Continuous production of higher chloroalkanes
US4689130A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 26, 1985 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C17/10
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The higher chloroalkanes, advantageously the higher chloromethanes, are continuously produced from at least one lesser chloroalkane, by (i) continuously introducing chlorine and said at least one lesser chloroalkane into a stream of reaction medium continuously and essentially autogenously recirculating in a loop circuit which comprises an essentially vertical principal reaction zone, (ii) continuously chlorinating said at least one lesser chloroalkane in said essentially vertical principal reaction zone, and (iii) continuously withdrawing higher chloroalkane product from said stream of essentially autogenously recirculating reaction medium.
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