Copper(II) chloride
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Copper chloride, also known as cupric chloride, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula CuCl2. The monoclinic yellowish-brown anhydrous form slowly absorbs moisture to form the orthorhombic
Cupric chloride
Copper chloride
Eriochalcite
Wacker process
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The Wacker process or the Hoechst-Wacker process is an industrial chemical reaction: the aerobic oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde in the presence of catalytic, aq. palladium chloride and copper c
Copper(II) chloride
…the orthorhombic blue-green dihydrate CuCl2·2H2O, with two water molecules of hydration. It is industrially produced for use as a co-catalyst in the Wacker process. Both the anhydrous and the dihydrate forms occur naturally as the rare minerals tolbachite and eriochalcite, respectively…
Process flow diagram for the one-stage process
Process flow diagram for the two-stage process