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vinyl chloride
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chemical compound
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Vinyl chloride, also known as chloroethene, is a chemical compound with the formula C₂H₃Cl. Its molecular structure is represented by the SMILES notation C=CCl. The compound has a mass of 61.992 and a standard enthalpy of formation of -37.26. It exhibits a boiling point of -13.37 and a melting point of -153.79. Additional physical properties include a vapor pressure of 3.3, a refractive index of 1.3700, and an electric dipole moment of 1.45.
The substance has a solubility of 0.1 and an ionization energy of 9.99. It is flammable, with a lower flammable limit of 3.6 and an upper flammable limit of 33. Exposure limits are defined as a time-weighted average of 2.56 and a ceiling of 12.8. In computational chemistry, it has an xlogp of 1.5 and a topological polar surface area of 0, with no hydrogen bond donors or acceptors. The compound is referenced by 386 other encyclopedia articles.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H3Cl
- Molecular weight
- 62.5 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- chloroethene
- SMILES
- C=CCl
- InChIKey
- BZHJMEDXRYGGRV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.5
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
Withdrawn- Max clinical phase
- Approved
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
5,469 papersvia PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- chlorine
- Mass
- 61.992
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- canonical SMILES
- C=CCl
- chemical formula
- C₂H₃Cl
- boiling point
- -13.37
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0658
- melting point
- -153.79
- vapor pressure
- 3.3
- lower flammable limit
- 3.6
- upper flammable limit
- 33
- ionization energy
- 9.99
- solubility
- 0.1
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 2.56
- ceiling exposure limit
- 0
- standard enthalpy of formation
- -37.26
- refractive index
- 1.3700
- Commons category
- Vinyl chloride
- monomer of
- polyvinyl chloride
- electric dipole moment
- 1.45
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Encyclopedic overview
Names
Preferred IUPAC name Chloroethene
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vinyl chloride” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.