Acetylene

Acetylene
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Acetylene
Systematic IUPAC name
Ethyne
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
906677
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.000.743
EC Number
  • 200-816-9
210
KEGG
RTECS number
  • AO9600000
UNII
UN number 1001 (dissolved)
3138 (in mixture with ethylene and propylene)
  • InChI=1S/C2H2/c1-2/h1-2H Y
    Key: HSFWRNGVRCDJHI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
  • InChI=1/C2H2/c1-2/h1-2H
    Key: HSFWRNGVRCDJHI-UHFFFAOYAY
  • C#C
Properties
C2H2
Molar mass 26.038 g·mol−1
Appearance Colorless gas
Odor Odorless
Density 1.1772 g/L = 1.1772 kg/m3 (0 °C, 101.3 kPa)
Melting point −80.8 °C (−113.4 °F; 192.3 K) Triple point at 1.27 atm
−84 °C; −119 °F; 189 K (1 atm)
slightly soluble
Solubility slightly soluble in alcohol
soluble in acetone, benzene
Vapor pressure 44.2 atm (20 °C)
Acidity (pKa) 25
Conjugate acid Ethynium
−20.8×10−6 cm3/mol
Thermal conductivity 21.4 mW·m−1·K−1 (300 K)
Structure
Linear
Thermochemistry
44.036 J·mol−1·K−1
200.927 J·mol−1·K−1
227.400 kJ·mol−1
209.879 kJ·mol−1
1300 kJ·mol−1
Hazards
GHS labelling:
Danger
H220, H336
P202, P210, P233, P261, P271, P304, P312, P340, P377, P381, P403, P405, P501
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
1
4
3
300 °C (572 °F; 573 K)
Explosive limits 2.5–100%
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):
PEL (Permissible)
none
REL (Recommended)
C 2500 ppm (2662 mg/m3)
IDLH (Immediate danger)
N.D.
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula C2H2 and structure H−C≡C−H. It is a hydrocarbon and the simplest alkyne. This colorless gas is widely used as a fuel and a chemical building block. It is unstable in its pure form and thus is usually handled as a solution. Pure acetylene is odorless, but commercial grades usually have a marked odor due to impurities such as divinyl sulfide and phosphine.

As an alkyne, acetylene is unsaturated because its two carbon atoms are bonded together in a triple bond. The carbon–carbon triple bond places all four atoms in the same straight line, with CCH bond angles of 180°.

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