Process for the preparation of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane

US5382721A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SOLVAY (Société Anonyme) · BE

Inventors

• Pascal Pennetreau · Rixensart, BE
• Francine Janssens · Vilvoorde, BE
• Max Braun · Großburgwedel, DE
• Johannes Eicher · Garbsen, DE
• Werner Rudolph · Hannover, DE
• Eckhard Hausmann · Garbsen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 1993
• Grant date: Jan 17, 1995
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C17/087
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Process for the preparation of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane by reaction of hydrogen fluoride with a trihaloethylene according to which trifluoroethylene is chosen as trihaloethylene and the reaction is carried out in the liquid phase.