Chloroethane

An organohalide, C2H5Cl, 64.515 g/mol. Boiling point 12.3 °C @ 760 mm Hg, melting point -138.7 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₂H₅Cl
Molecular weight: 64.515 g/mol
Exact mass: 64.007978 g/mol
IUPAC name: chloroethane
SMILES: CCCl
InChI: InChI=1S/C2H5Cl/c1-2-3/h2H2,1H3
InChIKey: HRYZWHHZPQKTII-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: 54.1 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 12.3 °C @ 760 mm Hgmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point: -218 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; -138.7 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density: 0.906 at 53.96 °F (USCG, 1999) - Less dense than water; will floatmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals; 0.9214 @ 0 °C/4 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility: 0.574 g/100 mL at 68 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 0.574 g/100 ml in water @ 20 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure: 1000 mmHg at 68 °F ; 457 mmHg at 32 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 1010.0 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
LogP: log Kow= 1.43measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); 1.54measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Flash Point: -58 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; -50 °Cmeasured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
Viscosity: 0.279 cP at 10 °Cmeasured · Flick, E.W. (ed.). Industrial Solvents Handbook 4 th ed. Noyes Data Corporation., Park Ridge, NJ., 1991., p. 147
Refractive Index: INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.3676 @ 20 °C/Dmeasured · Lide, D.R. (ed). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 72nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1991-1992., p. 3-239; Index of refraction: 1.001 @ 25 °C/Dmeasured · Flick, E.W. (ed.). Industrial Solvents Handbook 4 th ed. Noyes Data Corporation., Park Ridge, NJ., 1991., p. 147

Calculated properties

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

Molecular weight: 64.51 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 64.0079779 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 1.2calculated · 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: 2calculated · 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: 1.2451calculated · 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: 16.394 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: 0.372calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Cl Chlorine1 atom · 55.0% by mass
C Carbon2 atoms · 37.2% by mass
H Hydrogen5 atoms · 7.8% 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: 3
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 Chloroethane yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is chloroethane.

The sources also call it ETHYL CHLORIDE, Ethane, chloro-, Chelen, Monochloroethane, Anodynon, Chlorene, Ether muriatic, Muriatic ether, Aethylis chloridum, Chlorethyl, Chloryl anesthetic.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Chloroethane has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Chloroethane. 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.

1,2-Dichlorobenzene

used as a reactant

C₆H₄Cl₂, 147.004 g/mol.

1,1-Diethylhydrazine

used as a reactant

C₄H₁₂N₂, 88.154 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database6337
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.