Abstract
Studies on the synthesis of organochlorine compounds from one-carbon molecules are surveyed. The thermodynamics, kinetics, and mechanisms of the direct and oxidative chlorination of methane, the esterification of methanol by hydrogen chloride, the hydrochlorination of acetylene, the hydrodechlorination of carbon tetrachloride, and the carbonylation of chloromethanes, the catalysts employed, and the practical applications of these reactions are examined.
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