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Peter Ksoll

Wolfgang Reuther

Peter Wittmer

Andreas Hohmann

Erwin Hahn

Roland Ettl

Ulrich Riebeling

Arnold De Clercq

A process for the continuous manufacture of carboxylic chlorides (I) of the general formula R-COCl, in which R stands for a C-organic radical containing from 1 to 30 C atoms, by the reaction of a carboxylic acid (II) with a reaction product (III) of phosgene (IV) and an N,N-substituted formamide (V), in which compounds II and III are passed in parallel flow upwardly into a zone, filled with compound III, in a reactor (1), the reaction mixture is allowed to rise in predominantly laminar flow, such that phase separation occurs to give a top I-phase and a bottom phase III' mainly comprising compound III and formamide formed and compound I is removed from the top phase and also portions of the bottom phase III' are removed at the rate at which they are formed.

Preparation of carboxylic chlorides

A continuous process for purifying an off-gas which contains CO.sub.2 and HCl and COCl.sub.2. The process comprises passing the off-gas through a separator filled with N,N-dialkylformamide and HCl. This causes a reaction between the COCl.sub.2 and the N,N-dialkylformamide to give the Vilsmeier complex (adduct of COCl.sub.2 and dialkylformamide) and CO.sub.2. The CO.sub.2 leaving the separator contains small amounts of HCl.

Continuous purification of an off-gas composed of CO.sub.2

A process for preparing carbonyl chlorides of the formula I ##STR1## where R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.30 -alkenyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.30 -alkynyl, from essentially equimolar amounts of a carboxylic acid of the formula II ##STR2## where R has the abovementioned meanings, and phosgene COCl.sub.2 (III), in the presence of a catalytic adduct of phosgene and N,N-disubstituted formamide or the hydrochlorides thereof, of the formula IV where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each, independently of one another, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl or together are a C.sub.4 -C.sub.5 -alkylene chain which may be interrupted by oxygen or by nitrogen which carries C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl or CHO, and n is 0, 1 or 2, wherein the reaction is carried out with a stationary phase of the catalytic adduct, is described.

Preparation of carbonyl chlorides

Stabilized aqueous C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 -alkyldiketene emulsions containing, as essential components:

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