Hydrochlorination of vinylidene chloride to produce methyl chloroform

摘要

Vinylidene chloride is hydrochlorinated to methyl chloroform by passing the reactants into a suspension of a Friedel-Crafts carrier, preferably ferric chloride, suspended in a liquid medium selected from the group consisting of 1,1,2-trichloroethane and perchloroethylene.