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Ethylene

99.99%

Synonym(s):

Ethene

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Linear Formula:
CH2=CH2
CAS Number:
74-85-1
Molecular Weight:
28.05
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1730731
EC Number:
200-815-3
MDL number:
MFCD00008604
UNSPSC Code:
12142100
PubChem Substance ID:
24878139
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

0.97 (vs air)

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

35.04 atm ( 20 °C)

assay

99.99%

autoignition temp.

842 °F

expl. lim.

36 %

bp

−104 °C (lit.)

mp

−169 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

C=C

InChI

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

InChI key

VGGSQFUCUMXWEO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Ethylene (ET), a simple olefin, is an important synthetic reagent. It is also a plant hormone that regulates various physiological and developmental processes, such as ripening of fruit, abscission, senescence and responses to wounding in plants. Pd(II) and Ni(II)-based catalysts are reported to catalyze the polymerization of ET to afford high molecular weight polymers. Mechanism of Diels-Alder Reaction of 1,3-butadiene with ET has been investigated. Diels-Alder reaction between butadiene and ET, via concerted and the stepwise mechanisms has been investigated by ab initio MO methods. Dehydration of algae-produced ethanol to ET in the presence of nanoscale catalyst HZSM-5 (protonated Zeolite Socony Mobil-5) shows promising results in replacing fossil fuel methods for the industrial production of ET. The utility of microsized spent tea leaf powder (MSTLP) as an ethylene adsorbent has been investigated.

Application

Ethylene was used in the preparation of polyethylene (PE), by polymerization in the presence of titanium complexes having F(s) or CF3(s) containing phenoxy-imine chelate ligands.

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

Other Notes

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

Legal Information

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

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Hazard Classifications

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

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Storage Class

2A - Gases

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flash_point_f

-148.0 °F - closed cup

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-100 °C - closed cup

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Ethylene formation by catalytic dehydration of ethanol with industrial considerations.
Fan D, et al.
Materials, 6(1), 101-115 (2012)
Hiroaki Wakayama et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 111(51), 13575-13582 (2007-12-07)
The concerted and the stepwise mechanisms of the Diels-Alder reactions of butadiene with silaethylene and disilene were studied by ab initio MO methods. For the reaction of butadiene and silaethylene, an asymmetric concerted process that is almost stepwise and two
Ethylene and the regulation of plant development.
Schaller GE.
BMC Biology, 10(1), 9-9 (2012)
Spent tea leaves: A new non-conventional and low-cost biosorbent for ethylene removal.
Tzeng JH, et al.
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 104, 67-73 (2015)
Antisense gene that inhibits synthesis of the hormone ethylene in transgenic plants.
Hamilton AJ, et al.
Nature, 284-287 (1990)
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Diels–Alder Reaction

The Diels–Alder reaction is the reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene (dienophile) to form unsaturated six-membered rings. Since the reaction involves the formation of a cyclic product via a cyclic transition state, it is also referred to as a "cycloaddition".

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