Oxidation of polyhalogeno-compounds. Part I. Photochemical oxidation of certain fluoroalkanes

WC Francis, RN Haszeldine

Index: Francis; Haszeldine Journal of the Chemical Society, 1955 , p. 2151,2157,2161,2163

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Citation Number: 13

Abstract

Photochemical vapour-phase oxidation of compounds of the type CF,-[CFJ,* CFYX (X or Y= H, F, C1, Br, or I) is surprisingly easy. The compounds CHF,, CF, CI, CF, Br, CF, ClBr, CF, Br,, and CFJ are degraded to carbonyl fluoride, carbon dioxide, and, by attack on the reaction