Irreversible reaction

CH₄O+HClgivesCH₃Cl+H₂O

Direction: Irreversible
Processes: 1
Stated as: Stoichiometry only
Element balance: Checked: balances

As the processes state itStoichiometry, conversions, heats of reaction and catalyst windows are taken from each process's files with their provenance. The build checks only that each process's equation balances in every element, from the process's own component formulas; it does not check the numbers. A process's design maturity applies to them.

Species

Species	Name	CAS	Role	Coefficient
CH₄O	Methanol	67-56-1	reactant	-1
HCl	Hydrogen chloride	7647-01-0	reactant	-1
CH₃Cl	Chloromethane (methyl chloride)	74-87-3	product	1
H₂O	Water	7732-18-5	product	1

In the processes

Chloromethane from methanol and hydrogen chloride (gas-phase hydrochlorination, 100 kt/a)Concept · not reviewed
HYDROCHLORINATIONCH3OH + HCl → CH3Cl + H2O (gas phase, over alumina)
Element balance
Balances in every element
Catalyst
gamma-alumina (fixed bed)

Sources

What the processes cite for this reaction, each source once: for the reaction itself, its conversion, its heat of reaction or its catalyst. As the processes write them; DOIs, US patent numbers and web addresses are linked.

Schmidt et al. (2014) Green Process. Synth. 3(5) 345-352, doi:10.1515/gps-2014-0039 (abstract): gamma-alumina, best result 340 C, 97.6 % methanol conversion, 98.8 % selectivity, close to equilibrium
For the reaction · cited by Chloromethane from methanol and hydrogen chloride (gas-phase hydrochlorination, 100 kt/a)
WO 2000/076658 A1 (description, background): about equimolar methanol and HCl, fixed or fluidised beds, 250-300 C, strongly exothermic, hot spots above 400 C
For the reaction · cited by Chloromethane from methanol and hydrogen chloride (gas-phase hydrochlorination, 100 kt/a)