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tetrafluoroethylene
Sign in to saveAlso known as perfluoroethene, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethylene, perfluoroethylene, TFE, C2F4, F2C=CF2, PFC-1114
Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) is a fluorocarbon with the chemical formula . It is a colorless gas. Its structure is . It is used primarily in the industrial preparation of fluoropolymers. It is the simplest perfluorinated alkene.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2F4
- Molecular weight
- 100.01 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethene
- SMILES
- C(=C(F)F)(F)F
- InChIKey
- BFKJFAAPBSQJPD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.3
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) is a fluorocarbon with the chemical formula . It is a colorless gas. Its structure is . It is used primarily in the industrial preparation of fluoropolymers. It is the simplest perfluorinated alkene.
==History== Tetrafluoroethylene was first obtained by the French chemist :fr:Camille Chabrié by heating tetrachloroethylene with silver(II) fluoride:
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