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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1987
Ludwig Schmidhammer, Haiming, DE;
Peter Hirschmann, Burghausen, DE;
Herbert Patsch, Braunau, AT;
Rudolf Strasser, Burghausen, DE;
Wacker-Chemie GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
In a process for preparation of 1,2-dichloroethane by chlorination of ethylene-containing reaction vent gases from the oxychlorination of ethylene in the presence of a catalyst carrier impregnated with metal compounds wherein the waste from the oxychlorination stage are chlorinated, the improvement comprising preheating the ethylene-containing waste gases to at least 50.degree. C. and then chlorinating the ethylene at 100.degree. to 300.degree. C. at a pressure of 1 to 7 bar with a space velocity of 100 to 5000 h.sup.-1 related to standard conditions in the presence of at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of chlorides and oxides of manganese, nickel and cobalt supported on a catalyst carrier with reduced formation of oxychlorinated by-products.