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ethylene

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Also known as ethene, CH2=CH2, H2C=CH2, R-1150, nonessential gasotransmitter, gasocrine signal, gasotransmitter

Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or . It is a colourless, flammable gas with a faint "sweet and musky" odour when pure. It is the simplest alkene (a hydrocarbon with carbon–carbon double bonds).

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Ethylene, also identified by the IUPAC name ethene, is a chemical compound with the formula C₂H₄. Its canonical SMILES representation is C=C. The molecule has a mass of 28.031 and a weight of 28.05. It possesses an electric dipole moment of 0, an ionization energy of 10.51, and a standard molar entropy of 219.6. The compound exhibits a density of 0.001178 and a speed of sound of 1309.

Physical properties include a melting point of -169.2 and -169, and a boiling point of -103.77 and -103.7. Ethylene has an xlogp value of 1.2 and a topological polar surface area of 0. It contains no hydrogen bond donors or acceptors and carries a charge of 0. The subject is referenced by 1,639 other encyclopedia articles and has 92,067 associated PubMed entries.

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Chemical data

Formula
C2H4
Molecular weight
28.05 g/mol
IUPAC name
ethene
SMILES
C=C
InChIKey
VGGSQFUCUMXWEO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
1.2
Polar surface area
0 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
0
Formal charge
0

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Research

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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections
Contents
  • Structure and properties
  • Production
  • Industrial process
  • Laboratory synthesis
  • Biosynthesis
  • Uses
  • Polymerization
  • Oxidation
  • Halogenation and hydrohalogenation
  • Alkylation
  • Oxo reaction
  • Hydration
  • Dimerization to butenes
  • Fruit and flowering
  • Niche uses
  • Ligand
  • History
  • Nomenclature
  • Safety
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or . It is a colourless, flammable gas with a faint "sweet and musky" odour when pure. It is the simplest alkene (a hydrocarbon with carbon–carbon double bonds).

Ethylene is widely used in the chemical industry, and its worldwide production (over 225 million tonnes in 2022) exceeds that of any other organic compound. Much of this production goes toward creating polyethylene, which is a widely used plastic containing polymer chains of ethylene units in various chain lengths. Production emits greenhouse gases, including methane from feedstock production and carbon dioxide from any non-sustainable energy used.

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