Carbon To Carbon Unsaturation Containing Patents (Class 568/685)
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Patent number: 5391796Abstract: A two step process, each of the steps being novel, for the production of trifluorovinyl ethers by reaction of a siloxane with selected acyl fluorides or carboxylic anhydrides, is disclosed. Also disclosed is a novel silyl ester intermediate.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1993Date of Patent: February 21, 1995Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: William B. Farnham
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Patent number: 5350497Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for making perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ethers) by fluorination with elemental fluorine of selected novel partially fluorinated (di)chloroethyl ethers, followed by dehalogenation to the corresponding perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether). The perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ethers) are useful as monomers for molding resins and elastomers.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1993Date of Patent: September 27, 1994Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Ming-Hong Hung, Shlomo Rozen
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Patent number: 5347058Abstract: Fluorinated olefins are produced by thermolysis of a silyl ester of a fluorinated aliphatic carboxylic acid in the presence of a catalyst which provides fluoride ion, such as potassium fluoride. The fluorinated olefins are useful as monomers and chemical intermediates.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1993Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: William B. Farnham
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Patent number: 5344580Abstract: Oligomers of compounds of the formulaX--(CF.sub.2).sub.a --O.sub.b --(CH.sub.2).sub.c --CH=CH.sub.2( 1)and co-oligomers of compounds of the formula (1) together with compounds of the formulaX--(CX.sub.2).sub.d --O.sub.b --(CX.sub.2).sub.c --CX=CX.sub.2( 2)in which X is hydrogen or fluorine, a is a number from 2 to 16, b and c are, independently of one another, 0 or 1, and d is a number from 0 to 6, with a mean degree of oligomerization of 2 to 4, are obtained by heating a solution of the monomers in a hydrocarbon together with a free radical-forming catalyst to 135.degree. to 180.degree. C. The oligomers are lubricating agents and lubricants.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1992Date of Patent: September 6, 1994Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventor: Konrad von Werner
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Patent number: 5342985Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the metathesis of olefins which comprises reacting an olefin of the formula YCZ.dbd.CZ--(CX.sub.2).sub.n R.sup.2 (II) whereinn is an integer from 1 to 28,X represents H or F,Y represents H or alkyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms andZ represents H or a non-aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and R.sup.2 represents H, alkyl, halogen, COOR.sup.3 or OR.sup.4, wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent alkyl having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms or phenyl which is unsubstituted or contains from 1 to 3 substituents or wherein R.sup.4 is trialkylsilyl R.sup.5 Si, wherein R.sup.5 represents alkyl having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, at a catalyst comprising an oxidic carrier charged with a rhenium compound as defined hereinbefore.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1990Date of Patent: August 30, 1994Assignee: Hoechst AGInventors: Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Werner Wagner, Ursula Volkhardt
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Patent number: 5326917Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel monomers of the formula CF.sub.2 .dbd.CF(CF.sub.2).sub.n CH.sub.2 OCF.dbd.CF.sub.2, wherein n is 1, 2 or 3, and novel intermediates of the formula CF.sub.2 ClCFCl(CF.sub.2).sub.n CH.sub.2 OCF.dbd.CF.sub.2 wherein n is 1, 2 or 3. Also disclosed is a fluoropolymer containing cyclic units when the monomer wherein n is 1 is free radically polymerized. The polymer is particularly useful in for coatings and encapsulants.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1993Date of Patent: July 5, 1994Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Andrew E. Feiring, Bruce E. Smart, Zhen-Yu Yang
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Patent number: 5313003Abstract: A 2-allyl-perfluoroalkyl-trifluorovinyl ether of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1.sub.F and R.sup.2.sub.F represent either --CF.sub.3 or, together, (CF.sub.2).sub.n where n=2 or 3.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1993Date of Patent: May 17, 1994Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ralf Kruger, Michael Negele, Albrecht Marhold
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Patent number: 5268511Abstract: A two step process, each of the steps being novel, for the production of trifluorovinyl ethers by reaction of a siloxane with selected acyl fluorides or carboxylic anhydrides, is disclosed. Also disclosed is a novel silyl ester intermediate.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1992Date of Patent: December 7, 1993Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: William B. Farnham
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Patent number: 5260492Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel monomers of the formula CF.sub.2 .dbd.CF(CF.sub.2).sub.n CH.sub.2 OCF.dbd.CF.sub.2, wherein n is 1, 2 or 3, and novel intermediates of the formula CF.sub.2 ClCFCl(CF.sub.2).sub.n CH.sub.2 OCF.dbd.CF.sub.2 wherein n is 1, 2 or 3. Also disclosed is a fluoropolymer containing cyclic units when the monomer wherein n is 1 is free radically polymerized. The polymer is particularly useful in for coatings and encapsulants.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1992Date of Patent: November 9, 1993Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Andrew E. Feiring, Bruce E. Smart, Zhen-Yu Yang
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Patent number: 5214214Abstract: There is provided a novel perfluorochemical represented by the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.F is a perfluoroalkyl group, a perfluoro alkoxyalkyl group or a perfluoroalkyloxy group, X and X' are same as or different from each other and are a fluorine atom or a perfluoroalkyl group, and Y is a perfluoroalkyloxy group or a perfluoro dialkylamino group, the total number of the carbon atoms contained being an integer of 8 to 11 inclusive. The perfluorochemical is prepared by perfluorinating the corresponding partially fluorinated compound which may have unsaturated hydrocarbon moiety, only with molecular fluorine in a stoichiometric excess amount in an inert solvent.The perfluorochemical is used for preparing a stable emulsion as blood substitutes or perfusion media.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1992Date of Patent: May 25, 1993Assignee: The Green Cross CorporationInventors: Kirby V. Scherer, Jr., Kouichi Yamanouchi, Kazumasa Yokoyama, Kimie Naito
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Patent number: 5155253Abstract: A process for the transvinylation of a vinyl derivative of a Bronsted acid with a different Bronsted acid which comprises providing a liquid phase mixture containing said vinyl derivative and said Bronsted acid in the presence of a ruthenium compound at a temperature at which transvinylation occurs and recovering as a product of transvinylation the vinyl derivative of the different Bronsted acid. The process is most favorably employed using carboxylic acids to make vinyl esters of carboxylic acids.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1991Date of Patent: October 13, 1992Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventor: Rex E. Murray
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Patent number: 5087775Abstract: A process for the preparation of partially fluorinated alcohols starting from halogen-containing alkenes, and 2,2,3,3,4,4-hexafluorocyclopentanol as a new partially fluorinated alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1990Date of Patent: February 11, 1992Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Karl-Rudolf Gassen, Dietmar Bielefeldt, Michael Negele, Heinz Ziemann
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Patent number: 5017718Abstract: A process for preparing a perfluoroalkyl-substituted compound is disclosed. The process comprises reacting a halopolyfluoroalkane having 1 to 20 carbon atoms with a compound selected from the group consisting of (1) a substituted or unsubstituted ethylene, (2) a substituted or unsubstituted acetylene and (3) a substituted or unsubstituted allylsilane, in the presence of a metal-carbonyl complex of the metal of the Group VIII of the Periodic Table. Alternatively, the reaction between the halopolyfluoroalkane and the substituted or unsubstituted allylsilane is effected under radical generating condition.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1984Date of Patent: May 21, 1991Assignee: Sagami Chemical Research CenterInventors: Iwao Ojima, Takamasa Fuchikami
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Patent number: 5001278Abstract: A fluorovinyl ether of the formula:XCH.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 --(OCH.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2).sub.m --(OCFYCF.sub.2).sub.n --OCF.dbd.CF.sub.2 (I)wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom (e.g. fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine); Y is a fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group; m is an integer of 0 to 5; and n is 0, 1 or 2, which can modify a polymer of at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1988Date of Patent: March 19, 1991Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Oka, Yuji Yutani, Masayasu Tomoda, Mitsuru Kishine, Tetsuo Shimizu
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Patent number: 4996371Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for replacing a carboxylic acid group with a fluorine group in a halogenated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having the formula, R-COOH, to prepare a fluorinated product having the formula, R-F, wherein R is a halogenated aliphatic group including straight- and branched-chain aliphatic groups selected from the group consisting of halogenated aliphatic and alkoxy-substituted halogenated aliphatic groups, wherein the method comprises the steps of (a) reacting the halogenated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound with bromine trifluoride, and (b) recovering the fluorinated product.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1990Date of Patent: February 26, 1991Assignee: BOC, Inc.Inventors: Donald F. Halpern, Mark L. Robin
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Patent number: 4987267Abstract: An oligohexafluoropropylene oxide compound having the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein n represents an integer of 2 to 5. The compound is useful for preparing a polymer having good thermal resistance, chemical stability, non-adhesion properties, water and oil repellencies, and flexibility, when copolymerized if other monomers.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1990Date of Patent: January 22, 1991Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Takaoka, Noriyuki Koike, Hideki Fujii
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Patent number: 4967022Abstract: Processes for the preparation of perfluoroalkyl substituted allenes and novel bis-allenyl substituted perfluoroalkanes are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1989Date of Patent: October 30, 1990Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Ming-Hong Hung
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Patent number: 4947006Abstract: Preparing fluorinated conjugated olefinic products having, among others, the formulae:R.sub.x O--(CF.dbd.CF).sub.m --F (A)R.sub.x O--(CF.dbd.CF).sub.m --OR.sub.x (B)F--(CF.dbd.CF).sub.m --F (C), andR.sub.y --(CF.dbd.CF).sub.m --F (D)wherein:R.sub.x and R.sub.y represent, among others, a perhalogenated alkyl radical containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the case of R.sub.x and from 1 to 9 carbon atoms in the case of R.sub.y, andm is a numeral in the range of from 2 to 10.These olefinic products are obtained by reacting telomeric products having, among others, the formulae:R.sub.x O--(CFCl--CFCl).sub.m --FR.sub.x O--(CFCl--CFCl).sub.m --OR.sub.xF--(CFCl--CFCl).sub.m --F, andR.sub.y --(CFCl--CFCl).sub.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1989Date of Patent: August 7, 1990Assignee: AUSIMONT S.r.l.Inventors: Antonio Marraccini, Antonio Pasquale, Tiziana Fiorani
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Patent number: 4937391Abstract: Preparing perfluoro-(2-bromoethyl-vinyl-ether)CBrF.sub.2 --CF.sub.2 --O--CF.dbd.CF.sub.2by the dechlorination of 2-bromo-1',2'-dichloro-perfluorodiethyl-etherCBrF.sub.2 --CF.sub.2 --O--CClF--CClF.sub.2in the presence of copper and a solvent constituted by an aliphatic amide of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are either H or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.2)-alkyl groups andR.sub.3 is a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.2)-alkyl group,at temperatures within the range of from 100.degree. up to 160.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1989Date of Patent: June 26, 1990Assignee: Ausimont S.r.l.Inventor: Claudio Gervasutti
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Patent number: 4902835Abstract: New chemical reactions of 1,1,2-trifluoro-1,3-butadiene provide simple access to a series of new fluorinated alkene derivatives. These derivatives provide a simple, general methodology for the stereocontrolled preparation of 2-fluoro-2-alkenoate esters and related monofluoroalkene derivatives which include fluoro analogs of known insecticides, pheromones or pharmaceuticals. A new method for the preparation of 1,1,2-trifluoro-1,3-butadiene is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1988Date of Patent: February 20, 1990Assignee: The University of RochesterInventors: Andrew S. Kende, Noritada Matsuo
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Patent number: 4772756Abstract: A process for the preparation of fluoroalkyl ethers of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: Y is Br or F;X is F, Cl or Br or their mixtures when n is equal to or higher than 2;n is within the range of from 0 to 4;R.sub.f represents a perfluoroalkylene radical containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms.The process is characterized in that a fluoroalkoxy perfluoroacyl fluoride of the formula: ##STR2## is slowly heated with a salifying agent and a solvent, in the presence of a catalytic amount of N,N-dimethylformamide, with an end temperature within the range of from 60.degree. to 150.degree. C. being reached.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1987Date of Patent: September 20, 1988Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.Inventors: Giorgio Bornengo, Michele Pontevivo, Antonio Marraccini, Silvana Modena
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Patent number: 4686024Abstract: The present invention relates to novel perfluoro chemicals (PFC), particularly perfluorocyclic ethers and polyfluorinated compounds containing a few chlorine atoms and to a method for the preparation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1985Date of Patent: August 11, 1987Assignee: The Green Cross CorporationInventors: Kirby V. Scherer, Jr., Taizo Ono, Kouichi Yamanouchi, Kazumasa Yokoyama
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Patent number: 4532366Abstract: New perfluorinated vinyl ethers containing a secondary hydrogen atom in the molecule of the formula I ##STR1## in which n is 0-5, preferably 0-3 and particularly 0-2, are useful intermediate products (particularly for the preparation of polymeric intermediates and of perfluorinated cation exchangers containing carboxyl groups) and are prepared by(a) reacting 3-H-perfluorobutyryl fluoride IIFOC--CF.sub.2 --CHF--CF.sub.3 (II)with hexafluoropropene epoxide III ##STR2## to give the acid fluoride IV ##STR3## in which n has the same meaning as in formula I, (b) pyrolyzing the acid fluoride IV, as such or after conversion into the corresponding alkali metal carboxylate, at elevated temperature and(c) isolating the vinyl ether I formed in the pyrolysis.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 1983Date of Patent: July 30, 1985Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gunter Siegemund, Werner Schwertfeger
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Patent number: 4515989Abstract: Compounds represented by the general formulas ##STR1## are prepared by reacting halofluoropropylene oxides with fluorinated acid fluorides and ketones.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1980Date of Patent: May 7, 1985Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Bobby R. Ezzell, William P. Carl, William A. Mod
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Patent number: 4433180Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of 2-alkenyl 1,1,2-trifluoro-2-halogenoethyl ethers by reacting optionally substituted allyl alcohols with fluoroolefins in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide as catalyst, in which the reaction is carried out by intimately mixing the reactants with an N,N-dialkylcarboxylic acid amide. The said ethers are suitable as intermediate products for the preparation of addition products by the addition of alcohols, primary or secondary amines or R.sub.3 SiH compounds, and are also suitable as comonomers for fluorine-containing copolymers.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1982Date of Patent: February 21, 1984Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventor: Konrad von Werner
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Patent number: 4423249Abstract: Alkyl or aryl 1,1-difluoroalkyl ethers, e.g., 1,1,2-trifluoro-2-chloro-2-iodoethyl phenyl ether, are prepared by reacting an alkoxide or phenoxide with a 1,1-difluoro-1,2-dihaloethane (with the proviso that halo is not fluoro and at least one of the halo substituents is bromo or iodo) in an organic solvent at temperatures ranging from about -30.degree. C. to about 100.degree. C. These compounds may be dehalogenated with zinc to form the corresponding vinyl ethers.The reaction of halogen derivatives of fluorocarbons with nucleophiles is dramatically facilitated by a bromo or iodo substituent in the beta position.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1981Date of Patent: December 27, 1983Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: William P. Carl, Bobby R. Ezzell
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Patent number: 4396782Abstract: A process for producing .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated alkenyl ethers by cleavage of acetals in the gas phase and in the presence of a catalyst, the catalyst used being calcium oxide, the acetal cleavage being performed in the temperature range of 200.degree. to 300.degree. C. and the process being carried out preferably in a simple distilling apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 1982Date of Patent: August 2, 1983Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Sameer H. Eldin, Milos Rusek
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Patent number: 4385185Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are equal or different alkyl-, alkoxyalkyl-, or aryl groups, or together form a ring; R.sub.3 is an allyl or benzyl radical; and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represent hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl or further compounds of the formula II: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 have the meaning indicated above and R.sub.6 stands for hydrogen or methyl or to compounds which are modified by the addition of hydrogen to at least one olefinic or carbonylic double bond of compounds of the general formula I or II. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the new compounds. The compounds of the general formula II are obtained by thermal treatment of a selection of compounds of formula I, for which R.sub.3 stands for the allyl or methallyl radical. The compounds according to the invention are used as fragrant and flavoring substances.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1981Date of Patent: May 24, 1983Assignee: Consortium fur Elektrochemische Industrie GmbHInventors: Helmut Gebauer, Walter Hafner
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Patent number: 4340750Abstract: A fluorovinyl ether having the formulaXRfCF.sub.2 OCF.dbd.CF.sub.2 (I)wherein X represents --H, --Cl, --Br, --F, --CO.sub.2 R, --CONRR', --SO.sub.2 F, ##STR1## or --COF and R represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group; R' represents --H or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group; Rf represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 bifunctional perfluoro-containing group is produced by reacting an iodine-containing ether having the formulaXRfCF.sub.2 OCF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 I (II)in the presence of a catalytic component selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cu, Zn, Zn-Cu, Zn-Cd, Zn-Pd, Zn-Hg, Sn, Sb, organomagnesium compounds and organolithium compounds.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1980Date of Patent: July 20, 1982Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Yamabe, Seisaku Kumai, Seiji Munekata
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Patent number: 4297366Abstract: 2,2-Dimethyl-3-(2-fluoroalkyl-2-oxy-vinyl)-cyclopropane-carboxylic acid esters of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is fluoroalkyl,R.sup.2 is an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl radical, andR.sup.3 is a radical customary in the alcohol component of pyrethroidswhich possess arthropodicidal properties. New intermediates therefor are also shown.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1980Date of Patent: October 27, 1981Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rainer Fuchs, Ingeborg Hammann, Bernhard Homeyer, Wolfgang Behrenz, Wilhelm Stendel
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Patent number: 4292449Abstract: The reaction of a polyfluorocarbonyl compound such as a polyfluoroketone or polyfluorocarboxylic acid fluoride with fluoride ion and a polyfluoroallyl chloride, bromide or fluorosulfate produces a polyfluoroallyloxy compound, e.g., CF.sub.2 .dbd.CFCF.sub.2 OCF.sub.2 CF.sub.3. The polyfluoroallyloxy compounds copolymerize with ethylenically unsaturated monomers such as tetrafluoroethylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene or vinylidene fluoride to form polymers which are moldable, and in some cases electrically conducting or are water-wettable and dyeable.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1980Date of Patent: September 29, 1981Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Carl G. Krespan
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Patent number: 4275225Abstract: The reaction of a polyfluorocarbonyl compound such as a polyfluoroketone or polyfluorocarboxylic acid fluoride with fluoride ion and a polyfluoroallyl chloride, bromide or fluorosulfate produces a polyfluoroallyloxy carboxylic acid or ester, e.g., CF.sub.2 .dbd.CFCF.sub.2 OCF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 COOH. The polyfluoroallyloxy compounds copolymerize with ethylenically unsaturated monomers such as tetrafluoroethylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene or vinylidene fluoride to form polymers which are moldable, and in some cases electrically conducting or are water-wettable and dyeable.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1980Date of Patent: June 23, 1981Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Carl G. Krespan
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Patent number: 4275226Abstract: A fluorovinyl ether having the formulaXRfCF.sub.2 OCF.dbd.CF.sub.2 (I)wherein X represents --H, --Cl, --Br, --F, --CO.sub.2 R, --CONRR', --SO.sub.2 F, ##STR1## or --COF and R represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group; R' represents --H or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group; Rf represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 bifunctional perfluoro-containing group is produced by reacting an iodine-containing ether having the formulaXRfCF.sub.2 OCF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 I (II)in the presence of a catalytic component selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cu, Zn, Zn-Cu, Zn-Cd, Zn-Pd, Zn-Hg, Sn, Sb, organomagnesium compounds and organolithium compounds.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 1979Date of Patent: June 23, 1981Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Yamabe, Seisaku Kumai, Seiji Munekata
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Patent number: 4149018Abstract: A process for the manufacture of the anaesthetic compound CHF.sub.2 --O--CHF--CHF.sub.2 which comprises the reduction of a mono, di- or tri-chlorinated or brominated derivative of the above compound, or the replacement by fluorine of one or more hydrogen, chlorine or bromine atoms in a less-fluorinated derivative of the above compound.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1978Date of Patent: April 10, 1979Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: William Bell, Keith Pearson, Richard W. Rendell
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Patent number: 4126631Abstract: Novel .beta.-carbonylpolyfluoroalkyl sulfonate esters, e.g., ##STR1## are prepared by reacting SO.sub.3 with the corresponding acyclic fluorovinyl esters, e.g., CF.sub.3 CF.dbd.CFOCH.sub.3, at a temperature of about -40.degree. to 110.degree. C. These esters are useful as very active cationic initiators, e.g., for the polymerization of tetrahydrofuran.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 1977Date of Patent: November 21, 1978Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Carl G. Krespan, Bruce E. Smart