Ethene, tetrafluoro-

• Formula: C₂F₄
• Molecular weight: 100.0150
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2F4/c3-1(4)2(5)6 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BFKJFAAPBSQJPD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 116-14-3
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• Other names: Ethylene, tetrafluoro-; Perfluoroethene; Perfluoroethylene; Tetrafluoroethene; Tetrafluoroethylene; TFE; C2F4; Fluoroplast 4; Tetrafluorethylene; 1,1,2,2-Tetrafluoroethylene; Tetrafluorethene; Ethene, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 +  = C₂ClF₄^-

By formula: Cl^- + C₂F₄ = C₂ClF₄^-

 +  = C₂BrF₄^-

By formula: Br^- + C₂F₄ = C₂BrF₄^-

C₇CrF₄O₅ (g) =  (g) + C₅CrO₅ (g)

By formula: C₇CrF₄O₅ (g) = C₂F₄ (g) + C₅CrO₅ (g)

C₂ClF₄^- + 2 = C₄ClF₈^-

By formula: C₂ClF₄^- + 2C₂F₄ = C₄ClF₈^-

C₄ClF₈^- + 3 = C₆ClF₁₂^-

By formula: C₄ClF₈^- + 3C₂F₄ = C₆ClF₁₂^-

C₆ClF₁₂^- + 4 = C₈ClF₁₆^-

By formula: C₆ClF₁₂^- + 4C₂F₄ = C₈ClF₁₆^-

C₂BrF₄^- + 2 = C₄BrF₈^-

By formula: C₂BrF₄^- + 2C₂F₄ = C₄BrF₈^-

 +  =

By formula: HBr + C₂F₄ = C₂HBrF₄

=  + 

By formula: C₂F₄I₂ = C₂F₄ + I₂

 +  =

By formula: C₂F₄ + Cl₂ = C₂Cl₂F₄

 + 2 = 2 + 4

By formula: C₂F₄ + 2H₂ = 2C + 4HF

 +  =

By formula: C₂F₄ + Br₂ = C₂Br₂F₄

 + 4 = 4 + 2

By formula: C₂F₄ + 4Na = 4FNa + 2C

2 =  + 2

By formula: 2CHClF₂ = C₂F₄ + 2HCl

2 =

By formula: 2C₂F₄ = C₄F₈

 + 2 = 2

By formula: C₂F₄ + 2F₂ = 2CF₄

=  + 

By formula: C₂Br₂F₄ = C₂F₄ + Br₂

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

 +  = C₂BrF₄^-

By formula: Br^- + C₂F₄ = C₂BrF₄^-

C₂BrF₄^- + 2 = C₄BrF₈^-

By formula: C₂BrF₄^- + 2C₂F₄ = C₄BrF₈^-

C₂ClF₄^- + 2 = C₄ClF₈^-

By formula: C₂ClF₄^- + 2C₂F₄ = C₄ClF₈^-

C₄ClF₈^- + 3 = C₆ClF₁₂^-

By formula: C₄ClF₈^- + 3C₂F₄ = C₆ClF₁₂^-

C₆ClF₁₂^- + 4 = C₈ClF₁₆^-

By formula: C₆ClF₁₂^- + 4C₂F₄ = C₈ClF₁₆^-

 +  = C₂ClF₄^-

By formula: Cl^- + C₂F₄ = C₂ClF₄^-

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Furukawa, McCoskey, et al., 1953
Furukawa, G.T.; McCoskey, R.E.; Reilly, M.L., Heat capacity, heats of fusion and vaporization, and vapor pressure of tetrafluoroethylene, J. Res., 1953, NBS 51, 69-72. [all data]

Hiraoka, Mochizuki, et al., 2008
Hiraoka, K.; Mochizuki, N.; Wada, A.; Okada, H.; Ichikawa, T.; Asakawa, D.; Yazawa, I., Gas-phase ion/molecule reactions in C2F4, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2008, 272, 1, 22-28, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2007.12.013 . [all data]

Curtiss, Raghavachari, et al., 7374
Curtiss, L.A.; Raghavachari, K.; Redfern, P.C.; Pople, J.A., Assesment of Gaussian-3 and density Functional Theories for a larger experimental test set, J. Chem. Phys. 112 (2000), 7374. [all data]

Wells, House, et al., 1994
Wells, J.R.; House, P.G.; Weitz, E., J. Phys. Chem., 1994, 98, 8343. [all data]

Lacher, Lea, et al., 1950
Lacher, J.R.; Lea, K.R.; Walden, C.H.; Olson, G.G.; Park, J.D., Reaction heats of organic fluorine compounds. III. The vapor phase heats of hydrobromination of some simple fluoroolefins, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 72, 3231-3234. [all data]

Wu, Pickard, et al., 1975
Wu, E.C.; Pickard, J.M.; Rodgers, A.S., Thermochemistry of the gas-phase reaction tetrafluoroethylene + iodine = 1,2-diiodoperfluoroethane. Heat of formation of 1,2-diiodoperfluoroethane and of iodoperfluoroethane, J. Phys. Chem., 1975, 79, 1078-1081. [all data]

Lacher, McKinley, et al., 1949
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]

Neugebauer and Margrave, 1956
Neugebauer, C.A.; Margrave, J.L., The heats of formation of tetrafluoroethylene, tetrafluoromethane and 1,1-difluoroethylene, J. Phys. Chem., 1956, 60, 1318-1321. [all data]

Lacher, Casali, et al., 1956
Lacher, J.R.; Casali, L.; Park, J.D., Reaction heats of organic halogen compounds V. The vapor phase bromination of tetrafluoroethylene and trifluorochloroethylene, J. Phys. Chem., 1956, 60, 608-610. [all data]

Kolesov, Zenkov, et al., 1962
Kolesov, V.P.; Zenkov, I.D.; Skuratov, S.M., The standard enthalpy of formation of tetrafluoroethylene, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1962, 36, 45-47. [all data]

Edwards and Small, 1965
Edwards, J.W.; Small, P.A., Kinetics of the pyrolysis of chlorodifluoromethane, Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam., 1965, 4, 396-400. [all data]

Atkinson and Trenwith, 1953
Atkinson, B.; Trenwith, A.B., 424. The thermal decomposition of tetrafluorethylene, J. Chem. Soc. London, 1953, 2082-2087. [all data]

Domalski and Armstrong, 1967
Domalski, E.S.; Armstrong, G.T., The heats of combustion of polytetrafluoroethylene (teflon) and graphite in elemental fluorine, J. Res. NBS, 1967, 71, 105-118. [all data]

Notes

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  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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