Central Glass Company, Limited

Kimiaki Matsuoka

Tadaaki Komatsu

Masahiro Ozawa

Minoru Aramaki

Yutaka Katsuhara

Hideki Oshio

Koshi Okazaki

Fumio Inoue

Takeshi Kondow

Hirokazu Takeda

Vapor phase contact reaction between water and benzal chloride or a substitute expressed by C.sub.6 H.sub.(5-n) X.sub.n CHCl.sub.2, wherein X representing a halogen atom or a trifluoromethyl group and n being 1 or 2, to form benzaldehyde or a substitute expressed by C.sub.6 H.sub.(5-n) X.sub.n CHO can efficiently be achieved by using activated carbon treated with an acid such as sulfuric acid or impregnated with a metal chloride such as ferric chloride and/or a metal sulfate such as cupric sulfate as catalyst. The activated carbon catalyst long retains its high activity even when the starting material has trifluoromethyl group, which is liable to undergo partial decomposition with formation of hydrogen fluoride.

Vapor phase catalytic hydrolysis of benzal chloride or its halogen- or

Derivatives of hexafluoropropene dimer expressed by the following general formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.f represents (CF.sub.3).sub.2 C.dbd.C(CF.sub.2 CF.sub.3) or (CF.sub.3).sub.2 CH--CF(CF.sub.2 CF.sub.3) and R represents a hydrocarbon residue of a carboxylic acid having one free site capable of reacting with the dimer. A process for preparing the derivatives is also disclosed in which the dimer is contacted with the carboxylic acid in an inert solvent in the presence of a catalyst. Metal, amine or ammonium salts of the acid may be also used for the reaction, in which case the reaction is feasible in the absence of a catalyst.

Novel derivatives of hexafluoropropene dimer and process for preparing

A process for preparing fluorine-rich organic compounds containing one or two carbon atoms from organic fluoro compounds of lower fluorine content in which starting partially or completely halogenated fluoro carbon compounds having at least one halogen atom other than fluorine, e.g., CHCl.sub.2 F, CHClF.sub.2, CCl.sub.2 F.sub.2, CCl.sub.3 F, C.sub.2 Cl.sub.3 F.sub.3, C.sub.2 Cl.sub.2 F.sub.4 and C.sub.2 Cl.sub.4 F.sub.2, are contacted under disproportionation conditions with a catalyst system of a specific type which comprises 0.1 - 5% by weight, as metal, of a nickel(II) halide, titanium(III) chloride or titanium(III) fluoride and a balance of an aluminum compound such as activated alumina, silica, alumina or aluminum fluoride.

Process for the preparation of fluorine-rich organic compounds

Oligomers of tetrafluoroethylene are prepared by oligomerization of tetrafluoroethylene in an organic solvent in the presence of a fluoride compound and a crown ether. The catalytic action of the fluoride compound can be far improved when the fluoride compound is used together with a crown ether.

Process for preparing oligomers of tetrafluoroethylene

Oligomers of hexafluoropropene are prepared by oligomerization of hexafluoropropene in an organic solvent in the presence of a halide compound and a crown ether. The selectivity to the dimer or trimer may vary depending on the kind of solvent. For example, the oligomerization of hexafluoropropene in acetonitrile or methylene chloride in the vicinity of room temperature gives the dimer thereof at high selectivity. Use of N,N-dimethylformamide favors the formation of the trimer at high selectivity.

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