Ethane, hexafluoro-

• Formula: C₂F₆
• Molecular weight: 138.0118
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2F6/c3-1(4,5)2(6,7)8 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WMIYKQLTONQJES-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 76-16-4
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• Other names: Perfluoroethane; F-116; Freon 116; Hexafluoroethane; C2F6; Fluorocarbon 116; UN 2193; Freon 1166SY; 1,1,1,2,2,2-Hexafluoroethane; R 116; Ethane, 1,1,1,2,2,2-hexafluoro-; HFC 116
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References

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PCR Inc., 1990
PCR Inc., Research Chemicals Catalog 1990-1991, PCR Inc., Gainesville, FL, 1990, 1. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Filatov, Makarov, et al., 1968
Filatov, A.S.; Makarov, S.P.; Yakubovich, A.Ya., Some Chemical Properties of Pentafluoroazomethane, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1968, 38, 35. [all data]

Gilmour, Zwicker, et al., 1967
Gilmour, J.B.; Zwicker, J.O.; Katz, J.; Scott, R.L., Fluorocarbon Solutions at Low Temperatures V. The Liquid Mixtures C2H6 + C2F6m, C3H8 + C2F6, CH4 + C3F8, C2H6 + C3F8, C3H8 + C3F8, n-C4H10 + C3F8, i-C4H10 + C3F8, C3H8 + n-C4F10, n-C6H14 + n-C4F10, n, J. Phys. Chem., 1967, 71, 3259. [all data]

Filatov, Zelenin, et al., 1966
Filatov, A.S.; Zelenin, G.E.; Makarov, S.P.; Yakubovich, A.Ya.; Ginsburg, V.A., Fluorination of Azines with Cobalt Trifluoride and with Fluorine, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1966, 36, 129. [all data]

Thorp and Scott, 1956
Thorp, N.; Scott, R.L., Fluorocarbon solutions at low termperatures. I. The liquid mixtures CF4-CHF3, CF4-CH4, CF4-Kr, CH4-Kr., J. Phys. Chem., 1956, 60, 670. [all data]

Cuculo and Bigelow, 1952
Cuculo, J.A.; Bigelow, L.A., The Action of elementary Fluorine upon Organic Compounds. XVII. The Direct Fluorination of Acetonitrile, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 710. [all data]

Locke, Brode, et al., 1934
Locke, E.G.; Brode, W.R.; Henne, A.L., Fluorochloroethanes and Fluorochloroethylenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 56, 1726. [all data]

Ruff and Bretschneider, 1933
Ruff, O.; Bretschneider, O., The Preparation of Hexafluoroethane and Tetrafluoroethene from Tetrafluoromethane, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 1933, 210, 173. [all data]

Swarts, 1933
Swarts, F., Hexafluoroethane., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1933, 42, 114. [all data]

Notes

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