The Oxidative Chlorination of Hydrocarbons II: The Oxidative Chlorination of Propylene, 1,3-Butadiene, Acetylene, and Benzene

The main patterns of oxidative chlorination (oxychlorination) with such unsaturated hydrocarbons as propylene, acetylene, 1,3-butadiene, and benzene are considered. It is shown that when the processes are conducted in the gas phase, having heterogeneous copper or palladium based catalysts in the system is preferable. It is shown that palladium in a catalyst promotes processes of substitutive oxychlorination. Stagewise schemes of reactions are given for processes of propylene, acetylene, and benzene oxychlorination along with corresponding kinetic equations. Applied aspects of the above processes are discussed.