CH2NH2 - The NIST WebBook

CH2NH2

• Formula: CH4N
• Molecular weight: 30.0492
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH4N/c1-2/h1-2H2 Copy
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XXJGBENTLXFVFI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 10507-29-6
• Chemical structure: This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file or as a computed 3d SD file The 3d structure may be viewed using Java or Javascript.
• Species with the same structure:
  • Methylene, 1-amino-
• Information on this page:
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments: HL - Edward P. Hunter and 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

View reactions leading to CH4N+ (ion structure unspecified)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Proton affinity (review)	832.8	kJ/mol	N/A	Hunter and Lias, 1998	HL
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Gas basicity	801.6	kJ/mol	N/A	Hunter and Lias, 1998	HL
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
ΔfH°(+) ion	745.	kJ/mol	N/A	N/A

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV)	Method	Reference	Comment
6.29 ± 0.03	PE	Dyke, Lee, et al., 1989	LL
6.1	DER	Burkey, Castelhano, et al., 1983	LBLHLM
6.2	DER	Griller and Lossing, 1981	LLK
6.97 ± 0.03	PE	Dyke, Lee, et al., 1989	Vertical value; LL

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]

Dyke, Lee, et al., 1989 Dyke, J.M.; Lee, E.P.F.; Niavaran, M.H.Z., A study of the aminomethyl radical CH2NH2 by vacuum UV photoelectron spectroscopy and AB initio molecular orbital calculations, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1989, 94, 221. [all data]

Burkey, Castelhano, et al., 1983 Burkey, T.J.; Castelhano, A.L.; Griller, D.; Lossing, F.P., Heats of formation and ionization potentials of some α-aminoalkyl radicals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1983, 105, 4701. [all data]

Griller and Lossing, 1981 Griller, D.; Lossing, F.P., On the thermochemistry of α-aminoalkyl radicals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1981, 103, 1586. [all data]

Notes

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