Patent ID: 9187834
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B01J,C07C,C07D,C25B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: contacting an anode with an anode electrolyte wherein the anode electrolyte comprises saltwater and metal halide; applying a voltage to the anode and cathode and oxidizing the metal halide from a lower oxidation state to a higher oxidation state at the anode wherein no gas is formed at the anode; contacting the cathode with a cathode electrolyte; and halogenating an unsaturated hydrocarbon or a saturated hydrocarbon with the anode electrolyte comprising the metal halide in the higher oxidation state, in an aqueous medium wherein the aqueous medium comprises more than 25 wt % water to result in a halohydrocarbon and the metal halide in the lower oxidation state, wherein yield of the halohydrocarbon is more than 80% by weight.