EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF THE PYROLYSIS AND OXIDATIVE PYROLYSIS OF C2H5CL

The gas-phase pyrolysis and oxidative pyrolysis of chloroethane (C2H5Cl) were studied experimentally in a 2.1-cm-i.d. quartz flow reactor operating at 1-atm pressure, at temperatures in the range 605-630-degrees-C, and at reaction times in the range 0.7-1.2 s. Pyrolysis products in the absence of O2 were primarily C2H4 and HCl, with trace levels of C2H3Cl and C2H6. In the presence of O2, however, the selectivity toward C2H3Cl formation increased considerably and reached levels as high as 30% based on the amount of C2H5Cl reacted. The presence of O2 also increased the rate of decomposition of C2H5Cl.