Method for purifying chloromethyl chloroformate

摘要

Describes a method for obtaining substantially pure chloromethyl chloroformate from a chloroformate mixture comprising chloromethyl chloroformate and methyl chloroformate by heating the chloroformate mixture in a reaction zone at temperatures ranging from at least 50° C. to the reflux temperature of the chloroformate mixture in the reaction zone while simultaneously removing volatile gaseous decomposition products from the reaction zone. Dichloromethyl chloroformate may also be present in the chloroformate mixture.