Selected ATcT [1, 2] enthalpy of formation based on version 1.156 of the Thermochemical Network [3]

This version of ATcT results[3] was generated by additional expansion of version 1.148 to include species relevant to a recent study of the oxidation of ethylene [4] as well as new measurements that led to refining the thermochemistry of CF and SiF and their cations [5].

Methane

Formula: CH4 (g)
CAS RN: 74-82-8
ATcT ID: 74-82-8*0
SMILES: C
InChI: InChI=1S/CH4/h1H4
InChIKey: VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Hills Formula: C1H4

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C
Aliases: CH4; Methane; Methyl hydride; Marsh gas
Relative Molecular Mass: 16.04246 ± 0.00085

   ΔfH°(0 K)   ΔfH°(298.15 K)UncertaintyUnits
-66.541-74.511± 0.044kJ/mol

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Top contributors to the provenance of ΔfH° of CH4 (g)

The 20 contributors listed below account only for 63.7% of the provenance of ΔfH° of CH4 (g).
A total of 333 contributors would be needed to account for 90% of the provenance.

Please note: The list is limited to 20 most important contributors or, if less, a number sufficient to account for 90% of the provenance. The Reference acts as a further link to the relevant references and notes for the measurement. The Measured Quantity is normaly given in the original units; in cases where we have reinterpreted the original measurement, the listed value may differ from that given by the authors. The quoted uncertainty is the a priori uncertainty used as input when constructing the initial Thermochemical Network, and corresponds either to the value proposed by the original authors or to our estimate; if an additional multiplier is given in parentheses immediately after the prior uncertainty, it corresponds to the factor by which the prior uncertainty needed to be multiplied during the ATcT analysis in order to make that particular measurement consistent with the prevailing knowledge contained in the Thermochemical Network.

Contribution
(%)
TN
ID
Reaction Measured Quantity Reference
40.82359.1 H2 (g) C (graphite) → CH4 (g) ΔrG°(1165 K) = 37.521 ± 0.068 kJ/molSmith 1946, note COf, 3rd Law
7.32357.7 CH4 (g) + 2 O2 (g) → CO2 (g) + 2 H2O (cr,l) ΔrH°(298.15 K) = -890.578 ± 0.078 kJ/molSchley 2010
6.1125.2 1/2 O2 (g) H2 (g) → H2O (cr,l) ΔrH°(298.15 K) = -285.8261 ± 0.040 kJ/molRossini 1939, Rossini 1931, Rossini 1931b, note H2Oa, Rossini 1930
1.12214.7 C (graphite) O2 (g) → CO2 (g) ΔrH°(298.15 K) = -393.464 ± 0.024 kJ/molHawtin 1966, note CO2e
1.02357.4 CH4 (g) + 2 O2 (g) → CO2 (g) + 2 H2O (cr,l) ΔrH°(298.15 K) = -890.61 ± 0.21 kJ/molDale 2002
0.92252.11 CO (g) → C (g) O (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 1071.92 ± 0.10 (×1.242) kJ/molThorpe 2021
0.62262.2 CO (g) → C+ (g) O (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 22.3713 ± 0.0015 eVNg 2007
0.62357.8 CH4 (g) + 2 O2 (g) → CO2 (g) + 2 H2O (cr,l) ΔrH°(298.15 K) = -890.482 ± 0.260 kJ/molHaloua 2015
0.62357.6 CH4 (g) + 2 O2 (g) → CO2 (g) + 2 H2O (cr,l) ΔrH°(298.15 K) = -890.44 ± 0.26 kJ/molGOMB Ref Calorimeter, Alexandrov 2002
0.52270.9 C (graphite) CO2 (g) → 2 CO (g) ΔrG°(1165 K) = -33.545 ± 0.058 kJ/molSmith 1946, note COf, 3rd Law
0.42214.5 C (graphite) O2 (g) → CO2 (g) ΔrH°(298.15 K) = -393.468 ± 0.038 kJ/molFraser 1952, note CO2f
0.42214.4 C (graphite) O2 (g) → CO2 (g) ΔrH°(298.15 K) = -393.462 ± 0.038 kJ/molLewis 1965, note CO2d
0.4115.11 H2O (g) → O (g) + 2 H (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 917.80 ± 0.15 kJ/molThorpe 2021
0.42371.12 CH3 (g) → C (g) + 3 H (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 289.11 ± 0.10 kcal/molFeller 2016, note unc2
0.4157.1 OH (g) → [OH]+ (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 104989 ± 5 (×2.327) cm-1Wiedmann 1992, note unc
0.38842.1 CH4 (g) → HCCCCCH3 (g) + 8 H2 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 750.67 ± 2.00 kJ/molKlippenstein 2017
0.32357.5 CH4 (g) + 2 O2 (g) → CO2 (g) + 2 H2O (cr,l) ΔrH°(298.15 K) = -890.43 ± 0.35 kJ/molAlexandrov 2002a, Alexandrov 2002
0.32357.1 CH4 (g) + 2 O2 (g) → CO2 (g) + 2 H2O (cr,l) ΔrH°(303.15 K) = -889.849 ± 0.350 kJ/molRossini 1931a, Rossini 1931b, Prosen 1945, Rossini 1940, note CH4
0.33787.1 CH4 (g) → CH3CHCCH2 (g) + 5 H2 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 442.41 ± 2.00 kJ/molKlippenstein 2017
0.3167.6 H2O (g) → [OH]+ (g) H (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 18.1183 ± 0.0015 (×1.044) eVBodi 2014

Top 10 species with enthalpies of formation correlated to the ΔfH° of CH4 (g)

Please note: The correlation coefficients are obtained by renormalizing the off-diagonal elements of the covariance matrix by the corresponding variances.
The correlation coefficient is a number from -1 to 1, with 1 representing perfectly correlated species, -1 representing perfectly anti-correlated species, and 0 representing perfectly uncorrelated species.


Correlation
Coefficent
(%)
Species Name Formula Image    ΔfH°(0 K)    ΔfH°(298.15 K) Uncertainty Units Relative
Molecular
Mass
ATcT ID
96.1 Methylium[CH3]+ (g)[CH3+]1099.3541095.411± 0.045kJ/mol15.03397 ±
0.00083
14531-53-4*0
85.3 MethylCH3 (g)[CH3]149.882146.481± 0.050kJ/mol15.03452 ±
0.00083
2229-07-4*0
77.2 Methane cation[CH4]+ (g)[CH4+]1150.6881144.305± 0.057kJ/mol16.04191 ±
0.00085
20741-88-2*0
45.6 Carbonic acidC(O)(OH)2 (aq, undissoc)OC(=O)O-698.670± 0.028kJ/mol62.0248 ±
0.0012
463-79-6*1000
45.2 WaterH2O (cr, l, eq.press.)O-286.276-285.804± 0.022kJ/mol18.01528 ±
0.00033
7732-18-5*499
45.2 WaterH2O (l, eq.press.)O-285.804± 0.022kJ/mol18.01528 ±
0.00033
7732-18-5*589
45.2 WaterH2O (l)O-285.802± 0.022kJ/mol18.01528 ±
0.00033
7732-18-5*590
45.2 Oxonium[H3O]+ (aq)[OH3+]-285.802± 0.022kJ/mol19.02267 ±
0.00037
13968-08-6*800
45.2 WaterH2O (cr,l)O-286.274-285.802± 0.022kJ/mol18.01528 ±
0.00033
7732-18-5*500
45.2 WaterH2O (g)O-238.904-241.807± 0.022kJ/mol18.01528 ±
0.00033
7732-18-5*0

Most Influential reactions involving CH4 (g)

Please note: The list, which is based on a hat (projection) matrix analysis, is limited to no more than 20 largest influences.

Influence
Coefficient
TN
ID
Reaction Measured Quantity Reference
0.9882353.1 CH4 (g) → [CH4]+ (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 101752.2 ± 3.0 cm-1Worner 2007, note unc
0.9572381.1 CH4 (g) → [CH3]+ (g) H (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 14.32271 ± 0.00013 eVChang 2017
0.7262355.3 [CH4]- (g) → CH4 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = -0.997 ± 0.061 eVRuscic G4
0.6578815.1 CH4 (g) → HCCCCCH (g, triplet) + 9 H2 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 1059.82 ± 2.00 kJ/molKlippenstein 2017
0.5215181.1 CH4 (g) + 2 H2O (g) → CH3OCO (g, syn-staggered) + 9/2 H2 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 459.60 ± 2.00 kJ/molKlippenstein 2017
0.5114456.1 CH4 (g) H2O (g) → HCC(O)H (g, syn-triplet) + 4 H2 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 633.00 ± 1.5 kJ/molKlippenstein 2017
0.4082359.1 H2 (g) C (graphite) → CH4 (g) ΔrG°(1165 K) = 37.521 ± 0.068 kJ/molSmith 1946, note COf, 3rd Law
0.3912839.6 HCCNH (g) CH4 (g) → CH3NH (g) HCCH (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 87.84 ± 1.5 kJ/molKlippenstein 2017
0.3487694.1 CH4 (g) + 2 H2O (g) → OCCO (g) + 6 H2 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 625.09 ± 2.00 kJ/molKlippenstein 2017
0.3222357.7 CH4 (g) + 2 O2 (g) → CO2 (g) + 2 H2O (cr,l) ΔrH°(298.15 K) = -890.578 ± 0.078 kJ/molSchley 2010
0.3106380.6 CH4 (g) CCl4 (g) → 2 CH2Cl2 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = -4.40 ± 0.25 kcal/molKarton 2017, Karton 2011, Karton 2007, Karton 2006
0.2846193.6 CH3Cl (g) → CCl4 (g) + 3 CH4 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 2.52 ± 0.30 kcal/molKarton 2017
0.2806582.2 HCCH (g) + 2 CH3Br (g) → BrCCBr (g) + 2 CH4 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 2.34 ± 1.0 kcal/molRuscic G4
0.2736544.11 CH2CHF (g) CH4 (g) → CH2CH2 (g) CH3F (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 8.36 ± 0.20 kcal/molKarton 2011
0.2726142.8 HCCCl (g) CH3Cl (g) → ClCCCl (g) CH4 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 2.93 ± 0.25 kcal/molKarton 2017, Karton 2011, Karton 2007, Karton 2006
0.2528439.7 SiH3SiH3 (g) + 2 CH4 (g) → CH3CH3 (g) + 2 SiH4 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 13.99 ± 0.2 kcal/molKarton 2011, Karton 2007b
0.2522366.5 [CH5]+ (g) CO2 (g) → [HOCO]+ (g) CH4 (g) ΔrG°(296 K) = 7.92 ± 0.20 kJ/molBohme 1973a, 3rd Law, note unc
0.2516588.12 HCCF (g) CH3F (g) → FCCF (g) CH4 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 14.03 ± 0.20 kcal/molKarton 2011
0.2462699.1 CH4 (g) NH3 (g) → CH3N (g) + 2 H2 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 427.99 ± 2.0 kJ/molKlippenstein 2017
0.2397562.1 CH4 (g) H2O (g) → CH2CHCO (g, 2A") + 11/2 H2 (g) ΔrH°(0 K) = 541.35 ± 2.0 kJ/molKlippenstein 2017


References
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Active Thermochemical Tables (ATcT) values based on ver. 1.156 of the Thermochemical Network (2024); available at ATcT.anl.gov
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Formula
The aggregate state is given in parentheses following the formula, such as: g - gas-phase, cr - crystal, l - liquid, etc.

Uncertainties
The listed uncertainties correspond to estimated 95% confidence limits, as customary in thermochemistry (see, for example, Ruscic [6] and Ruscic and Bross[7]).
Note that an uncertainty of ± 0.000 kJ/mol indicates that the estimated uncertainty is < ± 0.0005 kJ/mol.

Website Functionality Credits
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Acknowledgement
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.