methylene chloride


dichloromethane; methylene bichloride; methylene chloride; methylenechloride; methylene dichloride
In russian:дихлорметан
Links:🌍 Wikipedia, 📏 NIST, 📖 PubMed,
📖Houben-Weyl, 2. Band (Methylenchlorid); p. 300,
📖Org. Chem., v. Richter, 1. Vol (Methylene Chloride); p. 206
CAS RN:[75-09-2]
Formula:CH2Cl2; 84.93 g/mol
InChiKey:YMWUJEATGCHHMB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES:C(Cl)Cl
Molecular structure of dichloromethane
Density:1.326 g/mL
Molar volume:64.1 mL/mol
Refractive index:1.424
Molecular refractive power:16.35 mL/mol
Dielectric constant:8.93
Dipole moment:1.14 D
Melting point:-95 °C
Boiling point:39 °C
Vapour pressure:350 Torr
Antoine equation
P(Torr) vs T(°C)
Vapour pressure vs temperature
Surface tension:28.12 dyn/cm
Viscosity:0.44 cP
Critical temperature:237 °C
Critical pressure:60.0 atm
Evaporation rate (ether):1.8
Evaporation rate (butyl acetate):14.5
Solubility in water:1 % w/w
Solubility of water:0 % w/w
Log10 partition water / activated carbon:2.90
Log10 partition octanol / water:1.25
Snyder P':3.1
Snyder X:Xe: 0.3    Xd: 0.3    Xn: 0.4
Solvent strength (ε0, silica):0.32
Solvent strength (ε0, alumina):0.42
Dimroth ET:40.7
Hildebrant solubility parameter (δ):9.7
Hansen solubility parameter:δd: 8.9 (cal/mL)½   δp: 3.1 (cal/mL)½   δh: 3.0 (cal/mL)½
Kauri butanol value:136
1g dissolves in:
50.00g water
Specific heat capacity:24.0 cal/molK
Latent heat of fusion:1,436 cal/mol