Inventors:
Charles Swain - Williamsville NY, US
Stephen Cottrell - Baton Rouge LA, US
Clifford Riegel - Baton Rouge LA, US
Curtis Brescher - Baton Rouge LA, US
International Classification:
C07C017/093
Abstract:
A process for producing a fluorinated organic compound comprising: (a) reacting an organic starting material with a fluorination agent in the presence of a liquid fluorination catalyst under conditions which are effective to vaporize one or more chlorinated organic by-products and to produce a gaseous product stream containing said fluorinated organic compound and said one or more chlorinated organic by-products; and (b) recovering said fluorinated organic compound from said product stream, and a system for performing the aforementioned process and recovering the chlorinated by-product.