679-99-2Relevant articles and documents
PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE AND/OR 1,2,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE
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A process is disclosed for making CF3CF=CH2 or mixtures thereof with CHF2CF=CHF. This process involves (a) reacting CHCI2CF2CF3, and optionally CHCIFCF2CCIF2, with H2 in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a hydrogenation catalyst to form CH3CF2CF3 and, when CHCIFCF2CCIF2 is present, CH2FCF2CHF2; (b) dehydrofluorinating CH3CF2CF3, and optionally any CH2FCF2CHF2, from (a) to form a product mixture including CF3CF=CH2 and, if CH2FCF2CHF2 Js present, CHF2CF=CHF; and optionally (c) recovering CF3CF=CH2, or a mixture thereof with CHF2CF=CHF from the product mixture formed in (b) and/or (d) separating at least a portion of any CHF2CF=CHF in the product mixture formed in (b) from the CF3CF=CH2 in the product mixture formed in (b).