The Dow Chemical Company

Tien K Tran

Charles W Martin

Nobuyuki Ishibe

Process for preparing haloperfluoro and perfluoro ethers wherein a metal halide is reacted with a 3-haloperfluoropropene oxide to obtain a 2,3-dihaloperfluorocarbonyl fluoride; a metal halide, 2,3-dihaloperfluorocarbonyl fluoride and 3-haloperfluoropropene oxide are reacted to obtain a 2-(2',3'-dihaloperfluoropropoxy)-3-haloperfluoropropionyl fluoride; 2-(2',3'-dihaloperfluoropropoxy)-3-haloperfluoropropionyl fluoride is decarboxylated and dehalogenated to obtain perfluorovinylallylether. Alternatively, 2-(2',3'-dihaloperfluoropropoxy)-3-haloperfluoropropionyl fluoride is reacted with metal halide and 3-haloperfluoropropene oxide to obtain a 2-[2'-(2',3'-dihaloperfluoropropoxy)-3'-haloperfluoropropoxy]-3-haloperflu oropropionyl fluoride, or a higher polyether, and 2-[2'-(2',3'-dihaloperfluoropropoxy)-3'-haloperfluoropropoxy]-3-haloperflu oropropionyl fluoride or the polyether is decarboxylated and dehalogenated to obtain a 3,6-dioxa-5-halodifluoromethylperfluoronona-1,8-diene or the corresponding polyether.

Preparation of haloperfluoro and perfluoro ethers

Homolymers prepared from diunsaturated mono- or poly- haloperfluoro or perfluoro ethers, and copolymers prepared from two or more of such ethers, or one or more of such ethers and one or more other ethylenically unsaturated monomers; and articles fabricated from such polymers.

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