F Ethyl chloride

Fig. 10. Variation in 2"2Hg fractional abundance with How rate for various organic chloride s. Intermittent illumination 1. ethyl chloride 2. isopropyl chloride 0. vinyl chloride 4. methyl chloride 5. frrf-biityl chloride. Steady illumination (i. vinyl chloride 7. isopropyl chloride 8. methyl chloride f). ethyl chloride 10. ierZ-butyl chloride,...

At ordinary temperatures the oxidation and hydrolysis of ethyl chloride take place slowly. In (he absence of air and water, it can be used with most common metals up to 200°C (392 F). Ethyl chloride burns with a green-edged flame, producing hydrogen chloride, carbon dioxide and water. It is thermally stable to 400 C (752 F) thermal flitting yields ethylene and hydrogen chloride. The reactivity of ethyl chloride as an intermediate is often based on the affinity of alkali metal atoms for its chlorine atom. 

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