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This page has tables of standard bond energies and bond dissociation

energies.
Standard Bond Energies
Single Bonds

H*

Single Bonds

H*

Multiple Bonds

H*

HH

104.2

BF

150

C=C

146

CC

83

BO

125

N=N

109

NN

38.4

CN

73

O=O

119

OO

35

NCO

86

C=N

147

FF

36.6

CO

85.5

C=O ( CO2 )

192

SiSi

52

OCO

110

C=O (aldehyde)

177

PP

50

CS

65

C=O (ketone)

178

SS

54

CF

116

C=O (ester)

179

ClCl

58

CCl

81

C=O (amide)

179

BrBr

46

CBr

68

C=O (halide)

177

II

36.

CI

51

C=S ( CS2 )

138

HC

99

CB

90

N=O ( HONO2 )

143

HN

93

CSi

83

P=O ( POCl3 )

110

HO

111

CP

70

P=S ( PSCl3 )

70

HF

135

NO

55

S=O ( SO 2 )

128

HCl

103

SO

87

S=O ( DMSO)

93

HBr

87.5

SiF

135

P=P

84

HI

71

SiCl

90

PP

117

HB

90

SiO

110

CO

258

HS

81

PCl

79

CC

200

HSi

75

PBr

65

NN

226

HP

77

PO

90

CN

213

* Average Bond Dissociation Enthalpies in kcal per mole


(There can be considerable variability in some of these
values.)

Organic Chemistry
Michigan State University

Bond Dissociation Energies*


atom or
group

methyl

ethyl

ipropyl

103

98

95

110

110

109

Cl

85

82

81

Br

71

70

57

OH

t-butyl phenyl benzyl

acetyl

vinyl

88

87

112

110

85

124

94

80

95

68

70

82

90

69

66

79

55

56

68

80

54

54

51

64

40

42

51

93

94

92

91

111

79

82

107

NH2

87

87

86

85

104

72

75

95

CN

116

114

112

128

100

CH3

88

85

84

81

101

73

75

81

98

C2H5

85

82

81

78

99

71

72

78

95

(CH 3 ) 2 CH

84

81

79

74

97

70

71

76

93

(CH 3 ) 3 C

81

78

74

68

94

67

67

C6H5

101

99

97

94

110

83

87

93

108

C6 H 5 CH2

73

71

70

67

83

59

59

63

81

* In kcal per mole

93

allyl

119

128

89

Organic Chemistry
Michigan State University

Many of the bond energies listed here were taken from the following sources:
R.T.Sanderson, Polar Covalence, 1983
R.T.Sanderson, Chemical Bonds and Bond Energy, 1976

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