1,1,2-Trichloroethane (1,1,2-TCE) is a chemical raw material that could be used for cracking to produce 1,2dichloroethylene (1,2-DCE) and 1,1-dichloroethylene (VDC). 1,1-Dichloroethylene had a wide range of industrial applications and was a raw material for various chemical products, such as refrigerant difluorochloroethane, lithium-ion battery adhesives, and highbarrier materials. There was a certain research foundation for catalysts for the catalytic cracking of 1,1,2-trichloroethane. The different acidities and alkalinities of catalysts corresponded to different product distributions. Overall, there had been extensive research on the distribution of three isomeric products, but there were few reports on the study of other residual products, which hindered further understanding of the reaction mechanism. Therefore, it was necessary to study the in situ reaction process, which could examine the real-time catalytic performance of the catalysts and reveal the mechanism of the residual reactions. Mass spectrometry was used to study the residual products such as chloroacetylene and vinyl chloride generated by the system. In this paper, the product changes of the 1,1,2-trichloroethane in situ catalytic cracking reaction during the heating process were investigated. The results indicated that alumina-supported cesium-based catalysts had stronger selectivity for chloroacetylene, up to 10.46%, while alumina-supported barium-based catalysts had stronger selectivity for vinyl chloride, up to 3.86%. Cesium-based catalysts would lower the energy barrier for reactions to occur, allowing dichloroethylene, chloroacetylene, and vinyl chloride to form at lower temperatures. The generation temperature of dichloroethylene, chloroacetylene, and vinyl chloride in barium-based catalysts was higher. The experimental results revealed the changes in functional groups and product distribution of different catalysts during the in situ heating process, providing a theoretical basis for further catalyst redesign and inhibition of residual reactions.