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RESEARCH ARTICLE

The thermal decomposition of 2-chloroethanol

DC Skingle and VR Stimson

Australian Journal of Chemistry 29(3) 609 - 615
Published: 1976

Abstract

2-Chloroethanol decomposes at 430-496º into acetaldehyde and hydrogen chloride with first-order rate given by: k1 = 1012.8±1 exp(-229700 ± 4000/8.314T) s-l The rate is slightly less than that for ethyl chloride. That acetaldehyde is the product shows that a 1-2 shift of hydrogen has taken place and this is indicative of a polar transition state.The acetaldehyde subsequently decomposes to methane and this decomposition is catalysed by the hydrogen chloride produced.

https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9760609

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