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chloroprene
Sign in to saveAlso known as 2-chlorobuta-1,3-diene, 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene, beta-Chloroprene, Chlorobutadiene, 2-Chlor-1,3-butadien, 2-chlorobutadiene
Chloroprene (IUPAC name 2-chlorobuta-1,3-diene) is a chemical compound with the molecular formula . Chloroprene is a colorless volatile liquid, almost exclusively used as a monomer for the production of the polymer polychloroprene, better known as neoprene, a type of synthetic rubber.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H5Cl
- Molecular weight
- 88.53 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-chlorobuta-1,3-diene
- SMILES
- C=CC(=C)Cl
- InChIKey
- YACLQRRMGMJLJV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.3
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
263 papers- Chloroprene.IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans · 1999
- Extended Analysis and Evidence Integration of Chloroprene as a Human Carcinogen.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2020
- Preparation and Characterization of Chloroprene Latexes Modified with Vinyl-POSS.Polymers · 2024
- Chloroprene.Report on carcinogens : carcinogen profiles · 2004
- A review of the epidemiology of 1,3-butadiene and chloroprene.Chemico-biological interactions · 2001
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- unsaturated compound
- Mass
- 88.008
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- Commons category
- Chloroprene
- chemical formula
- C₄H₅Cl
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0133
- density
- 0.96
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 1086
- melting point
- -153
- boiling point
- 59.4
- vapor pressure
- 188
- flash point
- -4
- lower flammable limit
- 1.9
- upper flammable limit
- 11.3
- ionization energy
- 8.79
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 90
- ceiling exposure limit
- 3.6
- canonical SMILES
- C=CC(=C)Cl
- monomer of
- neoprene
- subject has role
- carcinogen
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Production
- Acetylene process
- Hazards
- Occupational exposure limits
- Environment
- Health
- References
- External links
Chloroprene (IUPAC name 2-chlorobuta-1,3-diene) is a chemical compound with the molecular formula . Chloroprene is a colorless volatile liquid, almost exclusively used as a monomer for the production of the polymer polychloroprene, better known as neoprene, a type of synthetic rubber.
==History== Although it may have been discovered earlier, chloroprene was largely developed by DuPont during the early 1930s, specifically with the formation of neoprene in mind. The chemists Elmer K. Bolton, Wallace Carothers, Arnold Collins and Ira Williams are generally accredited with its development and commercialisation although the work was based upon that of Julius Arthur Nieuwland, with whom they collaborated.
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