Abstract:
A process for producing a fluorinated alcohol from a fluoroalkyl halide through a one-stage reaction in high yield with high selectivity without using a highly toxic compound such as a heavy metal compound, which is difficult to handle or treat. The process, which is for producing a fluorinated alcohol represented by the general formula (2): Rf(A)OH (2) (wherein Rf represents C1-10 perfluoroalkyl and A represents a C3-10, linear or branched, saturated hydrocarbon group), is characterized by reacting a fluoroalkyl halide represented by the general formula (1): Rf(A)X (1) (wherein Rf and A are the same as defined above and X represents halogeno) with an alkali metal salt of 4-hydroxybutyric acid in Ϝ-butyrolactone as a solvent.
Abstract:
By making use of potassium chloride by-product that is produced in large amounts in a production process of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol and its esters, potassium chloride suitable for use as a fertilizer is produced. Accordingly, the present invention makes it possible not only to effectively make use of the potassium chloride by-product, but also to reduce the cost in processing the waste products and prevent environmental pollution. The present invention provides a potassium chloride by-product for use as a fertilizer, the potassium chloride by-product produced in a process in which 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-chloroethane is reacted with a potassium salt of an organic carboxylic acid in the presence of polar aprotic solvent to form 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol and/or 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl ester of organic carboxylic acid, the potassium chloride by-product being characterized in that it contains organic materials in an amount of 3wt% or less.
Abstract:
The invention provides a process for the preparation of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol by reacting a Ϝ-hydroxybutyric acid salt with 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-chloroethane which brings about an increase in the yield of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol and enables easy separation of by-product salts and recovery and recycling of an aprotic polar solvent. The invention relates to a process for the preparation of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol by reacting a Ϝ-hydroxybutyric acid salt with 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-chloroethane in an aprotic polar solvent, characterized by using a Ϝ-hydroxybutyric acid salt having a 4,4’-oxydibutyric acid content of 6 wt% or below.
Abstract:
A method of separating a purified 2-fluoro-3-oxoalkylcarboxylic acid ester as a reaction product from a liquid reaction mixture obtained by fluorinating a 3-oxoalkylcarboxylic acid ester, characterized by comprising removing the hydrogen fluoride yielded as a by-product from the liquid reaction mixture and then separating the 2-fluoro-3-oxoalkylcarboxylic acid ester by distillation. Thus, a high-purity 2-fluoro-3-oxoalkylcarboxylic acid ester, which is useful as an intermediate for medicines and agricultural chemicals, can be separated from the liquid reaction mixture resulting from the fluorination of a 3-oxoalkylcarboxylic acid ester.
Abstract:
A method for producing a fluorine-containing acrylate represented by CH2=C(Rf)(COOR), characterized in that 1-bromo-1-perfluoroalkylethene represented by CH2=CBr-Rf or 1,2-dibromo-1-perfluoroalkylethene represented by CH2Br-CHBr-Rf is reacted with an alcohol represented by ROH in the presence of a palladium catalyst, carbon monoxide and two or more types of bases. The fluorine-containing acrylate is a useful compound which has found widespread application as a raw material for a medicine, a functional polymer and the like.
Abstract:
An ±-pentafluoroethyl acrylic acid derivative represented by the general formula [I]: [wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a non-substituted or substituted aromatic ring, or a straight or branched alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon(s) which may have a cyclic moiety optionally substituted with at least one substituent (halogen atom, hydroxyl group, straight or branched alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon(s) which may have a cyclic moiety, non-substituted or substituted aromatic group)].
Abstract:
A process for preparing 2-fluoro-3-oxoalkylcarboxylic acid esters by fluorinating a 3-oxoalkylcarboxylic acid ester with fluorine gas, characterized in that the concentration of the 3-oxoalkylcarboxylic acid ester in the reaction fluid is kept at 3 wt% or above; and a process for purifying 2-fluoro-3- oxoalkylcarboxylic acid esters, characterized by washing a product of fluorination of a 3-oxoalkylcarboxylic acid ester with at least thrice as much water as the substrate to thereby obtain a purified 2-fluoro-3-oxoalkylcarboxylic acid ester in a high yield. According to these processes, high-purity 2-fluoro-3-oxoalkylcarboxylic acid esters useful as intermediates for drugs or agricultural chemicals can be efficiently prepared through inhibition of by-product formation or efficient purification of products of fluorination of 3-oxoalkylcarboxylic acid esters.