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Methanol can be converted into methyl chloride using hydrogen chloride. A Lewis acid catalyst (such as ZnCl2, FeCl3) is required.

Alan Heaton (Ed.) An Introduction to Industrial Chemistry, Blackie (1996)

CH3OH
  +  
HCl
         
CH3Cl
  +  
H2O
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Methanol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chloromethane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Organic
Ligand Exchange (Inorganic)
Metathesis

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