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dechlorinating dichlorobenzene

scottyrocks - 12-3-2009 at 11:40

hello guys first post here hope i do ok

a while back on this site their was some interest in turning moth balls dichlorobenzene into chlorobenzene

i went through a few patents looking for possible ways of doing this and have come across a few methods and figured i would get some input before looking to much deeper most of the reactions here could also be done to achieve benzene

method 1

dichlorbenzene palladium and iron to make chlorobenzene and benzene variations in heat will change final product

method 2

dichlorbenzene silver and iron to make chlorobenzene an benzene not much info on this

method 3

is similar to the pdf here to make benzene from sodium benzoate except uses chloride salts /carbon that are heated to 300c to make benzene and chlorbenzene

method 4

pressure cook dichlorobenzene in hydrochloric acid or ammonia acetate to produce chlorobenzene

which method do you guys feel would me the viable method to use to make chlorobenzene

[Edited on 12-3-2009 by scottyrocks]

[Edited on 12-3-2009 by scottyrocks]

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