Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for modifying the fluorine distribution in a hydrocarbon compound in the presence of a catalyst, characterized by the use, as catalyst, of a solid composition comprising at least one component containing chromium oxyfluoride or fluoride of empirical formula CrxM(1-x)OrFs, where 2r+s is greater than or equal to 2.9 and less than 6, M is a metal chosen from columns 2 to 12 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, x has a value from 0.9 to 1, s is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 6 and r is greater than or equal to 0 and less than 3, the said solid composition having a crystallinity of less than 20% by weight. The present invention also relates to the solid composition per se.
Abstract:
A composition including the compound HFO-1234yf and at least one other, additional, compound selected from HCFC-240db, HCFO-1233xf, HCFC-243db, HCFO-1233zd, HCC-40, HCFC-114a, HCFC-115, HCFC-122, HCFC-23, HCFC-124, HCFC-124a, HFC-125, HCFC-133a, HCFC-142, HCFC-143, HFC-52a, HCFC-243ab, HCFC-244eb, HFC-281ea, HCO-1110, HCFO-1111, HCFO-1113, HCFO-1223xd, and HCFO-1224xe. A composition including the compound HFO-1234yf and at least two compounds selected from HFO-1234ze, HFC-245cb, HFC-134a, HCFC-115, HFC-152a, HCC-40 and HFO-1243zf.
Abstract:
Quasi-azeotropic or azeotropic compositions containing chloromethane and at least one or more compound(s) selected from 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane, E/Z-1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, E/Z-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, 1,1-difluoroethane and E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. The composition may include either from 0.5 to 70 mol % of chloromethane and at least from 99.5 to 30 mol % of a compound selected from 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1-difluoroethane, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, or from 55 to 95 mol % of chloromethane and at least from 45 to 5 mol % of one or more compound(s) selected from 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane, E/Z-1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, E/Z-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene and E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene comprising: a fluoridation reaction of a halopropane and/or halopropene into 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene by means of hydrogen fluoride; the recovery of a gas stream resulting from the reaction; the cooling and partial condensation of the gas stream resulting from the reaction into a partially condensed stream; the separation of the partially condensed stream into a gas fraction and a liquid fraction; the compression of the gas fraction into a compressed gas fraction; the compression of the liquid fraction into a compressed liquid fraction; the distillation of the compressed gas fraction and compressed liquid fraction in order to provide a stream of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, a stream of hydrochloric acid, and a stream of unreacted hydrogen fluoride. The invention also concerns an installation suitable for implementing said method.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a fluorination process, alternately comprising reaction stages and regeneration stages, wherein the reaction stages comprise reacting a chlorinated compound with hydrogen fluoride in gas phase in the presence of a fluorination catalyst to produce a fluorinated compound, and the regeneration stages comprise contacting the fluorination catalyst with an oxidizing agent-containing gas flow.
Abstract:
An azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition including hydrogen fluoride, E-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-chloropropene and optionally one or more (hydro)halogen-carbon compounds including between 1 and 3 carbon atoms. Also, a preferred azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition including hydrogen fluoride, E-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-chloropropene, and optionally one or more compounds selected from among 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-chloropropene, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, trifluoropropyne, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropene, 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropene and 2-chloro,1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane.
Abstract:
An azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition including hydrogen fluoride, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and one or more (hydro)halogen-carbon compounds including between 1 and 3 carbon atoms. Also a azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition including hydrogen fluoride, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and one or more organic compounds selected from among 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane, E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, Z-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-chloropropene, E-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-chloropropene, trifluoropropyne, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropene, Z-1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropene and 2-chloro,1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for treating, in a reactor containing a catalytic bed, a solid catalyst, said process comprising the steps of: a) implementing, in said reactor, a gas-phase catalytic reaction at a catalytic bed temperature T1 in the presence of a hydrogen halide or giving rise to the formation of a hydrogen halide, b) causing an inert gas to flow through the catalytic bed at a catalytic bed temperature T2 that is lower than T1, the temperature T2 being greater than 30° C.
Abstract:
A composition comprises at least 99.5% by weight of an iodofluorocarbon compound A and at most 0.5% by weight of a compound B selected from water, HF, HI, IF5, I2, O2, CO2, CO and nitrogen. The iodofluorocarbon compound A is of formula (I) (R1)(R2)C(I)(R3) or of formula (II) (R1)(R2)C═C(I)(R3); in which R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another are selected from the group consisting of H, F, I, a C1-C10 alkyl radical, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl radical, a C2-C10 alkenyl radical, a C3-C10 cycloalkenyl radical, and a C6-C10 aryl radical. All radicals are optionally substituted by a fluorine or iodine atom. At least one of the substituents R1, R2 or R3, is F or is a radical as defined above comprising at least one fluorine atom. The iodofluorocarbon compound A is not CF3I.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for producing an iodofluoroalkane compound, comprising the steps of: a) placing a fluoroolefin in contact with hydrogen iodide to form a stream A comprising said iodofluoroalkane compound and unreacted hydrogen iodide, b) separating said stream A into a first stream Bi comprising said iodofluoroalkane compound and a stream B2 comprising unreacted hydrogen iodide, c) recycling stream B2 into step a)