Abstract: Perfluoro(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxole) forms oligomers on standing in the presence of an ether. The preferred ethers are aliphatic and cycloaliphatic, especially tetrahydrofuran. Free radical generators, especially peroxydicarbonates, may be added to the reaction medium. The oligomers have a degree of polymerization of about 2-8. They are useful as lubricants, hydraulic fluids, heat transfer agents, and plasticizers, and as intermediates to oligomeric acid fluorides and acids, which acids are useful surfactants.

Abstract: Perfluoro-1,3-dioxole is a useful monomer, which polymerizes to either amorphous or liquid homopolymers and copolymerizes with tetrafluoroethylene as well as with other monomers to both crystalline and amorphous copolymers having one or more such comonomers incorporated therein. Amorphous homopolymers and copolymers of perfluoro-1,3-dioxole are useful in such applications as glazing for reactors for hydrogen fluoride reactions. Amorphous homopolymers and amorphous or crystalline copolymers form self-supporting films and can be used for coatings and linings which are inert to most chemicals and are stain and weather resistant and as dielectrics for electrical and electronic equipment. Liquid homopolymers can be used as hydraulic fluids and heat exchange media.

Abstract: Novel fluorodioxoles which may have Cl or F substituents in the 4 or 5 positions and have two F or CF.sub.3 substituents in the 2 position are useful monomers for the preparation of homopolymers and copolymers with tetrafluoroethylene and terpolymers with tetrafluoroethylene and vinylidene fluoride. The homopolymers are suitable for glazing materials, while copolymers are useful, among others, for corrosion-resistant seals, gaskets, and linings.

Abstract: Perfluoro(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxole) forms oligomers on standing in the presence of an ether. The preferred ethers are aliphatic and cycloaliphatic, especially tetrahydrofuran. Free radical generators, especially peroxydicarbonates, may be added to the reaction medium. The oligomers have a degree of polymerization of about 2-8. They are useful as lubricants, hydraulic fluids, heat transfer agents, and plasticizers, and as intermediates to oligomeric acid fluorides and acids, which acids are useful surfactants.

Abstract: Perfluoro-1,3-dioxole is a useful monomer, which polymerizes to either amorphous or liquid homopolymers and copolymerizes with tetrafluoroethylene as well as with other monomers to both crystalline and amorphous copolymers having one or more such comonomers incorporated therein. Amorphous homopolymers and copolymers of perfluoro-1,3-dioxole are useful in such applications as glazing for reactors for hydrogen fluoride reactions. Amorphous homopolymers and amorphous or crystalline copolymers form self-supporting films and can be used for coatings and linings which are inert to most chemicals and are stain and weather resistant and as dielectrics for electrical and electronic equipment. Liquid homopolymers can be used as hydraulic fluids and heat exchange media.

Abstract: Olefinic compounds are made from their vicinally chlorinated organic precursors by dechlorination with metallic magnesium in the presence of a mercury-based promoter, which may be a water-soluble mercury salt or metallic mercury, and of a catalytic amount of iodine. This process is particularly suitable for dechlorinating 4,5-dichloro-dioxolanes to the corresponding dioxoles. 4,5-Difluoro-2,2 bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dioxole, which can be made by this process in a reproducible manner from 4,5-dichloro-4,5-difluoro-2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dioxolane, is a useful monomer for making amorphous homopolymers and copolymers with tetrafluoroethylene, which are well suited for wire coating, finishes, and transparent glazing for corrosive service.

Abstract: A continuous process for the isomerization of hexafluoropropylene oxide to hexafluoroacetone comprises passing hexafluoropropylene oxide in contact with liquid antimony pentafluoride adsorbed on a solid support under conditions which substantially prevent loss of antimony pentafluoride from the reactor in which the isomerization is carried out and removing the hexafluoroacetone product at about the same rate as that at which it is formed. Hexafluoroacetone is an important industrial monomer, which can be copolymerized, for example, with ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene to a product that finds use in coating electrical wires.

Abstract: Preparation of isobutyric acid and esters by carbonylation of propylene in the presence of water or an alcohol, a palladium catalyst and ortho-substituted triarylphosphine.

Abstract: Tetrahydrofuran is prepared by reacting propylene and aqueous formaldehyde stabilized with alcohol in the presence of silica sand to form 3-buten-1-ol and chlorinating the 3-buten-1-ol in the presence of Group IA or IIA chloride to form 3,4-dichlorobutan-1-ol which is then treated with a Group IA or IIA base to form 3-chlorotetrahydrofuran which is then hydrogenated to form tetrahydrofuran.

Abstract: Tetrahydrofuran is prepared by reacting propylene and aqueous formaldehyde stabilized with alcohol in the presence of silica sand to form 3-buten-1-ol and chlorinating the 3-buten-1-ol in the presence of Group IA or IIA chloride to form 3,4-dichlorobutan-1-ol which is then treated with a Group IA or IIA base to form 3-chlorotetrahydrofuran which is then hydrogenated to form tetrahydrofuran.