Inventors:
Michael Van De Puy - Cheektowaga NY
Louis G. Anello - Hamburg NY
Martin A. Robinson - East Amherst NY
Assignee:
Allied Corporation - Morris Township, Morris County NJ
International Classification:
C07C 4556
Abstract:
The production of hexafluoroacetone by liquid phase reaction, at elevated temperatures, from hexafluorothioacetone dimer in an aprotic solvent containing an effective amount of an alkali metal fluoride with at least about a stoichiometric amount of an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of HgO, Ag. sub. 2 O, Cu. sub. 2 O, CuO, P. sub. 2 O. sub. 5, MIO. sub. 3 and MIO. sub. 4 wherein M is an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal. HgO and MIO. sub. 3 are the preferred oxidizing agents; KIO. sub. 3 is most preferred.