Ethane, 1,2-dichloro-

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-31.5 ± 0.84kcal/molReviewManion, 2002derived from recommended ΔfHliquid° and ΔvapH°; DRB
Δfgas-29.98 ± 0.25kcal/molChydLacher, Amador, et al., 1967Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -30.18 ± 0.25 kcal/mol; At 250 C; ALS
Δfgas-30.8kcal/molCmKirkbride, 1956Heat of chlorination; ALS

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-39.96 ± 0.84kcal/molReviewManion, 2002weighted average of several measurements; DRB
Δfliquid-40.55kcal/molCcrHu and Sinke, 1969ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-295.51kcal/molCcrHu and Sinke, 1969ALS
Δcliquid-297.9 ± 2.0kcal/molCcbSmith, Bjellerup, et al., 1953Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -297. ± 2. kcal/mol; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid49.840cal/mol*KN/APitzer, 1940DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
30.93298.15Hallen, 1993DH
30.786298.15Lainez, Roux-Desgranges, et al., 1985DH
30.829298.15Wilhelm, Faradjzadeh, et al., 1979DH
30.83298.15Wilhelm, Grolier, et al., 1979DH
30.829298.15Wilhelm, Grolier, et al., 1977DH
30.74298.15Wilhelm, Schano, et al., 1969T = 20, 30 40°C.; DH
30.88293.Rastorguev and Ganiev, 1967T = 293 to 353 K.; DH
30.961298.15Ruiter, 1955T = 7 to 50°C.; DH
30.999298.Staveley, Tupman, et al., 1955T = 284 to 348 K.; DH
29.71293.Sieg, Crtzen, et al., 1951DH
29.40298.Kurbatov, 1948T = -25 to 86°C, mean Cp, four temperatures.; DH
30.81298.15Pitzer, 1940T = 15 to 308 K.; DH
31.31300.Railing, 1939T = 90 to 320 K. Data graphically only. Value read from graph.; DH
29.21298.von Reis, 1881T = 290 to 364 K.; DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil356.7 ± 0.6KAVGN/AAverage of 48 out of 52 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus230. ± 40.KAVGN/AAverage of 9 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple237.6KN/AKnauth and Sabbah, 1990Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
Ttriple237.2KN/APitzer, 1940, 2Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc561.6KN/AGarcia-Sanchez and Trejo Rodriguez, 1985Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
Tc561.2KN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Tc563.15KN/AHojendahl, 1946Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc53.10atmN/AGarcia-Sanchez and Trejo Rodriguez, 1985Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.49 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc4.45mol/lN/AHojendahl, 1946Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.15 mol/l; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap8.4 ± 0.1kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
7.643356.6N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
7.43371.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 356. to 558. K.; AC
8.32294.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 279. to 374. K.; AC
7.43383.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 368. to 524. K.; AC
9.75538.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 523. to 561. K.; AC
8.32294.N/AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 279. to 434. K. See also Dykyj, 1970.; AC
8.29316.N/AGutsche and Knapp, 1982Based on data from 301. to 357. K.; AC
8.105273.VGallaugher and Hibbert, 1937ALS
8.96258.N/APearce and Peters, 1928Based on data from 243. to 372. K.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
242.33 to 372.64.579471521.789-24.67Pearce and Peters, 1929Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
2.1120237.2Pitzer, 1940DH
2.11237.2Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
8.903237.2Pitzer, 1940DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
3.87237.2Domalski and Hearing, 1996CAL
8.80175.

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
0.6800175.crystaline, II Railing, 1939DH
2.090237.6crystaline, IliquidRailing, 1939DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
3.87175.crystaline, II, Lambda, type transitionRailing, 1939DH
8.80237.6crystaline, IliquidRailing, 1939DH

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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

Ethane, 1,2-dichloro- = Ethene, chloro- + Hydrogen chloride

By formula: C2H4Cl2 = C2H3Cl + HCl

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr12.1 ± 1.0kcal/molCmBuravtsev, Grigor'ev, et al., 1992gas phase
Δr19.6kcal/molEqkLevanova, Bushneva, et al., 1979liquid phase
Δr16.3kcal/molEqkLevanova, Bushneva, et al., 1979gas phase
Δr16.24kcal/molEqkGhosh and Guha, 1951liquid phase

Ethane, 1,2-dichloro- + 2Hydrogen = Ethane + 2Hydrogen chloride

By formula: C2H4Cl2 + 2H2 = C2H6 + 2HCl

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-34.18 ± 0.23kcal/molChydLacher, Amador, et al., 1967gas phase; Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -35.32 ± 0.12 kcal/mol; At 250 C

Ethane, 1,2-dichloro- + Chlorine = Hydrogen chloride + Ethane, 1,1,2-trichloro-

By formula: C2H4Cl2 + Cl2 = HCl + C2H3Cl3

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-27.8kcal/molCmKirkbride, 1956liquid phase; Heat of chlorination

Ethane, 1,1-dichloro- = Ethane, 1,2-dichloro-

By formula: C2H4Cl2 = C2H4Cl2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-2.30 ± 0.33kcal/molEqkRozhnov, 1968gas phase; Heat of isomerization at 385 K

Ethylene + Chlorine = Ethane, 1,2-dichloro-

By formula: C2H4 + Cl2 = C2H4Cl2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-43.65 ± 0.15kcal/molCmConn, Kistiakowsky, et al., 1938gas phase; At 355 °K

References

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Manion, 2002
Manion, J.A., Evaluated Enthalpies of Formation of the Stable Closed Shell C1 and C2 Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2002, 31, 1, 123-172, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1420703 . [all data]

Lacher, Amador, et al., 1967
Lacher, J.R.; Amador, A.; Park, J.D., Reaction heats of organic compounds. Part 5.-Heats of hydrogenation of dichloromethane, 1,1- and 1,2-dichloroethane and 1,2-dichloropropane, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1967, 63, 1608-1611. [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]

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]

Hu and Sinke, 1969
Hu, A.T.; Sinke, G.C., Combustion calorimetry of some chlorinated organic compounds, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1969, 1, 507-513. [all data]

Smith, Bjellerup, et al., 1953
Smith, L.; Bjellerup, L.; Krook, S.; Westermark, H., Heats of combustion of organic chloro compounds determined by the "quartz wool" method, Acta Chem. Scand., 1953, 7, 65. [all data]

Pitzer, 1940
Pitzer, K.S., The heat capacities, heats of transition and fusion, and entropies of ethylene dichloride and ethylene dibromide, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 331-335. [all data]

Hallen, 1993
Hallen, D., Enthalpies of solution and heat capacities for some a,w-dichloroalkanes in water, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1993, 25, 519-524. [all data]

Lainez, Roux-Desgranges, et al., 1985
Lainez, A.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E.; Wilhelm, E., Mixtures of alkanes with polar molecules showing integral rotation: an unusual composition dependence of CpE of 1,2-dichloroethane + an n-alkane, Fluid Phase Equilib., 1985, 20, 47-56. [all data]

Wilhelm, Faradjzadeh, et al., 1979
Wilhelm, E.; Faradjzadeh, A.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Molar excess heat capacities and excess volumes of 1,2-dichloroethane + cyclooctane, + mesitylene, and + tetrachloromethane, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1979, 11, 979-984. [all data]

Wilhelm, Grolier, et al., 1979
Wilhelm, E.; Grolier, G.-P.E.; Karbalai Ghassemi, M.H., Molar heat capacity of binary liquid mixtures: 1,2-dichloroethane + cyclohexane and 1,2-dichloroethane + methylcyclohexane, Thermochim. Acta, 1979, 28, 59-69. [all data]

Wilhelm, Grolier, et al., 1977
Wilhelm, E.; Grolier, J.-P.E.; Karbalai Ghassemi, M.H., Molar heat capacities of binary liquid mixtures: 1,2-dichloroethane + benzene, + toluene, and + p-xylene, Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., 1977, 81, 925-930. [all data]

Wilhelm, Schano, et al., 1969
Wilhelm, E.; Schano, R.; Becker, G.; Findenegg, G.H.; Kohler, F., Molar heat capacity at constant volume. Binary mixtures of 1,2-dichloroethane and 1,2-dibromoethane with cyclohexane, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1969, 65, 1443-1455. [all data]

Rastorguev and Ganiev, 1967
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Ruiter, 1955
Ruiter, L.H., Some thermodynamic properties of the system benzene 1,2-dichloroethane. Part II. The excess molar heat capacities, Rec. Trav. Chim., 1955, 74, 1467-1481. [all data]

Staveley, Tupman, et al., 1955
Staveley, L.A.K.; Tupman, W.I.; Hart, K.R., Some thermodynamice properties of the systems benzene + ethylene dichloride, benzene + carbon tetrachloride, acetone + chloroform, and acetone + carbon disulphide, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1955, 51, 323-342. [all data]

Sieg, Crtzen, et al., 1951
Sieg, L.; Crtzen, J.L.; Jost, W., Zur Thermodynamik von Mischphasen IX. Über das Verdampfungsgleichgewicht Benzol-1-2-Dichloraethan, Z. Phys. Chem., 1951, 198, 263-269. [all data]

Kurbatov, 1948
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Railing, 1939
Railing, W.E., The specific heat of some ethylene halides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 3349-3353. [all data]

von Reis, 1881
von Reis, M.A., Die specifische Wärme flüssiger organischer Verbindungen und ihre Beziehung zu deren Moleculargewicht, Ann. Physik [3], 1881, 13, 447-464. [all data]

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Hojendahl, K., Dielectric Constant, Viscosity, Surface Tension, and Critical Data of Boron Tribromide, Dioxane, and Ethylene Dichloride, Mat.-Fys. Medd. - K. Dan. Vidensk. Selsk., 1946, 24, 1. [all data]

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Gutsche and Knapp, 1982
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Pearce, J.N.; Peters, P.E., The Vapor Pressure of Ethylene Chloride Between -30° and 100°, J. Phys. Chem., 1929, 33, 6, 873-878, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150300a006 . [all data]

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Notes

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