Patent ID: 8044250

Claim:
A process for producing hydrofluorocarbons represented by the following formula I: CF 3 CHFCH m+1 F n wherein m is 0 or 2; n is 0 or 2; and m+n=2, comprising: contacting hydrogen with a compound represented by the following formula II: CF 3 CF═CH m F n wherein m is 0 or 2; n is 0 or 2; and m+n=2 in the presence of a metal catalyst selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Cr, Ru, Rh, Ag, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Sn, and any combination thereof, and wherein m and n of the compound of formula II and hydrofluorocarbon of formula I have a same value.