Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether

• Formula: C₄H₈Cl₂O
• Molecular weight: 143.012
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H8Cl2O/c5-1-3-7-4-2-6/h1-4H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ZNSMNVMLTJELDZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 111-44-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: s-Dichloroethyl ether; Ethane, 1,1'-oxybis[2-chloro-; Ether, bis(2-chloroethyl); β,β'-Dichlorodiethyl ether; β,β'-Dichloroethyl ether; Bis(β-chloroethyl) ether; Bis(chloro-2-ethyl) oxide; Chlorex; Di(β-chloroethyl) ether; DCEE; Khloreks; 1-Chloro-2-(β-Chloroethoxy)ethane; 2-Chloroethyl ether; 2,2'-Dichlorethyl ether; 2,2'-Dichlorodiethyl ether; 2,2'-Dichloroethyl ether; 2,2'-Dichlorodiethyl oxide; sym-Dichloroethyl ether; Chloroethyl ether; Clorex; Di(2-chloroethyl) ether; Dichloroether; Dichloroethyl ether; Dichloroethyl oxide; Dwuchlorodwuetylowy eter; Ether dichlore; ENT 4,504; Oxyde de chlorethyle; 1,1'-Oxybis(2-chloroethane); 1,5-Dichloro-3-oxapentane; 2,2'-Dichloorethylether; 2,2'-Dichlor-diaethylaether; 2,2'-Dicloroetiletere; Rcra waste number U025; UN 1916; Diethylene glycol dichloride; Ether, bis(chloroethyl); Beta,beta'-dichloroethyl ether; BCEE; NSC 406647
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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

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of fusion

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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