Synthesis of 1,2-dichloroethane by oxychlorination of ethylene with carbon tetrachloride

摘要

Process for the synthesis of 1,2-dichloroethane and, in smaller quantity, of trichloroethane and tetrachloroethane, characterised in that carbon tetrachloride, ethylene and oxygen are brought into contact with an oxychlorination catalyst at a temperature sufficient to form 1,2-dichloroethane and in that the latter is then isolated from the reaction products.