ArticleACS sustainable chemistry & engineering2023
Economic and Environmental Competitiveness of Ethane-Based Technologies for Vinyl Chloride Synthesis.
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- Ethane Chlorination Toward Vinyl Chloride Synthesis: Mechanistic and Catalytic Perspectives.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Review
- Dynamic Active Site Evolution in Lanthanum-Based Catalysts Dictates Ethane Chlorination Pathways.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025Article
- Metastable LaOClMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Unraveling the Kinetics and Mechanism of Ethane Chlorination in the Gas Phase.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Win-Win More Sustainable Routes for Acetic Acid Synthesis.ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering · 2025Article
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Abstract
The synthesis of the vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), employed to manufacture poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) plastic, primarily relies on oil-derived ethylene, resulting in high costs and carbon footprint. Natural gas-derived ethane in VCM synthesis has long been considered a transformative feedstock to lower emissions and expenses. In this work, we evaluate the environmental potential and economics of recently developed catalytic ethane chlorination technologies for VCM synthesis. We consider the ethylene-based business-as-usual (BAU) route and two different ethane-based processes evaluated at their current development level and their full potential,
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