PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF TICL.SUB.4

Process for the preparation of TiC14 An improved process for the preparation of TiC14 comprising a) chlorinating a raw material containing titanium and vanadium impurities to produce a crude TiC14 reaction product, b) separating the crude reaction product into solid by-products and TiC14-containing liquid, c) reacting the TiC14-containing liquid with a reducing agent whereby vanadium impurities are converted into solid compounds, and d) separating TiC14 from the solid vanadium compounds, is improved by adding solid products of the vanadium reduction reactions to the crude TiC14 reaction product prior to the separating step b). Le A 23 822