trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
- Benchmark: Benchmark 2
- Assessed: 2021-06-07
- Expires: 2026-06-07
Used primarily in Food Contact & Additives, Pharmaceuticals, and Solvents & Cleaning applications, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene is specifically used in additive, cleaner, degreaser, extractant, food industry, pharmaceutical, refrigerant, and solvent.
1,2-Transdichloroethylene is a chloroethylene compound that is an isomer of 1,2-dichloroethylene. It is used as a solvent for waxes, resins, lacquers, and thermoplastics, for the extraction of rubber, as a refrigerant, an extractant of oil and fats from fish and meat, a degreasing agent, a surface cleaning agent,
and a foam blowing additive. It can also be used in pharmaceutical manufacturing and silicone etching
as a source of HCl. It is a byproduct of vinyl chloride, trichloroethylene (TCE), and tetrachloroethylene
production, and can be withdrawn and purified from the waste streams of these processes. It can also be
synthesized by thermal cracking of 1,1,2-trichloroethane or by chlorination of acetylene (U.S. EPA
2021a).
Chemical Synonyms Trans-1,2-dichloroethylene; (E)-1,2-Dichloroethene; (E)-1,2-Dichloroethylene; EINECS 205-860-2; Ethylene, 1,2-dichloro-, trans-; trans-1,2-Dichloroethene; trans-Acetylene dichloride; transDichloroethylene; Ethene, 1,2-dichloro-, (1E)-; Ethylene, 1,2-dichloro-, (E)-; 1,2-Dichloroethene, trans-; 1,2-Dichloroethylene, all isomers; 1,2-trans-Dichloroethylene; Ethylene, 1,2-dichloro-, (E)- (ChemIDplus 2021)
Key Functions: Food Contact & Additives, Pharmaceuticals, Solvents & Cleaning