Oxychlorination of hydrocarbons

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PREPARING COMPOUNDS OF THE TYPE (CH3) 3SICH2OR IN WHICH R REPRESENTS AN ALKYL RADICAL WHICH COMPRISES INTERACTING CHLOROTRIMETHYLSILANE, A CHLOROMETHYL ALKYL ETHER AND SODIUM BY CONTACTING THE REAGENTS IN LIQUID PHASE WITH METALLIC SODIUM.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PREPARING COMPOUNDS OF THE TYPE (CH3) 3SICH2OR IN WHICH R REPRESENTS AN ALKYL RADICAL WHICH COMPRISES INTERACTING CHLOROTRIMETHYLSILANE, A CHLOROMETHYL ALKYL ETHER AND SODIUM BY CONTACTING THE REAGENTS IN LIQUID PHASE WITH METALLIC SODIUM.

Claim 3

THE METHOD WHICH COMPRISES ESTABLISHING A MOVING BED OF A SOLID REACTION MASS COMPRISING AN INERT CARRIER AND A CHLORIDE OF COPPER, MOVING THE ENTIRE SAID BED AT A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM RATE SUCCESSIVELY THROUGH A ZONE IN WHICH CUPROUS CHLORIDE IS OXIDIZED TO CUPRIC OXYCHLORIDE, THENCE THROUGH ANOTHER ZONE IN WHICH CUPRIC OXYCHLORIDE REACTS WITH HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND IS CONVERTED TO CUPRIC CHLORIDE, THENCE THROUGH ANOTHER ZONE IN WHICH THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CUPRIC CHLORIDE CONTAINING MASS IS INCREASED BY THE HEAT OF COMBUSTION OF A VOLATILE FUEL, THENCE THROUGH A FINAL ZONE IN WHICH THE SO-HEATED CUPRIC CHLORIDE REACTS WITH A VOLATILE AND CHLORINATABLE FEED MATERIAL AND IS REDUCED TO CUPROUS CHLORIDE, AND FINALLY RETURNING THE SOLID REACTION MASS AT THE SAME SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM RATE TO FIRST SAID ZONE AT A REDUCED TEMPERATURE, WHILE PASSING COUNTERCURRENT, TO SAID MOVING BED THE CHLORINATED FEED, INITIALLY CONSISTING OF A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE READILY VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS AND THEIR VOLATILE AND LESS THAN FULLY CHLORINATED CHLORINE REACTION PRODUCTS, AT A RATE TO AVOID SOLIDS TURBULENCE IN THE REACTION ZONES AND TO REDUCE THE CUPRIC CHLORIDE IN THE SAID FINAL AND HOTTEST ZONE TO CUPROUS CHLORIDE, THE VOLATILE REACTION PRODUCTS FROM SAID HOTTEST ZONE BEING THEN CONVEYED AROUND THE COMBUSTION ZONE AND INTRODUCED WITH ADDED HYDROGEN CHLORIDE TO THE ZONE IN WHICH CUPRIC OXYCHLORIDE IS CONVERTED TO CUPRIC CHLORIDE, THE AMOUNT OF ADDED HYDROGEN CHLORIDE BEING JUST SUFFICIENT TO COMPLETE SAID CONVERSION AND BEING INSUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HYDROGEN CHLORIDE IN THE EFFLUENT FROM SAID ZONE; AND RECOVERING CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON FROM SAID EFFLUENT; THE CONVERSION OF CUPROUS CHLORIDE TO CUPRIC OXYCHLORIDE IN THE FIRST SAID ZONE BEING EFFECTED BY PASSING AIR CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH SAID ZONE.

Claim 4

THE METHOD WHICH COMPRISES ESTABLISHING A MOVING BED OF A SOLID REACTION MASS COMPRISING AN INERT CARRIER AND A CHLORIDE OF COPPER, MOVING THE ENTIRE SAID BED AT A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM RATE SUCCESSIVELY THROUGH A ZONE IN WHICH CUPROUS CHLORIDE IS OXIDIZED TO CUPRIC OXYCHLORIDE, THENCE THROUGH ANOTHER ZONE IN WHICH CUPRIC OXYCHLORIDE REACTS WITH HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND IS CONVERTED TO CUPRIC CHLORIDE, THENCE THROUGH ANOTHER ZONE IN WHICH THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CUPRIC CHLORIDE CONTAINING MASS IS INCREASED BY THE HEAT OF COMBUSTION OF A VOLATILE FUEL, THENCE THROUGH A FINAL ZONE IN WHICH THE SO-HEATED CUPRIC CHLORIDE REACTS WITH A VOLATILE AND CHLORINATABLE FEED MATERIAL AND IS REDUCED TO CUPROUS CHLORIDE, AND FINALLY RETURNING THE SOLID REACTION MASS AT THE SAME SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM RATE TO FIRST SAID ZONE AT A REDUCED TEMPERATURE, WHILE PASSING COUNTERCURRENT, TO SAID MOVING BED THE CHLORINATED FEED, INITIALLY CONSISTING OF A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE READILY VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS AND THEIR VOLATILE AND LESS THAN FULLY CHLORINATED CHLORINE REACTION PRODUCTS, AT A RATE TO AVOID SOLIDS TURBULENCE IN THE REACTION ZONES AND TO REDUCE THE CUPRIC CHLORIDE IN THE SAID FINAL AND HOTTEST ZONE TO CUPROUS CHLORIDE, THE VOLATILE REACTION PRODUCTS FROM SAID HOTTEST ZONE BEING THEN CONVEYED AROUND THE COMBUSTION ZONE AND INTRODUCED WITH ADDED HYDROGEN CHLORIDE TO THE ZONE IN WHICH CUPRIC OXYCHLORIDE IS CONVERTED TO CUPRIC CHLORIDE, THE AMOUNT OF ADDED HYDROGEN CHLORIDE BEING JUST SUFFICIENT TO COMPLETE SAID CONVERSION AND BEING INSUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HYDROGEN CHLORIDE IN THE EFFLUENT FROM SAID ZONE; AND RECOVERING CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON FROM SAID EFFLUENT; THE CONVERSION OF CUPROUS CHLORIDE TO CUPRIC OXYCHLORIDE IN THE FIRST SAID ZONE BEING EFFECTED BY PASSING AIR CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH SAID ZONE.