1311436 Vinyl fluoride DYNAMIT NOBEL AG 3 March 1971 5954/71 Heading C2C Vinyl fluoride is prepared by vapour-phase reaction of acetylene and hydrogen fluoride using as catalyst a mercury salt supported on activated carbon, the catalyst having a moisture content of not more than 0À05% by wt., the acetylene having a moisture content of not more than 100 mg./Nm<SP>3</SP> and the hydrogen fluoride having a moisture content of not more than 100 mg./kg.