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Process for the production of vinyl chloride

US5600042A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 1995
Grant dateFeb 4, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 27, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P20/582
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The purpose of this invention is to describe a new process for the manufacture of choroethene (C.sub.2 H.sub.3 Cl). This new process involves the use or ethylene (C.sub.2 H.sub.4) as a feedstock. Highly chlorinated ethenes or methanes are used as chlorinating agents. The corresponding less chlorinated ethenes or methanes are recovered as co-products or recycled to the process to produce additional chloroethene. The distribution of the products may be adjusted so that chloroethene is the major product.

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