Table 3.

BDEs21 calculated from Born–Haber thermodynamic cycles

R–I	Homolytic BDE	Heterolytic BDE
	[kJ mol–1]	[kJ mol–1]
CH3–I	234.72	889.52
C2H5–I	222.59	722.58
(CH3)2CH–I	222.17	628.48
(CH3)3C–I	210.87	562.33
CH2=CHCH2–I	184.51	671.95
CH≡C–I	206.27	748.10
C6H5CH2–I	167.36	566.93