A process for producing a chlorinated alkane, the process comprising: (a) contacting at least one alkene, chlorinated alkene, or combinations thereof, a halogenated methane comprising at least one chlorine atom, at least one solid metallic catalyst, and a ligand to form a reaction mixture in a reactor; (b) forming a product mixture comprising a chlorinated alkane, light by-products, heavy by-products, soluble metal ions, complexes of metal ions with the ligand, or combinations thereof; (c) optionally distilling at least a portion of the product mixture to form a distilled product mixture; (d) treating at least a portion of the product mixture from step (b) and/or the distilled product mixture from step (c) with an alkaline substance in the absence of a phase transfer catalyst, to form a treated product mixture and/or treated distilled product mixture; wherein the alkaline substance is insoluble in the treated product mixture or the treated distilled product mixture; wherein the alkaline substance reacts with at least some of the metal ions that are present and forms a metal hydroxide; and wherein the treated product mixture and/or the treated distilled product mixture contains fewer metal ions than the product mixture from step (b); (e) separating the metal hydroxide from the treated product mixture and/or the treated distilled product mixture to form a treated product effluent stream and/or a treated distilled effluent stream; (f) optionally distilling the treated product effluent stream and/or the treated distilled effluent stream of step (e) to form the final treated product stream and/or the final treated distilled product stream; and (g) recycling at least a portion of at least one of the distilled product mixture from step (c), the treated product effluent stream and/or the treated distilled effluent stream from step (e), the final treated product stream and/or the final treated distilled product stream from step (f), to the reactor. (a) contacting at least one alkene, chlorinated alkene, or combinations thereof, a halogenated methane comprising at least one chlorine atom, at least one solid metallic catalyst, and a ligand to form a reaction mixture in a reactor; (b) forming a product mixture comprising a chlorinated alkane, light by-products, heavy by-products, soluble metal ions, complexes of metal ions with the ligand, or combinations thereof; (c) optionally distilling at least a portion of the product mixture to form a distilled product mixture; (d) treating at least a portion of the product mixture from step (b) and/or the distilled product mixture from step (c) with an alkaline substance in the absence of a phase transfer catalyst, to form a treated product mixture and/or treated distilled product mixture; wherein the alkaline substance is insoluble in the treated product mixture or the treated distilled product mixture; wherein the alkaline substance reacts with at least some of the metal ions that are present and forms a metal hydroxide; and wherein the treated product mixture and/or the treated distilled product mixture contains fewer metal ions than the product mixture from step (b); (e) separating the metal hydroxide from the treated product mixture and/or the treated distilled product mixture to form a treated product effluent stream and/or a treated distilled effluent stream; (f) optionally distilling the treated product effluent stream and/or the treated distilled effluent stream of step (e) to form the final treated product stream and/or the final treated distilled product stream; and (g) recycling at least a portion of at least one of the distilled product mixture from step (c), the treated product effluent stream and/or the treated distilled effluent stream from step (e), the final treated product stream and/or the final treated distilled product stream from step (f), to the reactor.