PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF FLUORINE-CONTAINING KETONES

摘要

of the disclosure: Perfluorocarboxylic acid salts of a monovalent metal are reacted with perfluorocarboxylic acid fluorides in aprotic polar solvents. Perfluoroketones are obtained. The salt of the perfluorocarboxylic acid can be replaced by alkali metal salts of formic acid, oxalic acid or of oxygencontaining mineral acids, the central atom of which is an clement of the groups IIIA to VIIA of the periodic table and which mineral acid is weaker than trifluoroacetic acid. The same result is obtained if the anhydride of the perfluorocarboxylic acid is contacted with an alkali metal fluoride. The synthesized perfluoroketones are liquids of high chemical and thermal stability.