Chlorine

• Formula: Cl₂
• Molecular weight: 70.906
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/Cl2/c1-2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KZBUYRJDOAKODT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7782-50-5
• Chemical structure:
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• 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^-

By formula: Cl^- + Cl₂ = Cl₃^-

 +  =

By formula: C₂Cl₄ + Cl₂ = C₂Cl₆

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cl^- + Cl₂ = (Cl^- • Cl₂)

 +  =

By formula: C₄F₆ + Cl₂ = C₄Cl₂F₆

 +  =

By formula: C₃F₆ + Cl₂ = C₃Cl₂F₆

 +  =

By formula: Cl₂ + C₂ClF₃ = C₂Cl₃F₃

 +  =

By formula: Cl₂ + C₂Cl₂F₂ = C₂Cl₄F₂

 +  =

By formula: C₂F₄ + Cl₂ = C₂Cl₂F₄

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₂H₄Cl₂ + Cl₂ = HCl + C₂H₃Cl₃

 +  =  + 

By formula: CHCl₃ + Cl₂ = CCl₄ + HCl

 +  =

By formula: C₂H₄ + Cl₂ = C₂H₄Cl₂

 +  =

By formula: C₂H₂Cl₂ + Cl₂ = C₂H₂Cl₄

 +  =  + 

By formula: BrCl + CClF₃ = CBrF₃ + Cl₂

 +  = C₂BrF₅ + 

By formula: BrCl + C₂ClF₅ = C₂BrF₅ + Cl₂

=  + 

By formula: C₂H₂Cl₂ = C₂H₂ + Cl₂

 +  =

By formula: C₄F₈ + Cl₂ = C₄Cl₂F₈

C₅F₁₀ +  = C₅Cl₂F₁₀

By formula: C₅F₁₀ + Cl₂ = C₅Cl₂F₁₀

=  + 

By formula: C₂Cl₆ = C₂Cl₄ + Cl₂

 +  =

By formula: C₄F₈ + Cl₂ = C₄Cl₂F₈

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₆H₁₁Cl + HCl = C₆H₁₂ + Cl₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₆H₆ + Cl₂ = C₆H₅Cl + HCl

 +  =

By formula: Cl₂ + C₂HCl₃ = C₂HCl₅

Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

k_H(T) = k°_H exp(d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
k°_H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

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Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Ion clustering data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
B - John E. Bartmess

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Clustering reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cl^- + Cl₂ = (Cl^- • Cl₂)

 +  = Cl₃^-

By formula: Cl^- + Cl₂ = Cl₃^-

Constants of diatomic molecules

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Data compiled by: Klaus P. Huber and Gerhard H. Herzberg

Data collected through September, 1976

Notes

References

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Baeda, 1972
Baeda, A.P.M., The adiabatic electron affinities of Cl₂, Br₂, I₂, IBr, NO₂, and O₂, Physica, 1972, 59, 541. [all data]

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Chupka, Berkowitz, et al., 1971
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DeCorpo and Franklin, 1971
DeCorpo, J.J.; Franklin, J.L., Electron affinities of the halogen molecules by dissociative electron attachment, J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 54, 1885. [all data]

Hubers, Kleyn, et al., 1976
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Lacmann and Herschbach, 1970
Lacmann, K.; Herschbach, D.R., Collisional Excitation and Ionization of K Atoms by Diatomic Molecules: Role of Ion-pair States, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1970, 6, 2, 106, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(70)80144-0 . [all data]

Yencha, Hopkirk, et al., 1995
Yencha, A.J.; Hopkirk, A.; Hiraya, A.; Donovan, R.J.; Goode, J.G.; Maier, R.R.J.; King, G.C.; Kvaran, A., Threshold photoelectron spectroscopy of Cl₂ and Br₂ up to 35 eV, J. Phys. Chem., 1995, 99, 7231. [all data]

Van Lonkhuyzen and De Lange, 1984
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Potts and Price, 1971
Potts, A.W.; Price, W.C., Photoelectron spectra of the halogens and mixed halides ICI and lBr, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1971, 67, 1242. [all data]

Dibeler, Walker, et al., 1971
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Cornford, Frost, et al., 1971
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Anderson, Mamantov, et al., 1971
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Dyke, Josland, et al., 1984
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Frost and McDowell, 1959
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Iczkowski, Margrave, et al., 1960
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Asundi and Venkateswarlu, 1947
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Haranath and Rao, 1958
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Khanna, 1959
Khanna, B.N., Emission spectrum of chlorine excited in the presence of argon, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Sect. A, 1959, 49, 293-301. [all data]

Venkateswarlu and Khanna, 1959
Venkateswarlu, P.; Khanna, B.N., Emission spectrum of chlorine excited in the presence of argon. Part I. The band system in the region 2600-2390 Å, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Sect. A, 1959, 49, 117-127. [all data]

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Gibson and Bayliss, 1933
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Jacobs and Giedt, 1965
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Palmer and Carabetta, 1968
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Coxon, 1973
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  d(ln(kH))/d(1/T)	Temperature dependence parameter for Henry's Law constant
  k°H	Henry's Law constant at 298.15K
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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