Patent number: 9302962
Abstract: A method of producing a fluoropropane of formula CF3CH?CHF, comprising contacting a mixture of 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane and Z-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene in the gas phase with a catalyst comprising at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of fluorinated Cr2O3 or Cr/Ni on fluoride alumina, in the presence of an oxygen containing gas, to form a mixture comprising Z-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane, E-1,3,3,3,-tetrafluoropropene, hydrogen fluoride, and optionally unreacted 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, separating the E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene from the Z-isomer and any unreacted 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, if present, and recovering said E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 6, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2016
Assignee:
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
Inventors:
Sheng Peng, Mario Joseph Nappa
Publication number: 20160046546
Abstract: A method of producing a fluoropropane of formula CF3CH?CHF, comprising contacting a mixture of 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane and Z-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene in the gas phase with a catalyst comprising at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of fluorinated Cr2O3 or Cr/Ni on fluoride alumina, in the presence of an oxygen containing gas, to form a mixture comprising Z-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane, E-1,3,3,3,-tetrafluoropropene, hydrogen fluoride, and optionally unreacted 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, separating the E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene from the Z-isomer and any unreacted 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, if present, and recovering said E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 6, 2015
Publication date:
February 18, 2016
Inventors:
SHENG PENG, Mario Joseph Nappa