Ethyne, chloro-

• Formula: C₂HCl
• Molecular weight: 60.482
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2HCl/c1-2-3/h1H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DIWKDXFZXXCDLF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 593-63-5
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Acetylene, chloro-; Chloroacetylene; Chloroethyne; Ethynyl chloride; Monochloroacetylene; C2HCl; 1-Chloroacetylene
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Data compiled by: Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

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 = C₂HCl + HCl

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Takehiko Shimanouchi

Symmetry:   C_∞ν     Symmetry Number σ = 1

Source: Shimanouchi, 1972

Notes

Gas Chromatography

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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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]

Bashford, Emeleus, et al., 1938
Bashford, L.A.; Emeleus, H.J.; Briscoe, H.V.A., 255. The oxidation of chloroacetylene and bromoacetylene, J. Chem. Soc., 1938, 1358, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9380001358 . [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]

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]

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

Zenkevich, 2005
Zenkevich, I.G., Experimentally measured retention indices., 2005. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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