Patent ID: 8263817
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: B01J,C07C

Abstract:
1. A process for the manufacture of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene comprising: (a) contacting 1,1,1,2,tetrafluoro-2-chloropropane with a catalyst comprised of chromium (III) oxide, and at least 1% of an alkali metal, to produce a product mixture comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; and (b) recovering said 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene from the product mixture produced in (a); wherein said product mixture comprises less than 15 parts per hundred of 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene; wherein said catalyst comprises at least 1 percent by weight potassium.