
%0 Journal Article
%A Failes, RL 
%A Stimson, VR 
%T The thermal decomposition of 1-ethoxyethyl chloride and the reverse combination
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1967/08/01
%V 20
%N 8
%P 1553-1560
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9671553
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9671553 
%X 1-Ethoxyethyl chloride decomposes cleanly at 164-221° into vinyl ethyl ether and hydrogen chloride in a first-order manner with           k1 = 1010.52exp(-30300/RT) sec-1       (1)  The equilibrium of the system at 128-221° approached from either direction at various pressures is well represented by (Kp in atmospheres)         1.987 In Kp = 31.1 ± 0.9-(16500±500)/T      (2)  and this leads to &#916;H°f,298(g) = -71.9 kcal mole-1 for 1-ethoxyethyl chloride. Combination of (1) and (2) gives          k2 = 108.7exp(-14700/RT) sec-1 ml mole-1         for the reverse reaction and rate measurements verify this. The reactions are molecular, and relative rates indicate a polar transition state. 
