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:
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• Other names: Acetylene, chloro-; Chloroacetylene; Chloroethyne; Ethynyl chloride; Monochloroacetylene; C2HCl; 1-Chloroacetylene
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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 = C₂HCl + HCl

Gas Chromatography

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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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]

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

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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