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Production of ethyl chloride is closely tied to the production of tetraethyl lead.

The reaction is catalysed with aluminium chloride (or FeCl3).

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)
H2C=CH2
  +  
HCl
  +  
AlCl3
         
CH3CH2Cl
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Addition: Electrophilic Protonation
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Ethylene the Petrochemical Building Block

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