Ethylene

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Ethylene
• CAS No.: 74-85-1
• Deprecated CAS: 33060-30-9,87701-64-2,87701-65-3,87701-65-3
• Molecular Formula: C2H4
• Molecular Weight: 28.0538
• Hs Code.: 2901210000
• European Community (EC) Number: 200-815-3,682-561-7
• ICSC Number: 0475
• UN Number: 1962,1038
• UNII: 91GW059KN7
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID1026378
• Nikkaji Number: J1.939I,J1.671.339B
• Wikipedia: Ethylene
• Wikidata: Q151313,Q27286698
• NCI Thesaurus Code: C76752
• Metabolomics Workbench ID: 51172
• ChEMBL ID: CHEMBL117822
• Mol file: 74-85-1.mol

Synonyms:ethene;ethylene

Chemical Property of Ethylene

Chemical Property:

• Appearance/Colour: Colourless gas
• Melting Point: -169.2 °C (104.0 K, -272.6 °F)
• Refractive Index: 1.363
• Boiling Point: -103.7 °C (169.5 K, -154.7 °F)
• Flash Point: -136 °C
• PSA: 0.00000
• Density: 0.482 g/cm³
• LogP: 0.80220
• XLogP3: 1.2
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 0
• Rotatable Bond Count: 0
• Exact Mass: 28.0313001276
• Heavy Atom Count: 2
• Complexity: 0
• Transport DOT Label: Flammable Gas

Purity/Quality:

99.9% ^*data from raw suppliers

Safty Information:

• Pictogram(s): F+
• Hazard Codes: F+:Highly flammable
• Statements: R12:; R67:
• Safety Statements: S9:; S16:; S33:; S46:

MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Total 1 MSDS from other Authors

Useful:

• Chemical Classes: Toxic Gases & Vapors -> Simple Asphyxiants
• Canonical SMILES: C=C
• Inhalation Risk: On loss of containment this substance can cause suffocation by lowering the oxygen content of the air in confined areas.
• Effects of Short Term Exposure: Exposure could cause lowering of consciousness.

Technology Process of Ethylene

There total 4845 articles about Ethylene which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield: 100.0%

ethanol (64-17-5) + dimethylphenylvinylsilane (1125-26-4) → ethene (74-85-1) + dimethyl(ethoxy)phenylsilane (1825-58-7)

Guidance literature:

hydrogenchloride; chlorobis(cyclooctene)rhodium(I) dimer; In 1,4-dioxane; chloroform; at 20 ℃; for 18h; Kinetics;

Reference yield: 67.0%

ethylbenzene (100-41-4,27536-89-6) → styrene (100-42-5,25038-60-2,25247-68-1,28213-80-1,28325-75-9,79637-11-9,9003-53-6) + ethene (74-85-1) + benzaldehyde (100-52-7) + benzene (71-43-2,26181-88-4,54682-86-9,13967-78-7,174973-66-1)

Guidance literature:

With air; Cd-Sn-P-O; at 515 ℃; under 760 Torr; Mechanism; Product distribution; other catalyst, vari. of reagebt composition, of temperature; selectivity to styrene conversion investigated;

Reference yield: 0.41%

C12 olefinic olgomers + C8 olefnic oligomes → C4/C5 olefins; mixture of + C4/C5 parafins; mixture of + propene (187737-37-7,13987-01-4,15220-87-8,9003-07-0,676-63-1,25085-53-4) + methane (34557-54-5,27936-85-2) + ethane (74-84-0) + propane (74-98-6) + ethene (74-85-1) + hydrogen (1333-74-0) + isobutene (115-11-7,15220-85-6)

Guidance literature:

zeolite ZSM-5; at 550 ℃; under 1500.15 Torr;

upstream raw materials:

oxirane

triethyl phosphite

ethyleneimine

di-tert-butyl peroxide

Downstream raw materials:

1,1'-oxybis(2-bromo-ethane)

1,2-bis-(2-bromo-ethoxy)-ethane

formaldehyd

propene

Refernces

• 1、 Saito,Inoue. "Effects of thickness extension mode resonance oscillation of acoustic waves on catalytic and surface properties. IV. Activation of a Ag catalyst for ethanol decomposition by overtone resonance frequencies". . p. 2040 - 2045. Retrieved 2003.
• 2、 Ledwith,Schultz. "Letter: Catalytic electrochemical reduction of acetylene in the presence of a molybdenum-cysteine complex.". . p. 6591 - 6593. Retrieved 1975.
• 3、 Morales, María V.,Asedegbega-Nieto, Esther,Iglesias-Juez, Ana,Rodríguez-Ramos, Inmaculada,Guerrero-Ruiz, Antonio. "Role of Exposed Surfaces on Zinc Oxide Nanostructures in the Catalytic Ethanol Transformation". . p. 2223 - 2230. Retrieved 2015.
• 4、 Pola, J.. "NEW PATHWAYS IN LASER INDUCED THERMAL GAS-PHASE CHEMISTRY". . p. 607 - 616. Retrieved 1990.
• 5、 Roberts, F. Sloan,Kuhl, Kendra P.,Nilsson, Anders. "High selectivity for ethylene from carbon dioxide reduction over copper nanocube electrocatalysts". . p. 5179 - 5182. Retrieved 2015.
• 6、 Meng, Demei,Shen, Lin,Yang, Rui,Zhang, Xinhua,Sheng, Jiping. "Identification and active site analysis of the 1-aminocyclopropane-1- carboxylic acid oxidase catalysing the synthesis of ethylene in Agaricus bisporus". . p. 120 - 128. Retrieved 2014.
• 7、 Dutta, Kanchan,Chaudhari, Vishnu,Li, Chao-Jun,Kopyscinski, Jan. "Methane conversion to ethylene over GaN catalysts. Effect of catalyst nitridation". . . Retrieved 2020.
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• 9、 Ludwig, Gerd,Str?hl, Dieter,Schmidt, Harry,Steinborn, Dirk. "[Li2{CH2S(O)Ph}2(TMEDA)2] - An α-sulfinyl-functionalized methyllithium carbenoid Dedicated to Professor Manfred Scheer on the occasion of his 60th birthday.". . p. 30 - 33. Retrieved 2015.
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