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Dichloromethane from methanol?
What would be the product from bubbling Cl2 through methanon? would this be a good way to produce dichloromethane?
And just a side thought, what about the product from chlorination of isopropyl or isobutyl alcohol?
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Chlorination by direct action of Cl2 on the alcohol will not remove the -OH group and will cause a mixture of compounds to form. If you want
dichloromethane you will have first have to oxidize the methanol to methanal (by K/Na dichromate) and then react with PCl5. Not that simple ain't
it 
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Would KMnO4 be sufficient to oxidise the methanol? Just out of interest, what would be formed by direct chlorination?
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KMnO4 would oxidize the methanol to the respective acid that is methanoic acid. KMnO4 is too strong an oxidizing agent to oxidize the methanol only to
the aldehyde. I am not sure about the products of direct chlorination though. Maybe some one else can help.
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What about overoxidising with KMnO4, than adding a mild reducing agent, something that wouldn't be strong enough to take it back to methanol?
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Don't know any reducing agent which would reduce the carboxylic acid to the aldehyde (except those used in industry which are complex and start
from methanol to produce the aldehyde). To reduce a carboxylic acid you need some strong reducing agent such as Lithium Aluminium Hydride, which being
a strong reducing agent causes the rxn to continue and produce the alcohol.
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I wouldn't recomend chlorinating methanol. You stand a fair chance of generating some nasty carcinogens.
See
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=2177&a...
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Yeah, I guessed that, but what exactly would be generated? knowing me, I can turn it to some use 
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Methanol can also be converted to methanal by using a hot(red hot) copper or platinum wire. You could pass methanol vapours through a copper pipe
filled with copper wool while the pipe is being very strongly heated. What would come out the other side is a mix of formaldehyde and unreacted
methanol vapours, this would have to of course be bubbled into water.
Not that one wants to work with hot methanol vapours and an open flame heat source...
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I might have to give that a try, but copper wool? where would I get that, I have only ever seen steel/iron wool over here?
Do you think iron wool with fine copper powder mixed throughout it might do the trick?
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I just saw copper wool at safeway today. It was in the household cleaner section. But before you give this method a try search around this site, I
believe that somewhere it says how to make safety devices into it to prevent accidental explosions.
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Yeah, I guessed that, but what exactly would be generated? knowing me, I can turn it to some use
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You could perhaps check the linked
thread??? 
Use google and the forum search engine!
If you're even too lazy to check out links that others provided you with, well then expect to be banned (AGAIN) soon.
Yes, I know who you are.
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[Edited on 17-6-2004 by vulture]
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Thanks, I missed it the first time I looked.
bis-chloromethyl ether is frightful, Could you post a link to an MSDS for it? I can't find one on google, thanks.
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This link should answer your questions. Google does work.
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Yeah, I found those, there dosen't seem to be an msds for it though, only warnings about it being formed from HCl+methanol, and a few procedures
and such for it's disposal. No matter.
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This is probably less relevant to the author of this thread as he lives in Great Britain, and most likely does not have the same products as in the
USA, but in the USA Klean Strip KS-3 paint stripper and remover is 85-90% DCM according to the msds. The rest is ethanol toluene and acetone. So
distill at 45-50 degrees and you should get at least 3 L of DCM and the cost is $10 a gallon for the remover. It is sold in Home Depot, but I
don't think Lowes carries that brand.
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I haven't yet found DCM in paint remover over here, I have however found it as the solvent in some aerosol glues, it's just that the
distillation is a pain because of all the nasty gluey mess that gets left behind 
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You need to produce an msds for any material you want to sell or transport. Bis CME is so nasty that nobody sells it so there isn't a data sheet.
Last time I checked, nitromoors paint stripper was based on dichloromethane.
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Well here's an MSDS for KS3 paint remover, around 80-85% DCM.
Attachment: KS-3 Remover.pdf (169kB)
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Chlorination of methanol with either sulfur or phosphorus present supposedly yields a good percentage of tetrachloromethane. It was one of the
methods that I researched for the formation of this specific product and is used industrially.
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Please post some more details on that, do you mean chlorination in the prescence of elemental sulphur?
also I'm rather worried about formation of ANY bis-chloromethyl ether, that stuff looks nasty in the extreme
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I don't have any reference material but I remember the reaction takes place under pressure but it is not some unattainable pressure.
I theorize the initial step is analogous to the reaction of methane with sulfur then the thus formed carbon disulfide would readily react with the
chlorine or sulfur chlorides looks like some sulfur would be lost this way though:
CH3OH + 3S ----> CS2 + H2O +H2S
CS2 + 2Cl2 ----> CCl4 + 2S
I have no references to indicate that bis-chloromethyl ether is formed but I would assume it is considering it is formed under similar reactions.
Edit: What am I thinking leaving H2S in there with chlorine being pumped into solution? The H2S would instantly react to HCl and SCl2 therefore the
overall balanced equation could be:
CH3OH + 3Cl2 --(S)--> CCl4 + 2HCl + H2O
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Dehydrogenating methanol to formaldehyde, then reacting it with SOCl2 (not PCl5) is a viable method, since SOCl2 is much easier to get than PCl5.
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Idon't want to be an asshole, but why can't you hydrochlorinate methanol to methyl chloride, have that distilled over, and then further chlorinate it?
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Idon't want to be an asshole, but why can't you hydrochlorinate methanol to methyl chloride, have that distilled over, and then further chlorinate it?
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Methyl chloride is a gas bp -24.2 C so it is a pig to handle.
Also gas phase chlorinations are a mad pig in the lab, the whole thing could run out of control and explode.
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