Ethane, 1,2-dibromo-

• Formula: C₂H₄Br₂
• Molecular weight: 187.861
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H4Br2/c3-1-2-4/h1-2H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PAAZPARNPHGIKF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 106-93-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • 1,2-Dibromoethane-d3
  • 1,2-Dibromoethane-d2(1,2)
  • 1,2-dibromo-[1,1,2,2-2H4]ethane
• Other names: α,β-Dibromoethane; sym-Dibromoethane; Aadibroom; Bromofume; Dowfume W-8; Dowfume W85; Ethylene bromide; Ethylene dibromide; EDB; Glycol Dibromide; Iscobrome D; Nefis; Sanhyuum; Soilfume; 1,2-Dibromoethane; CH2BrCH2Br; Dibromoethane; Aethylenbromid; Bromuro di etile; Celmide; DBE; 1,2-Dibromaethan; 1,2-Dibromoetano; Dibromure D'ethylene; 1,2-Dibroomethaan; Dowfume 40; Dowfume edb; Dowfume W-90; Dowfume W-100; Dwubromoetan; EDB-85; E-D-Bee; ENT 15,349; 1,2-Ethylene dibromide; Fumo-gas; Kopfume; NCI-C00522; Nephis; Pestmaster edb-85; Rcra waste number U067; Soilbrom; Soilbrom-40; Soilbrom-85; Soilbrom-90; Soilbrom-100; Soilbrome-85; Soilbrom-90ec; UN 1605; Unifume; Edabrom; α,ω-Dibromoethane; 1,2-dibromoethane (EDB)
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Entropy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Pitzer, 1940
Pitzer, K.S., The Heat Capacities, Heats of Transition and Fusion, and Entropies of Ethylene Dichloride and Ethylene Dibromide, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 331-5. [all data]

Svoboda, Kubes, et al., 1992
Svoboda, V.; Kubes, V.; Basarova, P., Enthalpies of vaporization and cohesive energies of 1,1,2,2-tetrachloro-1,2-difluoroethane, 1,2-dibromoethane, 1-bromo-2-chloroethane, 1,3-dibromo-propane, and 1,4-dibromo-2,3-dichloro-1,1,2,3,4,4-hexafluorobutane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1992, 24, 555-558. [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]

Goto, Fujinawa, et al., 1996
Goto, Hirotoshi; Fujinawa, Tasuku; Asahi, Hidemasa; Inabe, Tamotsu; Ogata, Hironori; Miyajima, Seiichi; Maruyama, Yusei, Crystal Structures and Physical Properties of 1,6-Diaminopyrene-p-chloranil (DAP-CHL) Charge-Transfer Complex. Two Polymorphs and Their Unusual Electrical Properties., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1996, 69, 1, 85-93, https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.69.85 . [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Call, 1957
Call, F., Determination of the vapour pressure of ethylene dibromide, J. Sci. Food Agric., 1957, 8, 2, 81-85, https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2740080204 . [all data]

Dreisbach and Shrader, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Shrader, S.A., Vapor Pressure--Temperature Data on Some Organic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 12, 2879-2880, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50480a054 . [all data]

Dreisbach and Martin, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Martin, R.A., Physical Data on Some Organic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 12, 2875-2878, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50480a053 . [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Pitzer, 1940, 2
Pitzer, K.S., The heat capacities, heats of transition and fusion, and entropies of ethylene dichloride and ethylene dibromide, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 331-335. [all data]

Railing, 1939
Railing, W.E., The specific heat of some ethylene halides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 3349-3353. [all data]

Berman, Anicich, et al., 1979
Berman, D.W.; Anicich, V.; Beauchamp, J.L., Stabilities of isomeric halonium ions C₂H₄X⁺ (X = Cl, Br) by photoionization mass spectrometry iand on cyclotron resonance spectroscopy. General considerations of the relative stabilities of cyclic and acyclic isomeric onium ions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 1239. [all data]

Gan, Peel, et al., 1978
Gan, T.H.; Peel, J.B.; Willett, G.D., Photoelectron spectra of the gauche and trans conformers of 1,2-dibromoethane, J. Mol. Struct., 1978, 44, 211. [all data]

Staley, Wieting, et al., 1977
Staley, R.H.; Wieting, R.D.; Beauchamp, J.L., Carbenium ion stabilities in the gas phase and solution. An ion cyclotron resonance study of bromide transfer reactions involving alkali ions, alkyl carbenium ions, acyl cations and cyclic halonium ions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 5964. [all data]

Chau and McDowell, 1975
Chau, F.T.; McDowell, C.A., Photoelectron spectra of 1,2 dichloro-, 1,2 dibromo- and 1,2 diiodo-ethane, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1975, 6, 365. [all data]

Holmes, Lossing, et al., 1988
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P.; McFarlane, R.A., Stabilization energy and positional effects in halogen-substituted alkyl ions., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1988, 86, 209. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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