Dichlorodifluoromethane

• Formula: CCl₂F₂
• Molecular weight: 120.914
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CCl2F2/c2-1(3,4)5 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PXBRQCKWGAHEHS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-71-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Methane, dichlorodifluoro-; Algofrene Type 2; Arcton 12; Arcton 6; Chlorofluoromethane (CCl2F2); Difluorodichloromethane; Electro-CF 12; F 12; Freon 12; Frigen 12; FC 12; Genetron 12; Isceon 122; Isotron 12; Ledon 12; R 12; R 12, Refrigerant; Refrigerant 12; CF2Cl2; Fluorocarbon 12; Propellant 12; Dwuchlorodwufluorometan; Eskimon 12; Freon F-12; Kaiser chemicals 12; Rcra waste number U075; Ucon 12; Ucon 12/halocarbon 12; UN 1028; CCl2F2; Halon 122; CFC-12; Halocarbon 12; Isotron 2; Propellent 12; Refrigerant R12; Chlorofluorocarbon 12; Dymel 12; FCC 12; FKW 12; Forane 12
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Phase change data

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

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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PCR Inc., 1990
PCR Inc., Research Chemicals Catalog 1990-1991, PCR Inc., Gainesville, FL, 1990, 1. [all data]

Krauss and Stephan, 1989
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Streng, 1971
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Awbery and Griffiths, 1936
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Thornton, Burg, et al., 1933
Thornton, N.V.; Burg, A.B.; Schlesinger, H.I., The Behaviour of Dichlorodifluoromethane and of Chlorotrifluoromethane in the Electric Discharge, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1933, 55, 3177. [all data]

Blanke and Weiss, 1991
Blanke, W.; Weiss, R., Thermodynamic properties of refrigerants. Part I: the triple points of the refrigerants R11, R12, R22, R142b, and 152a, PTB-Mitt., 1991, 101, 337-9. [all data]

Altunin, Geller, et al., 1987
Altunin, V.V.; Geller, V.Z.; Kremenvskaya, E.A.; Perel'shtein, I.I.; Petrov, E.K., Thermophysical Properties of Freons, Methane Ser. Part 2, Vol. 9, NSRDS-USSR, Selover, T. B., Ed., Hemisphere, New York, 1987. [all data]

Okada, Uematsu, et al., 1986
Okada, M.; Uematsu, M.; Watanabe, K., Orthobaric liquid densities of trichloro-fluoromethane, dichlorodi-fluoromethane, chlorodifluoromethane, 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane, 1,2-dichlorotetrafluoroethane, and of the azeotropic mixtur, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1986, 18, 527. [all data]

Higashi, Okazaki, et al., 1984
Higashi, Y.; Okazaki, S.; Takaishi, Y.; Uematsu, M.; Watanabe, K., Measurements of the Vapor-Liquid Coexistence Curve for the Binary R12 + R22 System in the Critical Region, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1984, 29, 31-6. [all data]

Michels, Wassenaar, et al., 1966
Michels, A.; Wassenaar, T.; Wolkers, G.J.; Prins, Chr.; van de Klundert, L., P-v-t data and thermodynamical properties of freon-12 (ccl(2)f(2)) and freon-13 (cclf(3)) fluorocarbons at temperatures between 0 and 150c and at pressures up to 400 atm, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1966, 11, 449. [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]

Kudchadker, Kudchadker, et al., 1979
Kudchadker, A.P.; Kudchadker, S.A.; Shukla, R.P.; Patnaik, P.R., Vapor pressures and boiling points of selected halomethanes, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1979, 8, 2, 499, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555600 . [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Buffington and Fleischer, 1931
Buffington, R.M.; Fleischer, J., Thermodynamic properties of dichlorodifluoromethane, a new refrigerant. IV. Specific heat of liquid and vapor and latent heat of vaporization, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1931, 23, 1290-1292. [all data]

Dispert and Lacmann, 1978
Dispert, H.; Lacmann, K., Negative ion formation in collisions between potassium and fluoro- and chloromethanes: Electron affinities and bond dissociation energies, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1978, 28, 49. [all data]

Kischlat and Morgner, 1985
Kischlat, W.; Morgner, H., Comparative study of He(23S)-penning ionization and He(I) photoionization of CF₄, CCl₄, and the chlorofluoromethanes by electron-ion coincidence, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1985, 35, 273. [all data]

Wang and Leroi, 1983
Wang, F.C.-Y.; Leroi, G.E., Photoionization and fragmentation of halogenated methanes, Ann. Isr. Phys. Soc., 1983, 6, 210. [all data]

Jochims, Lohr, et al., 1976
Jochims, H.-W.; Lohr, W.; Baumgartel, H., Photoreactions of small organic molecules V. Absorption-, photoion- and resonancephotoelectron-spectra of CF₃Cl, CF₂Cl₂, CFCl₃ in the energy range 10-25 eV, Ber. Bunsen-Ges. Phys. Chem., 1976, 80, 130. [all data]

Ajello, Huntress, et al., 1976
Ajello, J.M.; Huntress, W.T., Jr.; Rayermann, P., A photoionization mass spectrometer study of CFCl₃, CF₂Cl₂ and CF₃Cl, J. Chem. Phys., 1976, 64, 4746. [all data]

Watanabe, Nakayama, et al., 1962
Watanabe, K.; Nakayama, T.; Mottl, J., Ionization potentials of some molecules, J. Quant. Spectry. Radiative Transfer, 1962, 2, 369. [all data]

Baker and Tate, 1938
Baker, R.F.; Tate, J.T., Ionization and dissociation by electron impact in CCl₂F₂ and in CCl₄ vapor, Phys. Rev., 1938, 53, 683. [all data]

Jadrny, Karlsson, et al., 1977
Jadrny, R.; Karlsson, L.; Mattsson, L.; Siegbahn, K., Valence electron spectra of the chlorofluoromethanes CF₃Cl, CF₂Cl₂ and CFCl₃, Phys. Scr., 1977, 16, 235. [all data]

Doucet, Sauvageau, et al., 1973
Doucet, J.; Sauvageau, P.; Sandorfy, C., Vacuum ultraviolet and photoelectron spectra of fluoro-chloro derivatives of methane, J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 58, 3708. [all data]

Zayats, Perov, et al., 1985
Zayats, A.Yu.; Perov, A.A.; Simonov, A.P., Formation of long-lived Rydberg atoms upon excitation of NF₃ and CF₂Cl₂ molecules by electron impact, Sov. J. Chem. Phys., 1985, 2, 1906. [all data]

Schenk, Oertel, et al., 1979
Schenk, H.; Oertel, H.; Baumgartel, H., Photoreactions of small organic molecules VII Photoionization studies on the ion-pair formation of the fluorochloromethanes CF₂Cl₂, CF₃Cl, and CFCl₃, Ber. Bunsen-Ges. Phys. Chem., 1979, 83, 683. [all data]

Leyland, Majer, et al., 1970
Leyland, L.M.; Majer, J.R.; Robb, J.C., Heat of formation of the CF₂Cl. radical, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1970, 66, 898. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  Pc	Critical pressure
  Ptriple	Triple point pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ρc	Critical density

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