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295329

Ethylene

≥99.5%

Synonym(s):

Ethene

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Linear Formula:
CH2=CH2
CAS Number:
74-85-1
Molecular Weight:
28.05
UNSPSC Code:
12142100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24857774
EC Number:
200-815-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1730731
MDL number:
MFCD00008604

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Product Name

Ethylene, ≥99.5%

InChI key

VGGSQFUCUMXWEO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C2H4/c1-2/h1-2H2

SMILES string

C=C

vapor density

0.97 (vs air)

vapor pressure

35.04 atm ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.5%

autoignition temp.

842 °F

expl. lim.

36 %

bp

−104 °C (lit.)

mp

−169 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

100

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Other Notes

See Technical Information Bulletin AL-151 Gas Regulators: Selection, Installation, and Operation

Packaging

Supplied in a carbon steel lecture bottle with a CGA180M/CGA110F needle valve installed.

Compatible with the following:
  • Aldrich® lecture-bottle station systems
  • Aldrich® lecture-bottle gas regulators

Legal Information

Aldrich is a registered trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

General description

Ethylene is an alkene used in Friedel-Crafts alkylation, cycloaddition, electrophilic addition, and vinylation reactions.

Application

Ethylene is mainly used as a precursor to synthesize polyethylene, ethylbenzene and ethylene dichloride. It is also used in the preparation of single- layer graphene by thermal chemical vapor deposition.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Gas 1 - Press. Gas Liquefied gas - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Central nervous system

Storage Class

2A - Gases

wgk

nwg

flash_point_f

-148.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-100 °C - closed cup

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Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, multi-purpose combination respirator cartridge (US)

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Ethylene.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 1-39 (2000)
A new catalyst for highly syndiospecific living olefin polymerization: homopolymers and block copolymers from ethylene and propylene.
Tian, Jun et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123(21), 5134-5135 (2001)
Pyridinic N doped graphene: synthesis, electronic structure, and electrocatalytic property.
Luo, Zhiqiang et al.
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(22), 8038-8044 (2011)
Catalytic hydroarylation of ethylene using TpRu (L)(NCMe) Ph (L= 2, 6, 7-Trioxa-1-phosphabicyclo [2, 2, 1] heptane): Comparison to TpRu (L?)(NCMe) Ph systems (L?= CO, PMe3, P (pyr) 3, or P (OCH2) 3CEt).
Joslin, Evan E et al.
Organometallics, 31(19), 6851-6860 (2012)
Addition of arenes to ethylene and propene catalyzed by ruthenium.
Lail, Marty and Arrowood, Benjamin N and Gunnoe, T Brent
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125(25), 7506-7507 (2003)
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