Process for the manufacture of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene
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1. A process for the manufacture of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene comprising:
- a) reacting 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene with hydrogen fluoride in a reactor in the vapor phase and in the presence of a fluorination catalyst and under conditions sufficient to form an intermediate product which comprises 1-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane and/or 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane; and
b) thermally decomposing the intermediate product in the presence of a catalyst which comprises one or more of alkali metal halides, alkaline earth metal halides, halogenated metal oxides, zero oxidation state metals, zinc halides, palladium halides, cerium halides, yttrium halides, aluminum halides, and activated carbon, under conditions sufficient to dehydrochlorinate 1-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane and/or to dehydrofluorinate 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, forming 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
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The invention provides an economic process for the manufacture of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234ze) by a two stage process. A vapor phase hydrofluorination of 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFC-1233zd) into 1-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane (HCFC-244fa) and/or 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa) is conducted, followed by the thermal dehydrochlorination of HCFC-244fa and dehydro fluorination of HFC-245fa into HFO-1234ze in the presence of a catalyst which comprises one or more of alkali metal halides, alkaline earth metal halides, halogenated metal oxides, zero oxidation state metals, zinc halides, palladium halides, and activated carbon.
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1. A process for the manufacture of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene comprising:
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a) reacting 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene with hydrogen fluoride in a reactor in the vapor phase and in the presence of a fluorination catalyst and under conditions sufficient to form an intermediate product which comprises 1-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane and/or 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane; and b) thermally decomposing the intermediate product in the presence of a catalyst which comprises one or more of alkali metal halides, alkaline earth metal halides, halogenated metal oxides, zero oxidation state metals, zinc halides, palladium halides, cerium halides, yttrium halides, aluminum halides, and activated carbon, under conditions sufficient to dehydrochlorinate 1-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane and/or to dehydrofluorinate 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, forming 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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