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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Occidental Chemical Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Robert L. Zeller, Seabrook, TX (US);
Darrell Hollis, Conway Springs, KS (US);
Keith S. Kramer, Andover, KS (US);
Brian Calderwood, Wichita, KS (US);
Rodney L. Klausmeyer, Wichita, KS (US);
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of producing carbon tetrachloride, the method comprising the step of reacting chlorine with chloroform in the presence of electromagnetic radiation within a reaction mixture that includes the chlorine, the chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride, where the concentration of chloroform is less than 5000 ppm by weight relative to the weight of the reaction mixture, where the reaction mixture includes at least stoichiometric levels of chlorine relative to chloroform, where the electromagnetic radiation creates chloride radicals, and where the reaction mixture is well mixed.