Method of preparing wax substituted aromatic hydrocarbons by reacting a chlorowax with the aromatic, wherein two gram atoms of chlorine are added per mole of aromatic and the temperature is maintained below 100deg. c.

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PREPARING ALKYL SUBSTITUTED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS WHICH COMPRISES BRINGING TOGETHER AND SLOWLY REACTING WITHIN A REACTION VESSEL IN THE PRESENCE OF A METAL HALIDE FRIEDEL-CRAFTS CATALYST AND UNDER MILD ALKYLATING CONDITIONS ABOVE ABOUT 50* C. BUT NOT EXCEEDING ABOUT 100* C., A VOLATILE AROMATIC HYDROCARBON HAVING A BOILING POINT BELOW ABOUT 125* C. AND A CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON OF ABOUT 18 TO 30 CARBON ATOMS WHICH IS A LIQUID AT 125* C., THE REACTANTS BEING BROUGHT TOGETHER IN RELATIVE PROPORTIONS OF ABOUT TWO CHLORINE GRAM EQUIVALENTS OF THE CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON TO EACH MOLE OF THE REACTANTS IN APPROXIMATELY THE THE CONCENTRATION OF THE REACTANTS IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME RELATIVE PROPORTION THROUGHTOUT THE REACTION, MAINTAINING THE REACTION MASS AT ALL TIMES IN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 50 TO NOT MORE THAN 100* C., WITHOUT DISTILLATIVE FRACTIONATION FINISHING OFF THE PRODUCT BY MAINTAINING THE MASS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE NOT IN EXCESS OF ABOUT 100* C. UNTIL THE METAL HALIDE SLUDGE HAS SETTLED OUT AND THEN SEPARATING THE ALKYLATE PRODUCT FROM THE CATALYST SLUDGE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PREPARING ALKYL SUBSTITUTED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS WHICH COMPRISES BRINGING TOGETHER AND SLOWLY REACTING WITHIN A REACTION VESSEL IN THE PRESENCE OF A METAL HALIDE FRIEDEL-CRAFTS CATALYST AND UNDER MILD ALKYLATING CONDITIONS ABOVE ABOUT 50* C. BUT NOT EXCEEDING ABOUT 100* C., A VOLATILE AROMATIC HYDROCARBON HAVING A BOILING POINT BELOW ABOUT 125* C. AND A CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON OF ABOUT 18 TO 30 CARBON ATOMS WHICH IS A LIQUID AT 125* C., THE REACTANTS BEING BROUGHT TOGETHER IN RELATIVE PROPORTIONS OF ABOUT TWO CHLORINE GRAM EQUIVALENTS OF THE CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON TO EACH MOLE OF THE REACTANTS IN APPROXIMATELY THE THE CONCENTRATION OF THE REACTANTS IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME RELATIVE PROPORTION THROUGHTOUT THE REACTION, MAINTAINING THE REACTION MASS AT ALL TIMES IN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 50 TO NOT MORE THAN 100* C., WITHOUT DISTILLATIVE FRACTIONATION FINISHING OFF THE PRODUCT BY MAINTAINING THE MASS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE NOT IN EXCESS OF ABOUT 100* C. UNTIL THE METAL HALIDE SLUDGE HAS SETTLED OUT AND THEN SEPARATING THE ALKYLATE PRODUCT FROM THE CATALYST SLUDGE.