Chloroethane Chloroethane Chloroethane or monochloroethane, commonly known by its old name ethyl chloride, is a chemical compound with chemical formula , once widely used in producing tetraethyllead, a gasoline additive. It is a colorless, flammable gas or refrigerated liquid with a faintly sweet odor. Chloroethane is produced by hydrochlorination of ethene: At various times in the past, chloroethane has also been produced from ethanol and hydrochloric acid, or from ethane and chlorine, but these routes are no longer economical. Some chloroethane is generated as a byproduct of polyvinyl chloride production. Should demand for chloroethane continue to fall to the point where
Organolead compound intermediates. The second step is reductive elimination with formation of a new C–C bond and lead(II) acetate. Organolead compounds form a variety of reactive intermediates such as lead free radicals: and plumbylenes, the lead carbene counterparts: These intermediates break up by disproportionation. Plumbylidines of the type RPb (formally Pb(I)) are ligands to other metals in LMPbR compounds (compare to carbon metal carbynes). Organolead compound Organolead compounds are chemical compounds containing a chemical bond between carbon and lead. Organolead chemistry is the corresponding science. The first organolead compound was hexaethyldilead (Pb(CH)), first synthesized in 1858. Sharing the same group with carbon,