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1,2-Dichloroethane

ACS reagent, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

Ethylene chloride, Ethylene dichloride

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Linear Formula:
ClCH2CH2Cl
CAS Number:
107-06-2
Molecular Weight:
98.96
Beilstein:
605264
EC Number:
203-458-1
MDL number:
MFCD00000963
UNSPSC Code:
12352101
eCl@ss:
39050106
PubChem Substance ID:
329753938
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

200

vapor density

3.4 (20 °C, vs air)

vapor pressure

87 mmHg ( 25 °C)

Assay

≥99.0%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

775 °F

expl. lim.

15.6 %

impurities

≤0.0003 meq/g Titr. acid
≤0.03% water

evapn. residue

≤0.002%

color

APHA: ≤10
clear

refractive index

n20/D 1.444 (lit.)

bp

83 °C (lit.)

mp

−35 °C (lit.)

density

1.256 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

ClCCCl

InChI

1S/C2H4Cl2/c3-1-2-4/h1-2H2

InChI key

WSLDOOZREJYCGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

1,2-Dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride, DCE) is a solvent. It is one of the degradation by-product released from vinyl chloride manufacturing industries (EDC-tar). Its mutagenic activity has been tested on Salmonella typhimurium TA 1535. Its catalytic degradation over titania/silica (acid catalysts) has been investigated.

Application

1,2-Dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride, DCE) may be used in the following studies:
  • As electron acceptor in the culture medium of Dehalococcoides ethenogenes 195.
  • As model compound for chlorinated organics in various studies.
  • Chemical doping during the fabrication of Cl-doped few-layer WS2 or MoS2 back gate field-effect transistors (FETs).

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Asp. Tox. 1 - Carc. 1B - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

55.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

13 °C - closed cup

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EU REACH SVHC Candidate List

CAS No.

EU REACH Annex XVII (Restriction List)

CAS No.

EU REACH Annex XIV (Authorisation List)

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Lingming Yang et al.
Nano letters, 14(11), 6275-6280 (2014-10-14)
Low-resistivity metal-semiconductor (M-S) contact is one of the urgent challenges in the research of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Here, we report a chloride molecular doping technique which greatly reduces the contact resistance (Rc) in the few-layer WS2 and MoS2.
Decomposition of 1, 2-dichloroethane on titanium dioxide/silica.
Imamura S, et al.
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 28(10), 1449-1452 (1989)
U Rannug et al.
Chemico-biological interactions, 20(1), 1-16 (1978-01-01)
One of the main components in the waste products from vinyl chloride industries (EDC-tar), is ethylene dichloride (1,2-dichloroethane). This compound has been tested for mutagenicity on Salmonella typhimurium TA 1535. It is concluded that 1,2-dichloroethane gives a weak direct mutagenic
X Maymó-Gatell et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 65(7), 3108-3113 (1999-07-02)
"Dehalococcoides ethenogenes" 195 can reductively dechlorinate tetrachloroethene (PCE) completely to ethene (ETH). When PCE-grown strain 195 was transferred (2% [vol/vol] inoculum) into growth medium amended with trichloroethene (TCE), cis-dichloroethene (DCE), 1,1-DCE, or 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA) as an electron acceptor, these chlorinated
Peiyu Ge et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(29), 11558-11563 (2012-06-06)
The photochemical reactivity of osmocene in a biphasic water-organic solvent system has been investigated to probe its water splitting properties. The photoreduction of aqueous protons to hydrogen under anaerobic conditions induced by osmocene dissolved in 1,2-dichloroethane and the subsequent water
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