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

• 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-OWOJBTEDSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 156-60-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • Ethylene, 1,2-dichloro-, (Z)-
  • 1,2-Dichloroethylene
• Other names: Ethene, 1,2-dichloro-, (E)-; (E)-1,2-Dichloroethylene; trans-Di-1,2-Chloroethylene; trans-1,2-Dichloroethene; trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene; (E)-CHCl=CHCl; 1,2-trans-Dichloroethene; (E)-1,2-Dichloroethene; 1,2-trans-Dichloroethylene; trans-Acetylene dichloride; trans-Dichloroethylene; Dichloroethylene, trans-; 1,trans-2-Dichloroethene; Rcra waste number U079; Ethene, 1,2-dichloro-, (1E)-; Ethylene, 1,2-dichloro-, trans-; HCC 1130t; NSC 60512; R 1130t
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

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

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By formula: C₂H₂Cl₂ = C₂H₂Cl₂

 +  =

By formula: C₂H₂Cl₂ + Br₂ = C₂H₂Br₂Cl₂

References

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Manion, 2002
Manion, J.A., Evaluated Enthalpies of Formation of the Stable Closed Shell C1 and C2 Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2002, 31, 1, 123-172, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1420703 . [all data]

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]

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]

Smith, Bjellerup, et al., 1953
Smith, L.; Bjellerup, L.; Krook, S.; Westermark, H., Heats of combustion of organic chloro compounds determined by the "quartz wool" method, Acta Chem. Scand., 1953, 7, 65. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Mehl, 1934
Mehl, W., Die spezifische Wärme einiger flüssiger Kältemittel, Z. ges. Kalte-Ind., 1934, 41, 152-153. [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]

Muller and Schumacher, 1939
Muller, K.L.; Schumacher, H.J., Die photochemische bromierung von transdichlorathylen und der photochemische durch brom sensibilisierte zerfall von dichlordibromathan, Z. Phys. Chem., 1939, 42, 327-345. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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