(E)-1,2-Diiodoethylene

• Formula: C₂H₂I₂
• Molecular weight: 279.8462
• CAS Registry Number: 590-27-2
• Information on this page:
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  • Reaction thermochemistry data
  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

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

C₂H₂I₂ =  + 

By formula: C₂H₂I₂ = C₂H₂ + I₂

References

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Furuyama, Golden, et al., 1969
Furuyama, S.; Golden, D.M.; Benson, S.W., The Thermochemistry of the Gas Phase Equilibria i-C3H7I = C3H6 + HI, n-C3H7I = i-C3H7I and C3H6 + 2HI = C3H8 + I2, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1969, 1, 363-75. [all data]

Andrews and Keefer, 1951
Andrews, L.J.; Keefer, R.M., The Argentation of Organic Iodides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 5733-5736. [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]

Dykyj, 1970
Dykyj, J., Petrochemica, 1970, 10, 2, 51. [all data]

Noyes, Noyes, et al., 1950
Noyes, Richard M.; Noyes, Winninette A.; Steinmetz, Hyman, Vapor Pressures of cis and trans Disubstituted Ethylenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 72, 1, 33-34, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01157a008 . [all data]

Broadway and Fraser, 1933
Broadway, L.F.; Fraser, Ronald G.J., 111. The vapour pressure of trans-di-iodoethylene, J. Chem. Soc., 1933, 429, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9330000429 . [all data]

Jones, 1960
Jones, A.H., Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 2, 196-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60006a019 . [all data]

Furuyama, Golden, et al., 1968
Furuyama, S.; Golden, D.M.; Benson, S.W., The thermochemistry of the gas-phase equilibria trans-1,2-diiodoethylene = acetylene + I₂ and trans-1,2-diiodoethylene = cis-1,2-diiodoethylene, J. Phys. Chem., 1968, 72, 3204-3208. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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