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At elevated temperature ethane undergoes a radical substitution with chlorine to give ethyl chloride and hydrogen chloride. The hydrogen chloride generated adds to ethylene to give a second mole of ethyl chloride.

At 400°C the equilibrium position of the addition of chlorine ethylene (to give 1,2-dichloroethane) lies to the left.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

CH3CH3
  +  
H2C=CH2
  +  
Cl2
         
2
CH3CH2Cl
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Ethane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ethylene     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chlorine     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chloroethane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Addition: Electrophilic
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Industrial Process: Organic
Radical Substitution

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