Mixtures of gaseous alkyl substituted alkenes and alkynes react with gaseous hydrogen chloride, at low to modest pressures and temperatures, to produce chlorine-containing products. The simultaneous disappearance of reactants and the appearance of products have been followed by gas-phase NMR and IR spectroscopies. In the absence of a �wall-less� reactor, it has become clear that the walls and/or wall-adsorbed species play a critical role. Assumptions about wall adsorbed species permit computational analyses that reproduce products obtained experimentally.

Hydrochlorination of alkenes and alkynes

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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