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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Mark Andrew Harmer, Landenberg, PA (US);
Christopher P. Junk, Wilmington, DE (US);
Zoe Schnepp, Beech Hill, GB;
Mark Andrew Harmer, Landenberg, PA (US);
Christopher P. Junk, Wilmington, DE (US);
Zoe Schnepp, Beech Hill, GB;
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A process for manufacture of hydrofluoroalkanesulfonic acid with at least one hydrogen bonded to the carbon atom adjacent to the carbon atom bonded to the sulfonic acid group comprising: contacting a fluoroolefin with sulfite in an aqueous solution adjusted to about pH 4 to pH 12; removing water from the solution to form a solid; directly treating the solid with oleum; and distilling the hydrofluoroalkanesulfonic acid therefrom. Also a process for manufacture of potassium hydrofluoroalkanesulfonate in high purity is described.