
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Skingle, DC 
A1  - Stimson, VR 
T1  - The thermal decomposition of 2-chloroethanol
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1976
VL  - 29
IS  - 3
SP  - 609
EP  - 615
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9760609 
N2  - 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. 
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