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ethylidene chloride
Sign in to saveAlso known as ethylidene dichloride, CFC-150a, Asymmetrical dichloroethane, 1,1-Ethylidene dichloride
1,1-Dichloroethane is a chlorinated hydrocarbon. It is a colorless oily liquid with a chloroform-like odor. It is not easily soluble in water, but miscible with most organic solvents.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H4Cl2
- Molecular weight
- 98.96 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,1-dichloroethane
- SMILES
- CC(Cl)Cl
- InChIKey
- SCYULBFZEHDVBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.9
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- chlorine
- Mass
- 97.969
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- density
- 1.18
- canonical SMILES
- CC(Cl)Cl
- Commons category
- 1,1-Dichloroethane
- chemical formula
- C₂H₄Cl₂
- flash point
- 2
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0194
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 12150
- melting point
- -96.96
- boiling point
- 57.4
- vapor pressure
- 182
- solubility
- 0.6
- lower flammable limit
- 5.4
- upper flammable limit
- 11.4
- ionization energy
- 11.06
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 400
- refractive index
- 1.4164
- subject has role
- carcinogen
- electric dipole moment
- 2.06
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1,1-Dichloroethane is a chlorinated hydrocarbon. It is a colorless oily liquid with a chloroform-like odor. It is not easily soluble in water, but miscible with most organic solvents.
Large volumes of 1,1-dichloroethane are manufactured, with annual production exceeding 1 million pounds in the United States. It is mainly used as a feedstock in chemical synthesis, chiefly of 1,1,1-trichloroethane. It is also used as a solvent for plastics, oils and fats, as a degreaser, as a fumigant in insecticide sprays, in halon fire extinguishers, and in cementing of rubber. It is used in manufacturing of high-vacuum resistant rubber and for extraction of temperature-sensitive substances. Thermal cracking at 400–500 °C and 10 MPa yields vinyl chloride. In the past, 1,1-dichloroethane was used as a surgical inhalational anesthetic.
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