Halogenated solvents

Halogenated (chlorinated) solvents are suitable for dissolving a variety of compounds. They differ in reactivity and can be quite reactive towards many reagents. There is also a tendency to eliminate halogen on standing, especially when exposed to light and form acid.

Physical properties
Solvent parameters (polarity scales and 2 part parameter sets)
Solvent parameters (3 part parameter sets)

Physical properties
Name	CAS Nr	Formula	Mw	Mp (°C)	Bp (°C)	ρ (g/ml)	Vapour pressure (Torr)	Evaporation rate (rel. ether)	Surface tension	Viscosity
dichloromethane	75-09-2	CH₂Cl₂	84.93	-97	39	1.326	350	1.8	28.1	0.4
chloroform	67-66-3	CHCl₃	119.38	-64	61	1.489	158	1.9	27.2	0.6
carbon tetrachloride	56-23-5	CCl₄	153.82	-23	77	1.584	100	1.8	27.0	1.0
1,1-dichloroethane	75-34-3	C₂H₄Cl₂	98.96	-97	57
1,2-dichloroethane	107-06-2	C₂H₄Cl₂	98.96	-35	84	1.253	83	2.7	32.2	0.8
1,1-dichloroethene	75-35-4	C₂H₂Cl₂	96.94
trichloroethene	79-01-6	C₂HCl₃	131.39	-86	87	1.464	57	3.1	29.5	0.6
1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane	76-13-1	C₂Cl₃F₃	187.38			1.564	284			0.7
chlorobenzene	108-90-7	C₆H₅Cl	112.56	-46	132	1.106	9	10.0	33.3	0.8
1,2-dichlorobenzene	95-50-1	C₆H₄Cl₂	147.00	-17	181	1.306	1		26.8	1.3

Solvent parameters (1 or 2 part, polarity or acid-base, donor-acceptor)
Name	n_D	ε_r	ε⁰	ε⁰	E_T	Hildebrant	Snyder	Gutmann		Fawcett
			(Al₂O₃ )	(SiO₂ )		δ	P'	AN	DN	Ap	Bp
dichloromethane	1.4241	8.93	0.4	0.3	40.7	9.7	3.1	20.40	1.00
chloroform	1.4458	4.81	0.4	0.3	39.1	9.3	4.1	23.10	4.00
carbon tetrachloride	1.4600	2.24	0.2	0.1	32.4	8.6	1.6	8.60	0.00
1,1-dichloroethane					39.4		3.5	16.20
1,2-dichloroethane	1.4448	10.36	0.5	0.4	41.3	9.8	3.5	16.70	0.00
1,1-dichloroethene
trichloroethene	1.4750	3.42			35.9	8.0
1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane	1.3557	2.41					0.0
chlorobenzene	1.5248	5.62	0.3		36.8	9.5	2.7		3.30
1,2-dichlorobenzene	1.5514	9.93			38.0		2.7		3.00

Solvent parameters (3 part, *e.g.* dispersion-acceptor-donor)
Name	Hansen			Snyder			Catalan
	δ_d	δ_p	δ_h	x_d	x_e	x_h	SPP	SB	SA
dichloromethane	8.9	3.1	3.0	0.33	0.27	0.40	0.88	0.18	0.04
chloroform	8.7	1.5	2.8	0.35	0.31	0.34	0.79	0.07	0.05
carbon tetrachloride	8.7	0.0	0.3				0.63	0.04	0.00
1,1-dichloroethane	8.1	4.0	0.2	0.21	0.30	0.49
1,2-dichloroethane	9.3	3.6	2.0				0.89	0.13	0.03
1,1-dichloroethene	8.3	3.3	2.2
trichloroethene	8.8	1.5	2.6				0.74	0.07
1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane	7.2	0.8	0.0				0.62	0.04	0.00
chlorobenzene	9.3	2.1	1.0	0.33	0.23	0.44	0.82	0.18	0.00
1,2-dichlorobenzene	9.4	3.1	1.6				0.91	0.14	0.03

Tables for Chemistry

Halogenated solvents