Patent · US Expired

Preparation of 1,2-dichloroethane

US6362384B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Ruprecht Meissner · Bad Dürkheim, DE
Michael Hesse · Westlake Village, US
Christian Walsdorff · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 17, 2001
Grant date	Mar 26, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01J35/55
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the preparation of 1,2-dichloroethane by oxychlorination of ethene in the presence of a copper-containing fixed-bed catalyst comprising a bed essentially consisting of catalyst particles which comprise, at least partially, support material impregnated with an active component and, if desired, a promoter, where the catalyst bed comprises essentially no separate inert material for dilution.

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