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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1993
Filed:
May. 13, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
570261 ; 570258 ;
Abstract
Carbon tetrachloride, which is a material of low value and may be banned due to the problem of the destructiveness against the stratospheric ozone layer, can be efficiently utilized in the preparation of more useful methyl chloride by a catalytic vapor-phase reaction in a vapor mixture of carbon tetrachloride, methyl alcohol and water. The solid catalyst with which the vapor mixture is contacted at 150.degree. to 250.degree. C. is, for example, a zinc chloride catalyst supported on an active carbon carrier. The conversion of carbon tetrachloride is almost 100% when the contacting time is 10 to 20 seconds.