acastar - 2-6-2005 at 10:30
How to get Ch3Cl with CH2Cl2. I need that reaction fast.
vulture - 2-6-2005 at 10:50
First of all, you might want to consider a more descriptive title, screaming HELP usually annoys the hell out of people, especially me.
It also wouldn't hurt to provide some more detail and to use the search engine.
CH3Cl
acastar - 2-6-2005 at 11:23
I have CH2Cl2 (Dichloromethan) and I need to convert it into CH3CL
chemoleo - 2-6-2005 at 11:57
React it with NaH in the correct proportions (carefully), and collect the gasses. CH3Cl boils at -24 deg C...
Not a pretty method though.
[Edited on 2-6-2005 by chemoleo]
acastar - 2-6-2005 at 12:38
Can you describe this reaction exactly.
halogen - 16-6-2005 at 06:31
You mean to say youve NaH at your disposal?
Chemoleo - dont be sarcastic
Natures Natrium - 16-6-2005 at 07:21
Ok, maybe I'm overstepping my bounds here, but I can't help but wonder why the hell this thread is even still open. It seems to me that it
violates several rules that polverone has set out, like not screaming "Help, I dont want to do any of the work myself or actually learn chemistry
I just want to have all the answers spoon fed to me."
In fact, the only reason I can think of this being left open is to heckle the thread starter, hence the vague and sarcastic remarks throughout.
I cant be the only one wondering why this thread hasnt been closed.
And just to attempt to be on topic and hopefully therfor not a hypocrit, the answer to the question is pretty clear. Dichloromethane to methyl
chloride? NO. Methyl chloride can be economically made a number of ways, but this isn't one of them. Look for similiar reactions involving
other halides.
I think it should be noted though that methyl chloride isnt a very good reagent for either methylations or grignard reagents.
vulture - 16-6-2005 at 12:01
Ouch, this one must have slipped through. Thanks for the reminder.
Closed.