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Process for the manufacture of difluoromethane

US6242659A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 14, 1996
Grant dateJun 5, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C17/206
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to the synthesis of difluoromethane by gas-phase catalytic fluorination of methylene chloride. To lengthen the lifetime of the catalyst the operation is carried out in the presence of chlorine.

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