1st Edition

Handbook of Bond Dissociation Energies in Organic Compounds

By Yu-Ran Luo Copyright 2002
    392 Pages 330 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    So many compounds, so many experiments reported by so many researchers using so many methods…Finding reliable data on bond dissociation energies (BDEs) can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. But these data are crucial to work in chemical kinetics, free radical chemistry, organic thermochemistry, and physical organic chemistry-so where does one turn?

    With data on almost 2900 bonds in 2500 organic compounds, the Handbook of Bond Dissociation Energies in Organic Compounds is the first comprehensive collection of experimental BDE data. Author Dr. Yu-Ran Luo has spent more than 10 years collecting, assessing, and tabulating BDE experiment results and presents them here in a well-organized, easy-to-use series of tables. For each compound, the tables list up to five recent experimental values, indicate which is the recommended value, give the method used to determine each value, and provide references for each value. An outstanding format and complete indexing both by compound name and by compound class make searching for data quick and easy.

    While experimental BDE values carry inherent uncertainties, the value of this compilation does not. There is simply no other resource that provides as much data. With this book, when you need data on a particular bond dissociation energy, you'll find it within just a few minutes.

    INTRODUCTION
    A Database of the BDEs
    What is the BDE?
    Why We Need Reliable BDEs
    Scope of this Book
    On Energy Units
    How to Search for BDEs in this Book
    How to Use the Tables of the BDE Data
    EXPERIMENTAL METHODS FOR MEASURING BDEs
    TABULATED BDES OF C-H BONDS
    Chain-Saturated Hydrocarbons
    Chain-Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
    Cyclic Hydrocarbons
    Aromatic Hydrocarbons
    Halogenated Hydrocarbons
    Organic Compounds Containing Heteroatoms
    TABULATED BDES OF C-C BONDS
    Saturated Hydrocarbons
    Chain-Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
    Aromatic Hydrocarbons
    Halogenated Hydrocarbons
    Organic Compounds Containing Heteroatoms
    TABULATED BDES OF C-HALOGEN BONDS
    C-F Bonds
    C-Cl Bonds
    C-Br Bonds
    C-I Bonds
    TABULATED BDES OF O-X BONDS
    O-H Bonds
    O-O Bonds
    O-C Bonds
    O-N Bonds
    O-S, O-Halogen, and O-P Bonds
    TABULATED BDES OF N-X BONDS
    N-H Bonds
    N-N Bonds
    N-C Bonds
    N-S Bonds
    N-Halogen Bonds
    TABULATED BDES OF S-X BONDS
    S-H Bonds
    S-S Bonds
    S-C Bonds
    S-Halogen and S-P Bonds
    TABULATED BDES OF Si-, Ge-, Sn-, P-, AND Se-X BONDS
    Si-X Bonds
    Ge-X Bonds
    Sn-X Bonds
    P-X Bonds
    Se-X Bonds
    TABULATED BDES IN SOME INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
    HEATS OF FORMATION OF ATOMS, INORGANIC AND ORGANIC RADICALS
    Gaseous Atoms
    Small Inorganic Radicals in the Gas Phase
    Organic Radicals in the Gas Phase
    Group Additivity Values for Organic Radicals
    REFERENCES
    INDEX OF COMPOUND CLASSES
    INDEX OF COMPOUND NAMES

    Biography

    Luo, Yu-Ran

    "Readers who use the NIST-JANAF Thermochemical Table, the NIST web site, or the many other derived thermochemical resources will find this handbook to be a very convenient, easy-to-read … resource. Readers will be able to quickly determine the most accurate experimentally measured BDE that can be compared to derived values."
    - IEEE Electrical Insulation, Sept/Oct 2004, Vol. 20, No. 5