The present invention relates to a reactor suitable for liquid-phase fluorination and provided, as heating means, with at least one element fixed to the cover so as to be immersed to the bottom of the vessel, characterized in that the parts of said reactor that are liable to be in contact with the reaction medium, other than the heating element, are coated with a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer and in that the part of the heating element liable to be in contact with the reaction medium is made of silicon carbide.