Ethylene, 1,2-dichloro-, (Z)-

• Formula: C₂H₂Cl₂
• Molecular weight: 96.943
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H2Cl2/c3-1-2-4/h1-2H/b2-1- Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KFUSEUYYWQURPO-UPHRSURJSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 156-59-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • Ethylene, 1,2-dichloro-, (E)-
  • 1,2-Dichloroethylene
• Other names: Ethene, 1,2-dichloro-, (Z)-; (Z)-1,2-Dichloroethylene; cis-Di-1,2-Chloroethylene; cis-Dichloroethylene; cis-1,2-Dichloroethene; cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene; 1,2-cis-Dichloroethylene; (Z)-CHCl=CHCl; (Z)-1,2-Dichloroethene; 1,2-cis-Dichloroethene; Acetylene dichloride, cis-; 1,cis-2-Dichloroethene; Ethylene, 1,2-dichloro-, cis-; Ethene, 1,2-dichloro-, (1Z)-; HCC 1130c; R 1130c
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

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By formula: C₂H₂Cl₂ = C₂H₂Cl₂

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By formula: C₂H₂Cl₂ = C₂H₂Cl₂

=

By formula: C₂H₂Cl₂ = C₂H₂Cl₂

 +  =

By formula: C₂H₂Cl₂ + Cl₂ = C₂H₂Cl₄

=  + 

By formula: C₂H₂Cl₂ = H₂ + C₂Cl₂

=  + 

By formula: C₂H₂Cl₂ = C₂HCl + HCl

=  + 

By formula: C₂H₂Cl₂ = C₂H₂ + Cl₂

 +  =

By formula: C₂H₂Cl₂ + HCl = C₂H₃Cl₃

UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

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Additional Data

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Takehiko Shimanouchi

Symmetry:   C_2ν     Symmetry Number σ = 2

Source: Shimanouchi, 1972

Notes

References

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Rozhnov, Levanova, et al., 1974
Rozhnov, A.M.; Levanova, S.V.; Dvornikova, G.A.; Sadovnikova, S.L., Equilibrium of isomerization of dichloroethylenes, J. Appl. Chem. USSR, 1974, 47, 667-669. [all data]

Craig, Piper, et al., 1971
Craig, N.C.; Piper, L.G.; Wheeler, V.L., Thermodynamics of cis-trans isomerizations. II. The 1-chloro-2-fluoroethylenes, 1,2-difluorocyclopropanes, and related molecules, J. Phys. Chem., 1971, 75, 1453-1460. [all data]

Wood and Stevenson, 1941
Wood, R.E.; Stevenson, D.P., The energy of isomerization of cis- and trans-dichloroethylene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1941, 63, 1650-1653. [all data]

Maroney, 1935
Maroney, W., The thermal equilibrium of the cis-trans isomers of dichloroethylene at high temperatures, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 2397-2398. [all data]

Laursen and Pimentel, 1989
Laursen, S.L.; Pimentel, G.C., Matrix-induced intersystem crossing in the photochemistry of the 1,2-dichloroethenes, J. Phys. Chem., 1989, 93, 2328-2333. [all data]

Pitzer and Hollenberg, 1954
Pitzer, K.S.; Hollenberg, J.L., Cis- and trans-dichloroethylenes. The infrared spectra from 130-400 cm.^-1 and the thermodynamic properties, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 1493-1496. [all data]

Kirkbride, 1956
Kirkbride, F.W., The heats of chlorination of some hydrocarbons and their chloro-derivatives, J. Appl. Chem., 1956, 6, 11-21. [all data]

Levanova, Treger, et al., 1975
Levanova, S.V.; Treger, Yu.A.; Velichko, S.M.; Rozhnov, A.M.; Khlestkov, A.I.; Pisarev, V.V., Liquid-phase hydrochlorination of symmetrical dichloroethylenes, J. Appl. Chem. USSR, 1975, 48, 1628-1631, In original 1574. [all data]

Perkampus and Braunschweig, 1966
Perkampus, H.-H.; Braunschweig, T.H., UV atlas of organic compounds, 1966, 1, A1/4. [all data]

Shimanouchi, 1972
Shimanouchi, T., Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies Consolidated Volume I, National Bureau of Standards, 1972, 1-160. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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