US 7,550,620 B2
Process for preparing methylchlorosilanes
Wilfried Kalchauer, Burghausen (Germany); Jochen Gross, Tuessling (Germany); and Wolfgang Zoller, Mehring (Germany)
Assigned to Wacker Chemie AG, Munich (Germany)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/856,731.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2006 044 372 (DE), filed on Sep. 20, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0071103 A1, Mar. 20, 2008
Int. Cl. C07F 7/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 556—478  [556/466; 556/469; 556/472; 556/476; 556/477] 15 Claims
 
1. A process for the direct synthesis of methylchlorosilanes by reaction of chloromethane in a reactor with a contact composition comprising silicon and copper catalyst,
wherein the concentration of oxygen in the chloromethane is reduced by mixing
a) chloromethane which contains oxygen, with
b) chloromethane which contains a gaseous boron compound,
wherein said mixing takes place prior to addition of a) and b) into the reactor.