Patent ID: 7102041

Claim:
A continuous process for preparing a haloalkane comprising: (a) contacting a haloalkane starting material with a non-halogenated alkene in the presence of an effective amount of a metal catalyst complex comprising a metal and an organic ligand under conditions effective to facilitate an addition reaction and to form a product stream comprising a haloalkane product from said addition reaction, wherein said metal catalyst complex has a boiling point higher than that of said haloalkane product, the metal is a transition metal, and the organic ligand is selected from the group consisting of primary and secondary amines having a backbone of 4 or more carbon atoms, nitrites having a backbone of 3 or more carbon atoms, amides having a backbone of two or more carbon atoms, and phosphates or phosphites having a backbone of 3 or more carbon atoms; and (b) recovering said haloalkane product from said product stream.