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Useful Concepts | ![]() |
Bond Energies
Bond energies can be very useful for providing estimates of the favourability of reactions by comparing the new bonds made in a reaction (exothermic) to the bonds broken during that reaction (endothermic).
Study Tip:
Remember that bond energies are the energy required to break a bond, that's an endothermic process .... it requires an energy INPUT. |
kJ/mol | kcal/mol | ||
Homonulcear diatomics | H-H | 435
|
104
|
F-F | 159 | 38 | |
Cl-Cl | 242 | 58 | |
Br-Br | 192 | 46 | |
I-I | 150 | 36 | |
H-X bonds | H-F | 568 | 136 |
H-Cl | 431 | 103 | |
H-Br | 366 | 87.5 | |
H-I | 297 | 71 | |
H-OH | 497 | 119 | |
CH3O-H | 426 | 102 | |
C-H bonds | CH3-H | 435 | 104 |
CH3CH2-H | 410 | 98 | |
(CH3)2CH-H | 397 | 95 | |
(CH3)3C-H | 380 | 91 | |
C-C bonds | CH3-CH3 | 368 | 88 |
CH3CH2-CH3 | 355 | 85 | |
(CH3)2CH-CH3 | 351 | 84 | |
(CH3)3C-CH3 | 334 | 80 | |
C-X bonds | CH3-OH | 380
|
91
|
CH3-F | 451 | 108 | |
CH3-Cl | 349 | 83.5 | |
CH3-Br | 293 | 70 | |
CH3-I | 234 | 56 | |
Multiple bonds | C=C |
|
146 |
C≡C | 837 | 200 | |
C=N | 615 | 147 | |
C≡N | 891 | 213 | |
C=O | 749 | 179 |
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© Dr. Ian Hunt, Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary | ![]() |
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