Chlorine
- Formula: Cl2
- Molecular weight: 70.906
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KZBUYRJDOAKODT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 7782-50-5
- Chemical structure:
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The 3d structure may be viewed using Java or Javascript. - Other names: Cl2; Bertholite; Chloor; Chlor; Chlore; Chlorine mol.; Cloro; Molecular chlorine; UN 1017; Diatomic chlorine
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Reaction thermochemistry data
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
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Individual Reactions
+ = Cl3-
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 23.7 ± 1.2 | kcal/mol | CIDT | Nizzi, Pommerening, et al., 1998 | gas phase; B |
ΔrH° | 16.70 | kcal/mol | Ther | Robbiani and Franklin, 1979 | gas phase; ΔG≈+1 kcal for Cl- + SO2Cl2 <=> Cl3- + SO2; B |
ΔrH° | <43.60 | kcal/mol | PDis | Lee, Smith, et al., 1979 | gas phase; B |
By formula: C2Cl4 + Cl2 = C2Cl6
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -36.70 ± 0.60 | kcal/mol | Cm | Kirkbride, 1956 | liquid phase; Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -37. kcal/mol; ALS |
By formula: Cl- + Cl2 = (Cl- • Cl2)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 17.0 | kcal/mol | SAMS | Robbiani and Franklin, 1979, 2 | gas phase; based on Cl- + SO2Cl2 <--> Cl3- + SO2; National Bureau of Standards, 1968; M |
By formula: C4F6 + Cl2 = C4Cl2F6
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -37.38 ± 0.99 | kcal/mol | Cm | Lacher, McKinley, et al., 1949 | gas phase; Heat of chlorination at 363 °K; ALS |
By formula: C3F6 + Cl2 = C3Cl2F6
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -47.15 ± 0.12 | kcal/mol | Cm | Lacher, McKinley, et al., 1949 | gas phase; Heat of chlorination at 363 °K; ALS |
By formula: Cl2 + C2ClF3 = C2Cl3F3
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | -48.82 ± 0.48 | kcal/mol | Cm | Lacher, McKinley, et al., 1949 | gas phase; Heat of Chlorination at 363 °K; ALS |
By formula: Cl2 + C2Cl2F2 = C2Cl4F2
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -41.08 ± 0.56 | kcal/mol | Cm | Lacher, McKinley, et al., 1949 | gas phase; Heat of chlorination at 363 °K; ALS |
By formula: C2F4 + Cl2 = C2Cl2F4
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -57.32 ± 0.20 | kcal/mol | Cm | Lacher, McKinley, et al., 1949, 2 | gas phase; Chlorination at 90 C; ALS |
By formula: C2H4Cl2 + Cl2 = HCl + C2H3Cl3
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -27.8 | kcal/mol | Cm | Kirkbride, 1956 | liquid phase; Heat of chlorination; ALS |
By formula: CHCl3 + Cl2 = CCl4 + HCl
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -22.30 | kcal/mol | Cm | Kirkbride, 1956 | liquid phase; Heat of chlorination; ALS |
By formula: C2H4 + Cl2 = C2H4Cl2
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -43.65 ± 0.15 | kcal/mol | Cm | Conn, Kistiakowsky, et al., 1938 | gas phase; At 355 °K; ALS |
By formula: C2H2Cl2 + Cl2 = C2H2Cl4
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -40.4 | kcal/mol | Cm | Kirkbride, 1956 | liquid phase; Heat of chlorination; ALS |
By formula: BrCl + CClF3 = CBrF3 + Cl2
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 10.69 ± 0.15 | kcal/mol | Eqk | Coomber and Whittle, 1967 | gas phase; ALS |
+ = C2BrF5 +
By formula: BrCl + C2ClF5 = C2BrF5 + Cl2
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 10.3 ± 0.6 | kcal/mol | Eqk | Coomber and Whittle, 1967 | gas phase; ALS |
By formula: C2H2Cl2 = C2H2 + Cl2
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 5.1 | kcal/mol | Kin | Laursen and Pimentel, 1989 | gas phase; Photolyses; ALS |
By formula: C4F8 + Cl2 = C4Cl2F8
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -44.97 ± 0.31 | kcal/mol | Cm | Lacher, Kianpour, et al., 1957 | gas phase; ALS |
By formula: C5F10 + Cl2 = C5Cl2F10
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | -45.61 ± 0.40 | kcal/mol | Cm | Lacher, Kianpour, et al., 1957, 2 | gas phase; ALS |
By formula: C2Cl6 = C2Cl4 + Cl2
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 31.7 ± 1.0 | kcal/mol | Eqk | Puyo, Balesdent, et al., 1963 | gas phase; ALS |
By formula: C4F8 + Cl2 = C4Cl2F8
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | -42.22 ± 0.51 | kcal/mol | Cm | Lacher, Kianpour, et al., 1957, 2 | gas phase; ALS |
By formula: C6H11Cl + HCl = C6H12 + Cl2
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | -34.20 | kcal/mol | Cm | Kirkbride, 1956 | liquid phase; ALS |
By formula: C6H6 + Cl2 = C6H5Cl + HCl
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | -32.0 | kcal/mol | Cm | Kirkbride, 1956 | liquid phase; ALS |
By formula: Cl2 + C2HCl3 = C2HCl5
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | -36.2 | kcal/mol | Cm | Kirkbride, 1956 | liquid phase; ALS |
Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director
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Origin | Crystal Harrison, SCOTT SPECIALTY GASES Inc., NJ |
NIST MS number | 245871 |
References
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Nizzi, Pommerening, et al., 1998
Nizzi, K.E.; Pommerening, C.A.; Sunderlin, L.S.,
Gas-phase thermochemistry of polyhalide anions,
J. Phys. Chem. A, 1998, 102, 39, 7674-7679, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9824508
. [all data]
Robbiani and Franklin, 1979
Robbiani, R.; Franklin, J.L.,
Formation of the trihalide ion Cl3- in the gas phase,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 764. [all data]
Lee, Smith, et al., 1979
Lee, L.C.; Smith, G.P.; Moseley, J.T.; Cosby, P.C.; Guest, J.A.,
Photodissociation and photodetachment of Cl2-, ClO-, Cl3-, and BrCl2-,
J. Chem. Phys., 1979, 70, 3237. [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]
Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G.,
Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]
Robbiani and Franklin, 1979, 2
Robbiani, R.; Franklin, J.L.,
Negative ion-molecule reaction in sulfuryl halides,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 3709. [all data]
National Bureau of Standards, 1968
National Bureau of Standards, US,
Technical Note 270 - 3
in The NBS Tables of Chemical Thermodynamic Properties, 1968. [all data]
Lacher, McKinley, et al., 1949
Lacher, J.R.; McKinley, J.J.; Walden, C.; Lea, K.; Park, J.D.,
Reaction heats of organic fluorine compounds. II. The vapor phase heats of chlorination of some simple fluoroolefins,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 1334-1337. [all data]
Lacher, McKinley, et al., 1949, 2
Lacher, J.R.; McKinley, J.J.; Snow, C.M.; Michel, L.; Nelson, G.; Park, J.D.,
Reaction heats of organic fluorine compounds. I. Apparatus and the heat of chlorination of tetrafluoroethylene,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 1330-1334. [all data]
Conn, Kistiakowsky, et al., 1938
Conn, J.B.; Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Smith, E.A.,
Heats of organic reactions. VII. Addition of halogens to olefins,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 2764-2771. [all data]
Coomber and Whittle, 1967
Coomber, J.W.; Whittle, E.,
Bond dissociation energies from equilibrium studies. Part 3.-D(CF3-Cl), D(C2F5-Cl) and the enthalpy of formation of CF3Cl,
Trans. Faraday Soc., 1967, 63, 2656-2667. [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]
Lacher, Kianpour, et al., 1957
Lacher, J.R.; Kianpour, A.; Park, J.D.,
Reaction heats of organic halogen compounds. X. Vapor phase heats of hydrobromination of cyclopropane and propylene,
J. Phys. Chem., 1957, 61, 1124-1125. [all data]
Lacher, Kianpour, et al., 1957, 2
Lacher, J.R.; Kianpour, A.; Park, J.D.,
Reaction heats of organic halogen compounds. VIII. The heats of chlorination of perfluorinated butene-1 pentene-1 and isobutene,
J. Phys. Chem., 1957, 61, 584-586. [all data]
Puyo, Balesdent, et al., 1963
Puyo, J.; Balesdent, D.; Niclause, M.; Dzierzynski, M.,
Etude analytique et thermodynamique de la pyrolyse de l'hexachloroethane en phase gazeuse.,
Compt. Rend., 1963, 256, 3471-3473. [all data]
Notes
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