Dichloromethane reduction from a methane oxychlorination product stream

A method of reducing the amount of dichloromethane in a product stream comprising:

• introducing a feed into a reactor, wherein the reactor comprises:
• a methane oxychlorination catalyst;
• and
• a dichloromethane conversion catalyst;
• allowing the feed to chemically react with the methane oxychlorination catalyst, wherein a product of the methane oxychlorination chemical reaction is dichloromethane;
• and
• allowing the dichloromethane to chemically react with the dichloromethane conversion catalyst, wherein the product from the dichloromethane conversion reaction has a dichloromethane selectivity less than 5%.

A dual catalyst system comprising:

• a methane oxychlorination catalyst;
• and
• a dichloromethane conversion catalyst,
• wherein the product of the dichloromethane conversion reaction has a greater monochloromethane content than the product of the methane oxychlorination reaction, and
• wherein the dual catalysts decrease carbon losses from target olefins in a methane to olefins system, and push oxychlorination reactions towards higher conversions of monochloromethane.