Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoroethane by fluorinating in the gas phase a halogenated hydrocarbon feedstock containing 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane with hydrogen fluoride, the process being characterized in that: (i) a fluorinated chromium oxide obtained by fluorinating a chromium oxide represented by the formula: CrOm (1.5<m<3) is used as the catalyst, (ii) the mixing ratio (by mole) of hydrogen fluoride to halogenated hydrocarbon feedstock ranges from 1.5 to 10, and (iii) the fluorination is conducted at a temperature of 250 to 350° C. The process makes it possible to prepare easily HFC-125 reduced in the contents of CFCs.

Abstract: A process for preparing polyfluoroaromatic compounds by heating halogen-containing aromatic compounds with alkali metal fluorides in the presence of a catalyst, N,N′,N″-hexa-substituted guanidinium halide, in the medium of products of incomplete fluorination of a halogen-containing compound with simultaneous continuous withdrawal of target products by fractionation or distillation.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the production of vinyl fluoride by dehydrofluorination of 1,1-difluoroethane in the presence of a catalyst containing magnesium and/or zinc.

Abstract: A process for the Lewis acid catalyzed addition of trifluoromethanes across the carbon-carbon double bond of fluoroolefins is disclosed. A process for isomerization of monohaloperfluoro alkanes is also disclosed.

Abstract: An adsorbent which comprises a zeolite containing Cs and/or Rb, said zeolite being characterized by that the ratio of [the number of moles of Cs and/or R in the zeolite] to [the number of moles of Al in the zeolite] is 0.1 or less. This adsorbent permits efficient separation of an isomer from a mixture of aromatic isomers.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a novel process for the preparation of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)bromobenzene (CAS 328-70-1). This compound is useful as an intermediate in the synthesis of compounds which possess pharmacological activity.

Abstract: By a process for the production of 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) by reaction of ethylene with chlorine in the liquid phase (direct chlorination), the heavy ends being separated from the obtained 1,2-dichloroethane in a heavy-ends column and in a downstream vacuum column and, for the purpose of heat recovery and heating of the column bottoms, a 1,2-dichloroethane part-stream from the direct chlorination passing through a heat exchanger (one attributed to each column) for indirect heat exchange with the bottom product of each column, the aim of the invention is to provide a solution in which the reaction enthalpy of the direct chlorination can be used in a variable manner, thus precluding the above-described disadvantages. This is achieved by using at least one falling-film evaporator for heating the column bottoms, the bottom product of the respective column being routed to the distributor at the head of the column.

Abstract: Mammalian hair growth is reduced by applying to the skin a composition including an inhibitor of cyclooxygenase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl chlorides from alcohols by reaction with a chlorinating agent in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is a urea compound.

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.

Abstract: A process for preparing glycol monoethers from olefins comprises reacting the olefins with an epoxidizing reagent in the simultaneous presence of hydroxyl-containing organic compounds over a mixture of epoxidation catalysts and alkoxylation catalysts.

Abstract: Mammalian hair growth is reduced by applying to the skin a composition including an inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase.

Abstract: The preparation of 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) is carried out by feeding ethylene and chlorine into circulating EDC (direct chlorination) such that the reaction mixture boils and the heat of the reaction is led away from the gas space.

Abstract: A method for isomerizing a halogenated ethylbenzene characterized by bringing the same into contact with an acidic zeolite containing at least one metal selected among metals of Groups 7 to 11; and a method of efficiently isolating a m-halogenated ethylbenzene from a mixture of halogenated ethylbenzene isomers by adsorption using a specific zeolite X or Y as the adsorbent. The isomerization method enables a halogenated ethylbenzene to be efficiently isomerized with the zeolite catalyst. The separation method enables m-chloroethylbenzene to be efficiently separated from a mixture of chloroethylbenzene isomers by using a specific zeolite as the adsorbent.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of halide compounds, preferably aryl halides, by contacting a gaseous mixture of hydrohalic acid and a compound selected from an aryl halogen formate, an aryl carbonate and equivalents thereof with a Lewis acid catalyst.

Abstract: A method of producing hydrofluorocarbons and methods of producing other commercially attractive compounds formed as by-products of hydrofluorocarbon production by using ketones as a principal reactant.

Abstract: Process for preparing pentafluoroethane (HFC-125) wherein 1,1,1-trifluorodichloroethane (HFC-123) is reacted with HF at a temperature from 310° to 380° C., in the presence of a catalyst comprising Cr2O3 supported on preformed AlF3. HFC-125 is obtained with high yields (up to 60-70% and over), high conversions (over 80%) and high selectivity, i.e. formation of by-product in very low amounts (5% by moles at most) Moreover, the catalyst maintains a high activity for a long time also with high organic charges.

Abstract: In order to isomerize a hydrofluorocarbon having a certain thermodynamic stability (HFC 1) into a hydrofluorocarbon of greater thermodynamic stability (HFC 2), the hydrofluorocarbon HFC 1 is subjected to a heat treatment in the presence of hydrogen at a temperature above 500° C. This process, which does not require the use of a catalyst, applies especially to the isomerization of 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane into 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to producing fluorinated propanes and pentanes. More particularly it relates to producing perhalofluoropropanes and pentanes by reacting dihalodifluoromethanes with polyfluoroethylenes, notably tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) while in the presence of an aluminum chlorofluoride catalyst.

Abstract: Using a process for the production of 1,2-dichloroethane by reacting ethylene and chlorine in the liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst, the 1,2-dichloroethane produced being drawn off in the gaseous phase, the high-boilers being separated from the 1,2-dichloroethane in a heavy-ends column and in a downstream vacuum column and the light-boilers and gases, such as ethylene and hydrogen, being separated in an EDC stripping column or in a light-ends column, a commercial-scale solution should be created to effectively remove the hydrogen chloride at the head of the stripping column or light-boiling column to avoid corrosion occurring there. This is achieved in that the cleaned 1,2-dichloroethane leaving the heavy-ends column is cleaned in the EDC stripping column or in the light-ends column by separating the light-boilers and the gases.