Methylene chloride

• Formula: CH₂Cl₂
• Molecular weight: 84.933
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH2Cl2/c2-1-3/h1H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: YMWUJEATGCHHMB-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-09-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • Methane-D2-, dichloro-
• Other names: Methane, dichloro-; Aerothene MM; Dichloromethane; Freon 30; Methylene dichloride; Narkotil; Solaesthin; Solmethine; CH2Cl2; Methane dichloride; Methylene bichloride; Chlorure de methylene; Metylenu chlorek; NCI-C50102; R 30; Rcra waste number U080; UN 1593; Methoklone; Salesthin; F 30; F 30 (chlorocarbon); HCC 30; Khladon 30; Metaclen; NSC 406122; Soleana VDA
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

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]

Hu and Sinke, 1969
Hu, A.T.; Sinke, G.C., Combustion calorimetry of some chlorinated organic compounds, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1969, 1, 6, 507, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(69)90010-X . [all data]

Hu and Sinke, 1969, 2
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]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Moseeva, Rabinovich, et al., 1978
Moseeva, E.M.; Rabinovich, I.B.; Busygina, G.I.; Safonov, V.A.; Ovchinnikov, E.Yu., Thermodynamic proerties of methylene chloride, Termodin. Org. Soedin., Gor'kii, 1978, 1, 8-11. [all data]

Harrison and Moelwyn-Hughes, 1957
Harrison, D.; Moelwyn-Hughes, E.A., The heat capacities of certain liquids, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), 1957, A239, 230-246. [all data]

Kurbatov, 1948
Kurbatov, V.Ya., Heat capacity of liquids. 2. Heat capacity and the temperature dependence of heat capacity from halogen derivatives of acylic hydrocarbons, Zh. Obshch. Kim., 1948, 18, 372-389. [all data]

Riedel, 1941
Riedel, L., Determination of the specific heat of liquid ethyl chloride and liquid methylene chloride, Bull. Int. Inst., Refrig. Annex 22, 1941, No4, 1-3. [all data]

Riedel, 1940
Riedel, L., Bestimmung der spezifischen Wärme von Äthychlorid und Methylenchlorid im flüssigen Zustand, Z. ges. Kalte-Ind., 1940, 47, 87. [all data]

Perlick, 1937
Perlick, A., Calorimetric investigations on dichloromethane, difluoromonochloroethane and tetrafluorodichloroethane, Bull. Int. Inst. Refrig., 1937, 18, 1-9. [all data]

Perlick, 1937, 2
Perlick, A., Kalorimetrische Messungen an Schwefeldioxyd, Methylenchlorid, Difluormonochloraethan und Tetrafluordichloraethan, Z. ges. Kalt-Ind., 1937, 44, 201-206. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions

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