Ethylene mer | SSHADE

Molecule

Name: Ethylene mer

Name and identifiers

IUPAC name: Ethylene mer
Secondary names: Methylene mer, Ethene mer, Di(methanediyl)
Comments: It is the basic mer unit of the polyethylene polymer

Structure and atomic composition

Formula: $\bullet[C_2H_4]\bullet$
Chemical formula: C2H4
Structural formula: *[CH2][CH2]*
Charge: 0
Unpaired electrons: 2

	Atom	Name	Number
	$C$	Carbon	2
	$H$	Hydrogen	4

Relations

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Isotopic composition

Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

Nuclear spin isomers

Spin type: equilibrated

Molar mass: 28.053 $g/mol$
Protic: aprotic
Polarity: nonpolar

Fundamental vibration modes

Molecule symmetry: unknown
Case: nonlinear-polyatomic

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$R-CH_2-R$	2

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\geq C-C \leq$	1
	$\geq C-H$	4

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