Abstract: Stabilized perchloroethylene containing 0.001 to 0.1% by weight of N-alkylmorpholine, 0.001 to 0.01% by weight of alkylphenols, 0.0005 to 0.002% by weight of diisopropylamine, and 0.05 to 0.5% by weight of cyclohexeneoxide. By stabilization with the mixture of stabilizers, the perchloroethylene is stabilized to an extraordinary degree against attack by metals, particularly, decomposition through oxidation in contact with metals or metal salts, in some cases also upon exposure to light. A further improvement of the combined stabilizing action can be obtained by the addition of 0.005 to 0.1% by weight of epoxipropanol.

Abstract: An improved process for removal of chloroprene from 1,2-dichloroethane recovered unconverted from the effluent of 1,2-dichloroethane pyrolysis. The chloroprene is chlorinated with chlorine in the presence of o- or m-cresol or a chlorinated derivative thereof, and the excess chlorine from this step is removed by reaction with ethylene.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved stabilization of perchloroethylene by adding thereto a mixture of from 0.001% to 0.01% by weight of a possibly alkylated N-alkyl-morpholine and from 0.001% to 0.01% by weight of an alkylphenol; as well as the so-stabilized perchloroethylene.

Abstract: A process for separating lower-boiling chlorohydrocarbons and water from neutralized crude chlorohydrocarbons having at least two carbon atoms, which comprises fractionally distilling the crude chlorohydrocarbons in a fractionating column, thereby obtaining a fraction A containing the desired product which is withdrawn at the bottom of the column practically free of impurities, and a fraction B, comprising water, impurities having a lower boiling point, and entrained amounts of the desired chlorohydrocarbon, withdrawing said fraction B from the top of the column and, while still in gaseous state, neutralizing fraction B with an aqueous solution of a mixture of basic compounds, thereby avoiding corrosion of the apparatus, and thereafter subjecting the gaseous fraction to stepwise condensation with recovery of the entrained portions of said chlorohydrocarbon by returning them to the fractionating column, while separately removing water and undesirable impurities.