| sym-dichloroethane; 1,2-dichloroethane; Dutch liquid; ethylene chloride; ethylene dichloride; glycol dichloride | |
| Links: | 📏 NIST, 📖 PubMed, 📖Houben-Weyl, 2. Band (Äthylenchlorid); p. 978, |
| CAS RN: | [107-06-2] |
| Formula: | C2H4Cl2; 98.96 g/mol |
| InChiKey: | WSLDOOZREJYCGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| SMILES: | C(CCl)Cl |
| Use: | solvent and for the preparation of vinyl chloride |
| Odor: | chloroform-like |
| Toxicology (LD50): | 204 mg/Kg (dog, iv); 225 mg/Kg(dog, iv); 2 500 mg/Kg(dog, or); 5 750 mg/Kg(dog, or); 286 mg/Kg(human, or); 910 mg/Kg(mouse, or); 3 890 mg/Kg(rabbit, ct); 910 mg/Kg(rabbit, or); 1 600 mg/Kg(rabbit, sc); 500 mg/Kg(rat, or); 770 mg/Kg(rat, or) |
| Density: | 1.256 g/mL |
| Molar volume: | 78.8 mL/mol |
| Refractive index: | 1.444 |
| Molecular refractive power: | 20.92 mL/mol |
| Dielectric constant: | 10.36 |
| Dipole moment: | 1.83 D |
| Melting point: | -35 °C |
| Boiling point: | 84 °C |
| Vapour pressure: | 83 Torr |
| Antoine equation P(Torr) vs T(°C) | |
| Surface tension: | 32.23 dyn/cm |
| Viscosity: | 0.79 cP |
| Critical temperature: | 290 °C |
| Critical pressure: | 53.1 atm |
| Critical volume: | 220.00 ml/mol |
| Evaporation rate (ether): | 2.7 |
| Solubility in water: | 1 % w/w |
| Solubility of water: | 0 % w/w |
| Log10 partition water / activated carbon: | 3.80 |
| Log10 partition octanol / water: | 3.60 |
| Snyder P': | 3.5 |
| Snyder X: | Xe: 0.3 Xd: 0.2 Xn: 0.5 |
| Solvent strength (ε0, silica): | 0.38 |
| Solvent strength (ε0, alumina): | 0.49 |
| Dimroth ET: | 41.3 |
| Hildebrant solubility parameter (δ): | 9.8 |
| Hansen solubility parameter: | δd: 9.3 (cal/mL)^0.5 δp: 3.6 (cal/mL)^0.5 δh: 2.0 (cal/mL)^0.5 |
| 100g dissolves: 0.869g iodoethane; 0.84g sulfur | |
| Specific heat capacity: | 31.0 cal/molK |
| Latent heat of fusion: | 2,091 cal/mol |