Talk:1,2-Dichloroethene

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to occupational safety and health on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Occupational Safety and HealthWikipedia:WikiProject Occupational Safety and HealthTemplate:WikiProject Occupational Safety and HealthOccupational Safety and Health articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Chemicals Mid‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Chemicals, a daughter project of WikiProject Chemistry, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of chemicals. To participate, help improve this article or visit the project page for details on the project.ChemicalsWikipedia:WikiProject ChemicalsTemplate:WikiProject Chemicalschemicals articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Untitled[edit]

Is this compound ever polymerized? --83.100.0.21 (talk) 14:50, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled[edit]

trans 1,2-dichloroethene is commonly used as a component of modern vapor degreasing solvents made by DuPont (http://www2.dupont.com/Vertrel/en_US/assets/downloads/pdf/k04183.pdf) and Microcare ( http://www.microcareprecisioncleaners.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/10/PDS_-_HDS_10-10.pdf). As such, it's probably worth removing the "scarcely any industrial applications" remark from Ullmann's encyclopedia.Rdnckj258 (talk) 21:55, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Odor?[edit]

Although at least one reference describes the odor of 1,2 trans-dichloroethylene as sharp, acrid, or pungent, this is not consistent with its actual odor. It is sweet and ethereal. Note that it is also described as "chloroform-like" - and chloroform is not sharp, pungent, or acrid; it is sweet and ethereal. Anyone who has worked with a 1,2 trans-dichloroethylene degreaser knows the odor is pleasant and not as described in the article. Perhaps someone will go to the trouble of finding a reference for this and making the edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.164.140.146 (talk) 05:43, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done--Smokefoot (talk) 15:38, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Article name[edit]

I think the article name should be changed to 1,2-dichloroethylene as ethylene derivatives are commonly known as "something-ethylene" and not "something-ethene", like trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene. Saint concrete (talk) 11:23, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Could this be 1,2-dichloroethylene?[edit]

I came across with a chemical name "chloromethylase" given the formula CHCl (C2HCl in old notation) in Gmelin's Handbook of Chemistry (an "old but gold" resource for histories of many organic chemicals). It was made by the decomposition of methyl trichloroacetate by potassium hydroxide. This is a liquid and was discovered by Laurent in 1836.

https://archive.org/details/handbookchemist49wattgoog/page/342/mode/1up ⲔⲖⲞⲢⲠⲒⲔⲢⲒⲚ (talk) 13:12, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 15 April 2024[edit]

It has been proposed in this section that 1,2-Dichloroethene be renamed and moved to 1,2-Dichloroethylene.

A bot will list this discussion on requested moves' current discussions subpage within an hour of this tag being placed. The discussion may be closed 7 days after being opened, if consensus has been reached (see the closing instructions). Please base arguments on article title policy, and keep discussion succinct and civil.

Please use {{subst:requested move}}. Do not use {{requested move/dated}} directly.

Links: current log • target log • direct move

1,2-Dichloroethene → 1,2-Dichloroethylene – Consistency with trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene, also not to confuse with the similar-sounding 1,2-Dichloroethane ⲔⲖⲞⲢⲠⲒⲔⲢⲒⲚ (talk) 19:19, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Agree in principle, but per WP:CONSISTENT we should not be considering this in isolation, as there is also 1,1-Dichloroethene, 1,1-Difluoroethene, but then we have 1,2-Difluoroethylene and 1,2-Dibromoethylene. There have been bold moves back and forth for the fluoro ones, so it would be best to have a multi move RM to settle the issue conclusively by consensus, rather than taking them one at a time. Mdewman6 (talk) 17:25, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]