79-38-9 Usage
Chemical Properties
Colorless gas; faint ethereal odor.
Decomposes in water.
Uses
Intermediate, monomer for chlorotrifluoroethylene resins.
Preparation
Chlorotrifluoroethylene is prepared from ethylene by the following route:Ethylene is treated with an excess of chlorine at 300-350°C in the presence of
activated charcoal to give hexachloroethane. This product is then treated
with hydrogen fluoride in the presence of antimony pentachloride to yield
trichlorotrifluoroethane. Dechlorination in the liquid phase with zinc dust
and ethanol results in the formation of chlorotrifluoroethylene which is
washed with water to remove alcohol, dried and distilled under pressure.
General Description
Chlorotrifluoroethylene is a colorless gas with a faint ethereal odor. Chlorotrifluoroethylene is shipped as a liquefied gas under its vapor pressure. Chlorotrifluoroethylene is very toxic by inhalation and is easily ignited. The vapors are heavier than air and a flame can flash back to the source of leak very easily. This leak can either be a liquid or vapor leak. The vapors can asphyxiate by the displacement of air. Contact with the liquid can cause frostbite. Under prolonged exposure to intense heat or fire the containers may violently rupture and rocket, or the material may polymerize with possible container rupture.
Air & Water Reactions
Highly flammable.
Reactivity Profile
Halogenated aliphatic compounds, such as Chlorotrifluoroethylene, are moderately or very reactive. Reactivity generally decreases with increased degree of substitution of halogen for hydrogen atoms. Low molecular weight haloalkanes are highly flammable and can react with some metals to form dangerous products. Materials in this group are incompatible with strong oxidizing and reducing agents. Also, they are incompatible with many amines; nitrides; azo/diazo compounds; alkali metals; strong oxidizers such as chlorine perchlorate, oxygen, bromine; and epoxides.
Hazard
Dangerous fire risk. Flammable limits in
air 8.4–38.7%.
Health Hazard
Inhalation causes dizziness, nausea, vomiting; liver and kidney injury may develop after several hours and cause jaundice and necrosis of the kidney. Contact with liquid causes frostbite of eyes and possibly of skin.
Flammability and Explosibility
Extremelyflammable
Safety Profile
Poison by ingestion and
intraperitoneal routes. Moderately toxic by
inhalation. Very dangerous fire hazard when
exposed to heat, flames (sparks), or
oxidizers. To fight fire, stop flow of gas.
Violent reaction when mixed with (Brz +
02) or (CIF3 + water). Potentially explosive
polymerization reaction with ethylene.
Incompatible with 1,l -dchloroethylene;
oxygen. When heated to decomposition it
emits toxic fumes of Fand Cl-. See also
CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS,
ALIPHATIC; and FLUORIDES.
Purification Methods
Scrub it with 10% KOH solution, then 10% H2SO4 solution to remove inhibitors, dry and pass it through silica gel. It is stabilized with ~1% tributylamine. Use brass equipment. [Beilstein 1 III 646.] TOXIC GAS.
Check Digit Verification of cas no
The CAS Registry Mumber 79-38-9 includes 5 digits separated into 3 groups by hyphens. The first part of the number,starting from the left, has 2 digits, 7 and 9 respectively; the second part has 2 digits, 3 and 8 respectively.
Calculate Digit Verification of CAS Registry Number 79-38:
(4*7)+(3*9)+(2*3)+(1*8)=69
69 % 10 = 9
So 79-38-9 is a valid CAS Registry Number.
InChI:InChI=1/C2ClF3/c3-1(4)2(5)6
79-38-9Relevant articles and documents
Tyerman, W. J. R.
, p. 1188 - 1198 (1969)
Gas phase process for chlorotrifluoroethylene
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Page/Page column 12; 17, (2020/07/15)
Disclosed are processes for the dechlorination of haloethanes comprising reacting in the gaseous phase a haloethane and reducing agent such as an alkene, an alkane, hydrogen or combinations of two or more of these, in the presence of a silicon-based catalyst.
Novel green chlorotrifluoroethylene preparation method
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Paragraph 0022; 0023, (2017/03/17)
A process for preparing trifluorochloroethylene including: in a multi-tubular reactor, hydrogenation reacting 1,1,2-trifluoro-1,2,2-trichloroethane directly with a catalyst potassium zinc trihydride to obtain trifluorochloroethylene, wherein the catalytic reaction is performed at a temperature of 250-350° C. and a pressure of 0.7-1.0 MPa for 10-20 seconds. The conventional process in which zinc powder is used for dechlorination or hydrogen is used for dechlorination through hydrogenation with the action of a noble metal catalyst is avoided in the process disclosed herein. The present process substantially reduces the production cost of trifluorochloroethylene, and substantially increases the product yield, which can be up to 99% or more.
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE
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Page/Page column 11; 12, (2016/03/19)
The present invention relates, at least in part, to a process for making chlorotrifluoroethylene (CFO-1113) from 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123a). In certain aspects, the process includes dehydrochlorinating 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123a) in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of (i) one or more metal halides; (ii) one or more halogenated metal oxides; (iii) one or more zero-valent metals or metal alloys; (iv) combinations thereof.
