Recent Advances in the Direct Process†This review is dedicated to the memory of Alan Ritzer

Abstract

Introduction The Effect of Promoters on the Direct Process The Effect of Silicon, Catalyst and Promoter Morphology on the MCS Reaction Surface Fundamentals and Mechanistic Studies of the MCS Reaction Silicon Direct Process Reactions with Reagents Other than Me Cl Recovery and Use of by‐Products from the MCS Reaction Acknowledgments