Production
- Chloroacetic acid is mainly made by hydrolysing trichloroethylene in the presence of sulfuric acid:
- CCl2= CHCl + 2 H2O → CH2ClCOOH + 2 HCl
- Dichloroacetic acid is manufactured in small quantities by reducing trichloroacetic acid.
- Trichloroacetic acid is made by directly reacting chlorine with acetic acid using a suitable catalyst.
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