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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leslie Burgess, Runcorn, GB;
Thomas Anthony Ryan, Kelsall, GB;
Richard Llewellyn Powell, Tarporley, GB;
Assignee:
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
570142 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of hydrofluorocarbons, in particular hydrofluoroalkanes such as difluoromethane, which comprises contacting an .alpha.-fluoro-ether, in particular a fluorinated dialkyl ether such as bis(fluoromethyl)ether in the liquid phase with a Lewis acid such as a fluoride of Nb, Sb, B, Ta, Al or Ti.