Preparation of 1,2-Dichloroethane

US5175382A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Werner Hebgen · Schallstadt, DE
• Gerd Krome
• Erhard Stahnecker · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 5, 1988
• Grant date: Dec 29, 1992
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C17/156
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

1,2-Dichloroethane is prepared by reacting ethylene, hydrogen chloride and oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a copper-containing catalyst by a process in which first hydrogen chloride and oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas are reacted in the presence of the catalyst, then ethylene is added, and the mixture is reacted in the presence of the said catalyst.