Process for producing chlorinated tertiary carbon-containing hydrocarbons

Abstract

The present invention thus provides a process for producing (D) a chlorinated hydrocarbon compound of the general formula (2): CnR1mHk(CR2R3Cl)j  (2) [wherein n is an integer of 1 to 12, m and k each independently is an integer of 0 to 25, j is an integer of 1 to 10; R1 represents an atom selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, iodine, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus and, when m is 2 or more, the two or more R1 groups may be the same or different, the group CnR1mHk having a valence of j does not contain any tertiary carbon-hydrogen bond; and R2 and R3 each independently represents a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a group derived therefrom by substitution of a halogen atom or atoms for some hydrogen atom or atoms thereof and not containing a tertiary carbon-hydrogen bond],which process comprises adding (C) a protic acid to a mixture of (A) a compound of the general formula: CnR1mHk(CHR2R3)j  (1) [wherein m, n, k, j, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined above] and (B) an aqueous solution of a metal hypochlorite.

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