PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 1,1,1,3,3-PENTAFLUOROPROPANE AND 1,1,1,3,3,3-HEXAFLUOROPROPANE

摘要

A process for the manufacture of CF3CH2CHF2 and CF3CH2CF3 is disclosed. The process involves (a) reacting HF and at least one halopropene of the formula CX3CCl=CClX (where each X is independently F or Cl) to produce a product including both CF3CCl=CF2 and CF3CHClCF3; (b) reacting CF3CCl=CF2 and CF3CHClCF3 produced in (a) with hydrogen to produce a product including both CF3CH2CHF2 and CF3CH2CF3; and (c) recovering CF3CH2CHF2 and CF3CH2CF3 from the product produced in (b). In (a), the CF3CCl=CF2 and CF3CHClCF3 are produced in the presence of a fluorination catalyst including a ZnCr2O4/crystalline .alpha.-chromium oxide composition, a ZnCr2O4/crystalline .alpha.-chromium oxide composition which has been treated with a fluorinating agent, a zinc halide/.alpha.-chromium oxide composition and/or a zinc halide/.alpha.-chromium oxide composition which has been treated with a fluorinating agent.