2001/04/15 by Michael T. Crimmins, Agnes S. Kim‐Meade · 1 citation
Chemistry · #Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics #Chemical Reaction Mechanisms #Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms
paper · doi:10.1002/047084289x.re066
openalex publication_date 2001/04/15 · openalex created_date 2022/05/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
[74-85-1] C2H4 (MW 28.06) InChI = 1S/C2H4/c1-2/h1-2H2 InChIKey = VGGSQFUCUMXWEO-UHFFFAOYSA-N (used in photochemical and thermal cycloadditions, Friedel–Crafts and other alkylations, vinylation reactions, and as an alkene in electrophilic addition reactions) Physical Data: mp −169 °C; bp −104 °C; vapor density 0.97; flammable gas. Solubility: insol H2O; sol THF, pet ether, benzene. Form Supplied in: gas (lecture bottle); widely available. Handling, Storage, and Precautions: store and use with adequate ventilation. Explosions involving ethylene have occurred: when mixed with aluminum chloride at 30–60 bar pressure in the presence of supported nickel catalysts, methyl chloride, or nitromethane; when mixed with trifluoromethyl hypofluorite without diluent; when reacted with chlorine, ozone, or nitrogen oxide; when passed through 5 Å molecular sieves.1