Carton tetrachloride

When either or both the acid and the alcohol are volatile, the reaction may be carried to completion by distilling out the water produced in the reaction, usually as an azeotrope. The azeotrope can be water with one of the components of the reaction mixture or with an inert solvent which is insoluble in water. Generally, an azeotrope is selected which has a toiling point below 100 C and which condenses into two phases. The butyl alcohols and their higher homologues form azeotropes with water which behave in this manner, as do the inert solvents btozene, toluene, chloroform, ethylene dichloride, and carton tetrachloride. When methyl, ethyl, or propyl alcohol is used in an azeotropic esterification, one of the inert solvents can be used to produce a two-phase distillate. 

Synonyms Benzinoform Cartona Carton chloride Carton tet CTC Methane tetrachloride Perchloromethane Tetrachlorocarbon Tetrachloromethane Classification Chlorinated hydrocarbon Emprical CCI,... 

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