Allied Chemical Corporation

Edward Stephen Jones

Richard E Eibeck

Martin A Robinson

Henry R Nychka

Fluorinated esters of the formula C.sub.n H.sub.x F.sub.2n+1-x CO.sub.2 CH.sub.2 C.sub.m H.sub.y F.sub.2m+1-y such as CF.sub.3 CO.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CF.sub.3 are hydrogenated to fluorinated alcohols such as CF.sub.3 CH.sub.2 OH using a catalyst having between 50 and 100 percent, and preferably 75-95 percent CuO by weight. In the above formula n= 1 to 13, m= 1 to 13, x= 0 to 3 and y= 0 to 3. In the most preferred esters, n= m and x= y= 0. The catalyst may also contain 0-50 percent and preferably 5-25 percent by weight of a filler or binder such as a silicate salt. The reaction produces greater yields of alcohol and longer catalyst life than with chromite catalysts, and may proceed at substantially atmospheric pressures.

Hydrogenation of fluorinated esters

Sulfuryl fluoride is produced by reacting a gaseous mixture of chlorine, sulfur dioxide and hydrogen fluoride, at a temperature between about 125.degree. and 400.degree. C in the presence of a catalytic amount of an alkaline earth metal fluoride.

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