Dimethylamine

• Formula: C₂H₇N
• Molecular weight: 45.0837
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H7N/c1-3-2/h3H,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ROSDSFDQCJNGOL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 124-40-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Methanamine, N-methyl-; (CH3)2NH; N-Methylmethanamine; Rcra waste number U092; UN 1032; N,N-Dimethylamine; NSC 8650
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Gas phase ion energetics 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 evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

View reactions leading to C₂H₇N⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₂H₆N^- +  =

By formula: C₂H₆N^- + H⁺ = C₂H₇N

References

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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]

Aue, Webb, et al., 1980
Aue, D.H.; Webb, H.M.; Davidson, W.R.; Vidal, M.; Bowers, M.T.; Goldwhite, H.; Vertal, L.E.; Douglas, J.E.; Kollman, P.A.; Kenyon, G.L., Proton affinities photoelectron spectra of three-membered-ring J. Heterocycl. Chem., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980, 102, 5151. [all data]

Aue and Bowers, 1979
Aue, D.H.; Bowers, M.T., Chapter 9. Stabilities of positive ions from equilibrium gas phase basicity measurements in Ions Chemistry,, ed. M.T. Bowers, 1979. [all data]

Baldwin, Loudon, et al., 1977
Baldwin, M.A.; Loudon, A.G.; Webb, K.S.; Cardnell, P.C., Charge location and fragmentation under electron impact. V-The ionization potentials of (methylated) phosphoramides, guanidines, formamides, acetamides, ureas and thioureas, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1977, 12, 279. [all data]

Aue, Webb, et al., 1976
Aue, D.H.; Webb, H.M.; Bowers, M.T., Quantitative proton affinities, ionization potentials, and hydrogen affinities of alkylamines, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1976, 98, 311. [all data]

Vovna and Vilesov, 1974
Vovna, V.I.; Vilesov, F.I., Photoelectron spectra the structure of molecular orbitals of methyl amines, Opt. Spectrosc., 1974, 36, 251. [all data]

Maier and Turner, 1973
Maier, J.P.; Turner, D.W., Steric inhibition of resonance studied by molecular photoelectron spectroscopy Part 3. Anilines, Phenols and Related Compounds, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1973, 69, 521. [all data]

Cullen, Frost, et al., 1972
Cullen, W.R.; Frost, D.C.; Leeder, W.R., The ultraviolet and photoelectron spectra of some unsaturated fluorocarbon derivatives, J. Fluorine Chem., 1972, 1, 227. [all data]

Cornford, Frost, et al., 1971
Cornford, A.B.; Frost, D.C.; Herring, F.G.; McDowell, C.A., Electronic levels of methyl amines by photoelectron spectroscopy and an i.n.d.o. calculation, Can. J. Chem., 1971, 49, 1135. [all data]

Al-Joboury and Turner, 1964
Al-Joboury, M.I.; Turner, D.W., Molecular photoelectron spectroscopy. Part II. A summary of ionization potentials, J. Chem. Soc., 1964, 4434. [all data]

Watanabe and Mottl, 1957
Watanabe, K.; Mottl, J.R., Ionization potentials of ammonia and some amines, J. Chem. Phys., 1957, 26, 1773. [all data]

Daamen and Oskam, 1978
Daamen, H.; Oskam, A., Bonding properties of some monosubstituted chromium and tungsten hexacarbonyls M(CO)₅L (L=amine, substituted pyridine, azine), Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1978, 26, 81. [all data]

Kimura and Osafune, 1975
Kimura, K.; Osafune, K., Sum rule consideration on valence orbital ionization energies in methyl amines, Mol. Phys., 1975, 29, 1073. [all data]

Gibbins, Lappert, et al., 1975
Gibbins, S.G.; Lappert, M.F.; Pedley, J.B.; Sharp, G.J., Bonding studies of transition-metal complexes. Part II. Helium-I photoelectron spectra of homoleptic d⁰, d¹, and d¹⁰ tetrakis(dialkylamides) of transition group 4B metals tungsten hexakis(dimethylamide), J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1975, 72. [all data]

Aue, Webb, et al., 1975
Aue, D.H.; Webb, H.M.; Bowers, M.T., Proton affinities, ionization potentials, and hydrogen affinities of nitrogen and oxygen bases. Hybridization effects, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1975, 97, 4137. [all data]

SenSharma and Franklin, 1973
SenSharma, D.K.; Franklin, J.L., Heat of formation of free radicals by mass spectrometry, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1973, 95, 6562. [all data]

Loudon and Webb, 1977
Loudon, A.G.; Webb, K.S., The nature of the [C₂H₆N]⁺ and [CH₄N]⁺ ions formed by electron impact on methylated formamides, acetamides, ureas, thioureas and hexamethylphosphoramide, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1977, 12, 283. [all data]

Gallegos and Kiser, 1962
Gallegos, E.J.; Kiser, R.W., Electron impact spectroscopy of the four- and five-membered, saturated heterocyclic compounds containing nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, J. Phys. Chem., 1962, 66, 136. [all data]

Lossing, Lam, et al., 1981
Lossing, F.P.; Lam, Y.-T.; Maccoll, A., Gas phase heats of formation of alkyl immonium ions, Can. J. Chem., 1981, 59, 2228. [all data]

Solka and Russell, 1974
Solka, B.H.; Russell, M.E., Energetics of formation of some structural isomers of gaseous C₂H₅O⁺ C₂H₆N⁺ ions, J. Phys. Chem., 1974, 78, 1268. [all data]

Taft, Martin, et al., 1965
Taft, R.W.; Martin, R.H.; Lampe, F.W., Stabilization energies of substituted methyl cations. The effect of strong demand on the resonance order, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1965, 87, 2490. [all data]

Haney and Franklin, 1969
Haney, M.A.; Franklin, J.L., Heats of formation of H₃O⁺, H₃S⁺, and NH₄⁺ by electron impact, J. Chem. Phys., 1969, 50, 2028. [all data]

Radisic, Xu, et al., 2002
Radisic, D.; Xu, S.J.; Bowen, K.H., Photoelectron spectroscopy of the anions, CH3NH- and (CH3)(2)N- and the anion complexes, H-(CH3NH2) and (CH3)(2)N-[(CH3)(2)NH), Chem. Phys. Lett., 2002, 354, 1-2, 9-13, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(01)01470-1 . [all data]

McMillen and Golden, 1982
McMillen, D.F.; Golden, D.M., Hydrocarbon bond dissociation energies, Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem., 1982, 33, 493. [all data]

MacKay, Hemsworth, et al., 1976
MacKay, G.J.; Hemsworth, R.S.; Bohme, D.K., Absolute gas-phase acidities of CH₃NH₂, C₂H₅NH₂, (CH₃)₂NH, and (CH₃)₃N, Can. J. Chem., 1976, 54, 1624. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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