Issue 4, 2004
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Chemical Communications

Synthesis of methanesulfonyl chloride (MSC) from methane and sulfuryl chloride

Sudip Mukhopadhyay,a   Mark Zerella,a   Alexis T. Bell,*a   R. Vijay Srinivasb  and  Gary S. Smithb  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
E-mail: bell@cchem.berkeley.edu
Fax: 1 510 642 4778
Tel: 1 510 642 1536

b ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc., King of Prussia, PA 19406, USA

Abstract

Methane is transformed selectively to methanesulfonyl chloride at low temperature by liquid-phase reaction of methane with SO2Cl2 in the presence of a free radical initiator and a promoter using 100% H2SO4 as the solvent.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of methanesulfonyl chloride (MSC) from methane and sulfuryl chloride

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B314160H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Nov 2003
Accepted
18 Dec 2003
First published
27 Jan 2004

Chem. Commun., 2004, 472-473

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Synthesis of methanesulfonyl chloride (MSC) from methane and sulfuryl chloride

S. Mukhopadhyay, M. Zerella, A. T. Bell, R. Vijay Srinivas and G. S. Smith, Chem. Commun., 2004, 472 DOI: 10.1039/B314160H

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