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Oxochlorination (halogenation) of methane using hydrogen chloride and oxygen. The process is actually indirect oxochlorination as a KCl and CuCl2 melt acts as a chlorine source and catalyst.

The reaction gives mixtures of chlorinated products: chloromethane, dichloromethane (methylene chloride), trichloromethane (chloroform), tetrachloromethane (carbon tetrachloride), as well as small amounts of chlorinated ethanes etc.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)
CH4
  +  
HCl
  +  
O2
         
CH3Cl
  +  
CH2Cl2
  +  
CHCl3
  +  
CCl4
  +  
H2O
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Methane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Oxygen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chloromethane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Dichloromethane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chloroform     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon tetrachloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Organic

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