Patent ID: 8722945

Claim:
A process for the preparation of a fluoroiodoalkane represented by the structural formula CF 3 (CF 2 ) n —I wherein n is 0 or 1, consisting essentially of: reacting a source of iodine with a compound represented by the structural formula CF 3 (CF 2 ) n —Y wherein Y is selected from H, Cl, Br and COOH and wherein n is 0 or 1, wherein the reaction is carried out at a temperature and at a pressure and for a contact time in the presence a catalyst sufficient to prepare the fluoroiodoalkane, and wherein the catalyst is subject to one or both of the following steps: a) treating the catalyst prior to the reaction via contact with a gas selected from the group consisting of hydrogen fluoride, trifluoromethane, hydrogen, hydrogen iodide, iodine, and fluorine, at a temperature and for a contact time sufficient to reduce the length of the induction period of the catalyst; and b) treating the catalyst after the reaction via contact with a gas selected from the group consisting of hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen, and fluorine, at a temperature and for a contact time sufficient to regenerate the catalyst.