Patent · US Expired

By-product recycling in oxychlorination process

US5663465A · kind A · utility

35Cited by
2References
5Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 15, 1995
Grant dateSep 2, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 15, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C17/154
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for the catalytic oxychlorination of ethane to VCM comprising the steps of combining ethane and a chlorine source in an oxychlorination reactor with a suitable catalyst to promote the oxychlorination of the ethane, collecting the resultant VCM and by-productsand recycling the by-products to the oxychlorination reactor to participate in the reaction therein.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.