5W (g) + Ethane (g) = C7H6O5W (g)

By formula: C5O5W (g) + C2H6 (g) = C7H6O5W (g)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-7.4 ± 2.0kcal/molEqGBrown, Ishikawa, et al., 1990Temperature range: ca. 300-350 K; MS
Δr-9.7 ± 3.0kcal/molEqGIshikawa, Brown, et al., 1988Temperature range: 298-363 K; MS

Iron ion (1+) + Ethane = (Iron ion (1+) • Ethane)

By formula: Fe+ + C2H6 = (Fe+ • C2H6)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr18. ± 3.kcal/molMKERCarpenter, van Koppen, et al., 1995gas phase; M

Enthalpy of reaction

ΔrH° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
15.3 (+1.4,-0.) CIDArmentrout and Kickel, 1994gas phase; guided ion beam CID; M

Ethane, 1,2-dichloro- + 2Hydrogen = Ethane + 2Hydrogen chloride

By formula: C2H4Cl2 + 2H2 = C2H6 + 2HCl

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-34.18 ± 0.23kcal/molChydLacher, Amador, et al., 1967gas phase; Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, 2, Original value = -35.32 ± 0.12 kcal/mol; At 250 C; ALS

2Hydrogen + Ethane, 1,1-dichloro- = Ethane + 2Hydrogen chloride

By formula: 2H2 + C2H4Cl2 = C2H6 + 2HCl

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-33.66 ± 0.25kcal/molChydLacher, Amador, et al., 1967gas phase; Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, 2, Original value = -34.65 ± 0.12 kcal/mol; At 250C; ALS

2Hydrogen + Acetylene = Ethane

By formula: 2H2 + C2H2 = C2H6

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-74.58 ± 0.15kcal/molChydConn, Kistiakowsky, et al., 1939gas phase; Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, 2, Original value = -75.06 ± 0.66 kcal/mol; At 355 K; ALS

Diethylzinc (l) + (Sulfuric Acid • 100Water) (solution) = 2Ethane (g) + (zinc sulphate • 100Water) (solution)

By formula: C4H10Zn (l) + (H2O4S • 100H2O) (solution) = 2C2H6 (g) + (O4SZn • 100H2O) (solution)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-84.7 ± 1.0kcal/molRSCCarson, Hartley, et al., 1949Please also see Pedley and Rylance, 1977 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.; MS

Hydrogen + Ethylene = Ethane

By formula: H2 + C2H4 = C2H6

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-32.6 ± 0.5kcal/molChydKistiakowsky and Nickle, 1951gas phase; ALS
Δr-32.58 ± 0.06kcal/molChydKistiakowsky, Romeyn, et al., 1935gas phase; ALS

2Hydrogen chloride (g) + Aluminum, chlorodiethyl- (l) = AlCl3 (cr) + 2Ethane (g)

By formula: 2HCl (g) + C4H10AlCl (l) = AlCl3 (cr) + 2C2H6 (g)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-63.34 ± 0.79kcal/molRSCShaulov and Shmyreva, 1968The reaction enthalpy was derived from data in Shaulov and Shmyreva, 1968.; MS

C2H4+ + Ethane = (C2H4+ • Ethane)

By formula: C2H4+ + C2H6 = (C2H4+ • C2H6)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr15.3kcal/molPHPMSHiraoka and Kebarle, 1980gas phase; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr21.cal/mol*KPHPMSHiraoka and Kebarle, 1980gas phase; M

2Hydrogen + Ethene, chloro- = Ethane + Hydrogen chloride

By formula: 2H2 + C2H3Cl = C2H6 + HCl

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-51.2 ± 0.2kcal/molChydLacher, Emery, et al., 1956gas phase; At 298 K, see Lacher, Kianpour, et al., 1956; ALS

Hydrogen bromide (g) + C2H5BrMg (solution) = Ethane (solution) + Br2Mg (solution)

By formula: HBr (g) + C2H5BrMg (solution) = C2H6 (solution) + Br2Mg (solution)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-71.51 ± 0.53kcal/molRSCHolm, 1981solvent: Diethyl ether; MS

(Cobalt ion (1+) • 2Ethane) + Ethane = (Cobalt ion (1+) • 3Ethane)

By formula: (Co+ • 2C2H6) + C2H6 = (Co+ • 3C2H6)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr12.kcal/molSIDTKemper, Bushnell, et al., 1993gas phase; ΔrH<; M

Aluminum ion (1+) + Ethane = (Aluminum ion (1+) • Ethane)

By formula: Al+ + C2H6 = (Al+ • C2H6)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr9.0 ± 2.0kcal/molCIDC,EqGStockigt, Schwarz, et al., 1996Anchored to theory; RCD

2Hydrogen + Vinyl bromide = Hydrogen bromide + Ethane

By formula: 2H2 + C2H3Br = HBr + C2H6

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-47.61 ± 0.46kcal/molChydLacher, Kianpour, et al., 1957gas phase; ALS

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; ALS

Hydrogen + Ethyl bromide = Hydrogen bromide + Ethane

By formula: H2 + C2H5Br = HBr + C2H6

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-14.11 ± 0.27kcal/molChydFowell, Lacher, et al., 1965gas phase; ALS

Hydrogen + 2Ethyl bromide = 2Ethane + Bromine

By formula: H2 + 2C2H5Br = 2C2H6 + Br2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr5.6 ± 3.0kcal/molChydAshcroft, Carson, et al., 1965liquid phase; ALS

Hydrogen + Ethyl Chloride = Ethane + Hydrogen chloride

By formula: H2 + C2H5Cl = C2H6 + HCl

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-16.6 ± 0.1kcal/molChydLacher, Emery, et al., 1956gas phase; ALS

Nickel ion (1+) + Ethane = (Nickel ion (1+) • Ethane)

By formula: Ni+ + C2H6 = (Ni+ • C2H6)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr29. ± 3.kcal/molMKERCarpenter, van Koppen, et al., 1995gas phase; M

References

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Kemper, Bushnell, et al., 1993
Kemper, P.R.; Bushnell, J.; Von Koppen, P.; Bowers, M.T., Binding Energies of Co+(H2/CH4/C2H6)1,2,3 Clusters, J. Phys. Chem., 1993, 97, 9, 1810, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100111a016 . [all data]

Armentrout and Kickel, 1994
Armentrout, P.B.; Kickel, B.L., Gas Phase Thermochemistry of Transition Metal Ligand Systems: Reassessment of Values and Periodic Trends, in Organometallic Ion Chemistry, B. S. Freiser, ed, 1994. [all data]

Fowell, 1961
Fowell, P.A., Ph. D. Thesis, University of Manchester, 1961. [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]

Smith, 1967
Smith, M.B., J. Phys. Chem., 1967, 71, 364. [all data]

DePuy, Gronert, et al., 1989
DePuy, C.H.; Gronert, S.; Barlow, S.E.; Bierbaum, V.M.; Damrauer, R., The Gas Phase Acidities of the Alkanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 6, 1968, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00188a003 . [all data]

DePuy, Bierbaum, et al., 1984
DePuy, C.H.; Bierbaum, V.M.; Damrauer, R., Relative Gas-Phase Acidities of the Alkanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 4051. [all data]

Holm, 1974
Holm, T., J. Organometal. Chem., 1974, 77, 27. [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]

Liebman, Martinho Simões, et al., 1995
Liebman, J.F.; Martinho Simões, J.A.; Slayden, S.W., In Lithium Chemistry: A Theoretical and Experimental Overview Wiley: New York, Sapse, A.-M.; Schleyer, P. von Ragué, ed(s)., 1995. [all data]

Brown, Ishikawa, et al., 1990
Brown, C.E.; Ishikawa, Y.; Hackett, P.A.; Rayner, D.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 2530. [all data]

Ishikawa, Brown, et al., 1988
Ishikawa, Y.; Brown, C.E.; Hackett, P.A.; Rayner, D.M., Chem. Phys. Lett., 1988, 150, 506. [all data]

Carpenter, van Koppen, et al., 1995
Carpenter, C.J.; van Koppen, P.A.M.; Bowers, M.T., Details of Potential Energy Surfaces Involving C-C Bond Activation: Reactions of Fe+, Co+ and Ni+ with Acetone, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 44, 10976, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00149a021 . [all data]

Lacher, Amador, et al., 1967
Lacher, J.R.; Amador, A.; Park, J.D., Reaction heats of organic compounds. Part 5.-Heats of hydrogenation of dichloromethane, 1,1- and 1,2-dichloroethane and 1,2-dichloropropane, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1967, 63, 1608-1611. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970, 2
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Conn, Kistiakowsky, et al., 1939
Conn, J.B.; Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Smith, E.A., Heats of organic reactions. VIII. Some further hydrogenations, including those of some acetylenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 1868-1876. [all data]

Carson, Hartley, et al., 1949
Carson, A.S.; Hartley, K.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metal alkyls. Part II.?The bond dissociation energies of some Zn?C and Cd?C bonds, and of Et?I., Trans. Faraday Soc., 1949, 45, 1159, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9494501159 . [all data]

Kistiakowsky and Nickle, 1951
Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Nickle, A.G., Ethane-ethylene and propane-propylene equilibria, Faraday Discuss. Chem. Soc., 1951, 10, 175-187. [all data]

Kistiakowsky, Romeyn, et al., 1935
Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Romeyn, H., Jr.; Ruhoff, J.R.; Smith, H.A.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of organic reactions. I. The apparatus and the heat of hydrogenation of ethylene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 65-75. [all data]

Shaulov and Shmyreva, 1968
Shaulov, Yu.Kh.; Shmyreva, G.O., Russ. J. Phys. Chem., 1968, 42, 1008. [all data]

Hiraoka and Kebarle, 1980
Hiraoka, K.; Kebarle, P., Ion Molecule Reactions in Ethane. Thermochemistry and Structures of the Intermediate Complexes: C4H11+ and C4H10+ Formed in the Reactions of C2H5+ and C2H4+ with C2H6, Can. J. Chem., 1980, 58, 21, 2262, https://doi.org/10.1139/v80-364 . [all data]

Lacher, Emery, et al., 1956
Lacher, J.R.; Emery, E.; Bohmfalk, E.; Park, J.D., Reaction heats of organic compounds. IV. A high temperature calorimeter and the hydrogenation of methyl ethyl and vinyl chlorides, J. Phys. Chem., 1956, 60, 492-495. [all data]

Lacher, Kianpour, et al., 1956
Lacher, J.R.; Kianpour, A.; Oetting, F.; Park, J.D., Reaction calorimetry. The hydrogenation of organic fluorides and chlorides, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1956, 52, 1500-1508. [all data]

Holm, 1981
Holm, T., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. II, 1981, 464.. [all data]

Stockigt, Schwarz, et al., 1996
Stockigt, D.; Schwarz, J.; Schwarz, H., Theoretical and Experimental Studies on the Bond Dissociation Energies of Al(methane)+, Al(acetylene)+, Al(ethene)+, and Al(ethane)+, J. Phys. Chem., 1996, 100, 21, 8786, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp960060k . [all data]

Lacher, Kianpour, et al., 1957
Lacher, J.R.; Kianpour, A.; Montgomery, P.; Knedler, H.; Park, J.D., Reaction heats of organic halogen compounds. IX. The catalytic hydrogenation of vinyl and perfluorovinyl bromide, J. Phys. Chem., 1957, 61, 1125-1126. [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]

Fowell, Lacher, et al., 1965
Fowell, P.; Lacher, J.R.; Park, J.D., Reaction heats of organic compounds. Part 3.-Heats of hydrogenation of methyl bromide and ethyl bromide, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1965, 61, 1324-1327. [all data]


Notes

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