Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the chlorination of methylsilanes, which comprises reacting methylsilanes with chlorine in the presence of at least 0.1% by weight of hydrogen chloride, based on the weight of methylsilane of the formula (II), under the action of electromagnetic radiation which induces chlorination, chlorine being used in a substoichiometric amount based on the methylsilane of the formula (II), and the reaction being carried out at temperatures below the boiling point of the methylsilane of the formula (II). The invention further relates to an apparatus suitable for carrying out the chlorination of an industrial scale.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the chlorination of methylsilanes, which comprises reacting methylsilanes with chlorine in the presence of at least 0.1% by weight of hydrogen chloride, based on the weight of methylsilane of the formula (II), under the action of electromagnetic radiation which induces chlorination, chlorine being used in a substoichiometric amount based on the methylsilane of the formula (II), and the reaction being carried out at temperatures below the boiling point of the methylsilane of the formula (II). The invention further relates to an apparatus suitable for carrying out the chlorination of an industrial scale.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing ketene acetals by dehydrohalogenation of 2-haloaldehyde acetals. If the 2-haloaldehyde acetal is open chain, the dehydrohalogenation is carried out in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide and a phase transfer catalyst and/or a secondary or tertiary alcohol or a secondary or tertiary diol. If the 2-haloaldehyde acetals is cyclic, the dehydrohalogenation is carried out in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide and a phase transfer catalyst and with or without a secondary or tertiary alcohol or a secondary or tertiary diol, or carried out in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide and a secondary or tertiary diol. The ketene acetals which can be prepared by the process of the invention serve as intermediates in organic synthesis and are suitable as monomers or comonomers in free radical polymerization for the production of biodegradable plastics.