Free Radicals by Mass Spectrometry. XLIII. Ionization Potentials and Ionic Heats of Formation for Vinyl, Allyl, and Benzyl Radicals

Abstract

Using an energy-resolved electron beam, ionization potentials for the following free radicals have been measured: vinyl 8.95 V, allyl 8.07 V, benzyl 7.27 V. For vinyl and allyl ions new measurements of thresholds for dissociative ionization give ΔHf(C2H3+) = 266 kcal/mol and ΔHf(C3H5+) = 226 kcal/mol, leading to neutral radical heats of formation ΔHf(C2H3) = 59.6 kcal/mol and ΔHf(C3H5) = 40 kcal/mol. The data for benzyl radical and ion give ΔHf(benzyl cation) = 213 kcal/mol.