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THE thermochemistry of difluoromethylene is of considerable interest in view of the apparent high stability of this radical. The largest (least negative) value for the heat of formation of difluoromethylene requires an unexpectedly low value for the dissociation energy of the carbon–carbon bond in tetrafluoroethylene1. Other estimates of the heat of formation of the radical suggest an even greater stability with respect to tetrafluoroethylene2.
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GOZZO, F., PATRICK, C. Heat of Formation of Difluoromethylene : Evidence from the Kinetics of Pyrolysis of Chlorodifluoromethane. Nature 202, 80 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202080b0
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