1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane

An organohalide, C2H2Cl4, 167.85 g/mol. Boiling point 130.2 °C, melting point -70.2 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₂H₂Cl₄
Molecular weight: 167.85 g/mol
Exact mass: 165.891061 g/mol
IUPAC name: 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane
SMILES: ClCC(Cl)(Cl)Cl
InChI: InChI=1S/C2H2Cl4/c3-1-2(4,5)6/h1H2
InChIKey: QVLAWKAXOMEXPM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point: 266.9 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 130.2 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point: -94.4 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; -70.2 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density: 1.5406 at 68 °F (NTP, 1992) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals; 1.5406 g/cu cm at 20 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility: less than 1 mg/mL at 68.9 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; Soluble in acetone, benzene, chloroform; miscible in ethanol and ethermeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure: 10 mmHg at 66.7 °F ; 20 mmHg at 89.8 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 12.0 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
LogP: log Kow = 2.39measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); 2.66measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight: 167.8 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 167.888111 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 2.7calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 0 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 35calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 0calculated · reference compound database
logP: 2.5954calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 0 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 31.01 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.4871calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Cl Chlorine4 atoms · 84.5% by mass
C Carbon2 atoms · 14.3% by mass
H Hydrogen2 atoms · 1.2% by mass

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 6
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 8
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Halide (C–X)
A halogen atom attached to carbon.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

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The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane.

The sources also call it Ethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrachloro-, RCRA waste number U208, 1,1,1,2-Tetrachlorethane, NCI-C52459, DTXSID2021317, 0S5MKE574X, (CHLOROMETHYL)TRICHLOROMETHANE, DTXCID801317, HCC 130A, CHEBI:34024, F 130A.

Structurally related

Molecules sharing this formula, or whose fingerprint is at least 40% similar to this one. Similarity is Tanimoto on Morgan fingerprints over this library only — it is a measure of structural overlap, not of how alike they behave.

1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane

C2H2Cl4

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

1-(1-Naphthalenyl)-1-butanone

formed as a product

C₁₄H₁₄O, 198.265 g/mol.

1,1-Bis(methylthio)-2-nitroethylene

used as a reactant

C₄H₇NO₂S₂, 165.239 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database12418
compound record
chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.