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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ludwig Schmidhammer, Haiming/Marktl, DE;
Rudolf Strasser, Burghausen, DE;
Assignee:
Wacker Chemie GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
570219 ; 570221 ; 570239 ; 423488 ;
Abstract
An improved process for the removal of acetylene from a hydrogen chloride stream in which the acetylene is converted to vinyl chloride by contact with a hydrochlorination catalyst, the improvement comprising, prior to contacting the stream with the hydrochlorination catalyst, contacting said stream with a catalyst comprising a noble metal, preferably of the platinum group, or salt or oxide thereof, supported or unsupported, at a temperature of between about 50.degree. and about 200.degree. C. and a pressure between about 8 and about 20 bar absolute.