Antimony fluoride catalysts

At 225—275°C, bromination of the vapor yields bromochloromethanes CCl Br, CCl2Br2, and CClBr. Chloroform reacts with aluminum bromide to form bromoform, CHBr. Chloroform cannot be direcdy fluorinated with elementary flourine fluoroform, CHF, is produced from chloroform by reaction with hydrogen fluoride in the presence of a metallic fluoride catalyst (8). It is also a coproduct of monochlorodifluoromethane from the HF—CHCl reaction over antimony chlorofluoride. Iodine gives a characteristic purple solution in chloroform but does not react even at the boiling point. Iodoform, CHI, may be produced from chloroform by reaction with ethyl iodide in the presence of aluminum chloride however, this is not the route normally used for its preparation. 

It must be concluded, therefore, that fluorophosphines are strongly reducing, a fact which was confirmed in further attempts at their preparation, using different reagents in the fluorination of chlorophosphines. There was either no reaction at all under the experimental conditions—e.g., with alkali fluorides in benzene as a solvent—or the trivalent phosphorus in the starting chlorophosphine was readily converted to the quinquevalent state—e.g., when phenyldichlorophosphine reacted with sodium fluoride in the presence of an antimony trioxide catalyst in a polar solvent such as acetonitrile to give phenylphosphonic difluoride. Recent Russian work showed that phenyldichlorophosphine was converted into phenyltetrafluoro-phosphorane, C6H5PF4, when it reacted with antimony trifluoride (34),... 

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are manufactured by reacting hydrogen fluoride and carbon tetrachloride in the presence of a partially fluorinated antimony pentachloride catalyst in a continuous, liquid-phase process. 

In the process (Fig. 1), anhydrous hydrogen fluoride and carbon tetrachloride (or chloroform) are bubbled through molten antimony pentachloride catalyst in a steam-jacketed atmospheric pressure reactor at 65 to 95°C. The gaseous mixture of fluorocarbon and unreacted chlorocarbon is distilled to separate and recycle the chlorocarbon to the reaction. Waste hydrogen chloride is recycled by use of water absorption and the last traces of hydrogen chloride and chlorine are removed in a caustic scrubbing tower. 

The first step is set up to produce hydrogen fluoride and the second yields trichlo-romethane (chloroform). Chloroform is then partially fluorinated with hydrogen fluoride to chlorodifluoromethane using antimony fluoride as catalyst in the third step. Finally, in the fourth step, chlorodifluoromethane is subjected to pyrolysis in which it is converted to tetrafluoroethylene. The pyrolysis is a noncatalytic gas-phase process carried out in a flow reactor at atmospheric or subatmospheric pressure and at temperatures 590 to 900°C (1094 to 1652°F) with yields as high as 95%. This last step is often conducted at the manufacturing site for PTFE because of the difficulty of handling the monomer.9... 

Derivation Reaction of chloroform with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride with antimony chloride catalyst. 

Derivation (1) Reaction of carbon tetrachloride and anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, in the presence of an antimony halide catalyst (2) high-temperature chlorination of vinyhdene fluoride (vinyhdene fluorides made by addition of hydrogen fluoride to acetylene). Grade 99.9% min purity. 

Antimony fluoride Antimony (V) fluoride Antimony fluoride (SbFs) Antimony pentafiuoride Antimony(V) fluoride Antimony(V) pentafiuoride EINECS 232-021-8 HSDB 442 Pentafluoroanlimony UN1732. Catalyst and/or source of fluorine in fluorination reactions. 

Other catalysts which may be used in the Friedel - Crafts alkylation reaction include ferric chloride, antimony pentachloride, zirconium tetrachloride, boron trifluoride, zinc chloride and hydrogen fluoride but these are generally not so effective in academic laboratories. The alkylating agents include alkyl halides, alcohols and olefines. 

Organic fluorine compounds were first prepared in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Pioneer work by the Belgian chemist, F. Swarts, led to observations that antimony(Ill) fluoride reacts with organic compounds having activated carbon—chlorine bonds to form the corresponding carbon—fluorine bonds. Preparation of fluorinated compounds was faciUtated by fluorinations with antimony(Ill) fluoride containing antimony(V) haUdes as a reaction catalyst. 

In the presence of catalysts, trichloroethylene is readily chlorinated to pentachloro- and hexachloroethane. Bromination yields l,2-dibromo-l,l,2-trichloroethane [13749-38-7]. The analogous iodine derivative has not been reported. Fluorination with hydrogen fluoride in the presence of antimony trifluoride produces 2-chloro-l,l,l-trifluoroethane [75-88-7] (8). Elemental fluorine gives a mixture of chlorofluoro derivatives of ethane, ethylene, and butane. 

Grown Ethers. Ethylene oxide forms cycHc oligomers (crown ethers) in the presence of fluorinated Lewis acids such as boron tritiuoride, phosphoms pentafluoride, or antimony pentafluoride. Hydrogen fluoride is the preferred catalyst (47). The presence of BF , PF , or SbF salts of alkah, alkaline earth, or transition metals directs the oligomerization to the cycHc tetramer, 1,4,7,10-tetraoxacyclododecane [294-93-9] (12-crown-4), pentamer, 1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacyclopentadecane [33100-27-6] (15-crown-6), andhexamer, 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaoxacyclooctadecane [17455-13-9]... 

Although antimony pentafluonde can fluorinate l,l,2-tnchloro-l,2,2-trifluo-roethane to chloropentafluoroethane, this route is not used industnally because antimony pentafluonde and hydrogen fluoride are too corrosive. Both dichloro-tetrafluoroethane and chloropentafluoroethane are produced by vapor-phase fluor-ination of tetrachloroethene with proprietary chromia catalysts at 300 to 500 °C (equation 1). 

In the onginal route to isoflurane, the methyl ether of tnfluoroethanol is made with dimethyl sulfate [.S] followed by careful chlorination of the methyl group to make the dichloromethyl ether. This ether is fluorinated with hydrogen fluoride and an antimony catalyst and the final step is monochlorination of the a carbon of the ethyl group [S] (equation 2)... 

Carbon tetrachloride is used to produce chlorofluorocarbons by the reaction with hydrogen fluoride using an antimony pentachloride (SbCls) catalyst ... 

The role of Lewis acids in the formation of oxazoles from diazocarbonyl compounds and nitriles has primarily been studied independently by two groups. Doyle et al. first reported the use of aluminium(III) chloride as a catalyst for the decomposition of diazoketones.<78TL2247> In a more detailed study, a range of Lewis acids was screened for catalytic activity, using diazoacetophenone la and acetonitrile as the test reaction.<80JOC3657> Of the catalysts employed, boron trifluoride etherate was found to be the catalyst of choice, due to the low yield of the 1-halogenated side-product 17 (X = Cl or F) compared to 2-methyI-5-phenyloxazole 18. Unfortunately, it was found that in the case of boron trifluoride etherate, the nitrile had to be used in a ten-fold excess, however the use of antimony(V) fluoride allowed the use of the nitrile in only a three fold excess (Table 1). 

Kinetically controlled conditions favor the formation of mixed fluorinated compounds if per-halo derivatives are fluorinated with hydrogen fluoride. Therefore, catalysts or coreagents are used to overcome this problem. Thus, selective fluorination of l,3-bis(trichloromethyl)benzene cannot be achieved by hydrogen fluoride using variations in temperature, pressure or time.247 However, if antimony(V) fluoride is added to hydrogen fluoride the reaction produces l-(tri-chloromethyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzene. Selective fluorination can also be performed in compounds with different substitution patterns.247,251 253... 

Aluminum trichloride and boron trifluoride as additives have a similar effect on the fluorination of (trichloromethyl)benzene by antimony(III) fluoride. With the additives, the reaction starts even at O C but no exchange is observed in the absence of the catalysts.12 The relative exchange reactivity order of the antimony halides is as follows antimony(III) fluoride < anti-mony(III) fluoride + antimony/V) chloride < antimony(V) dichlorotrifluoride, antimony/V) di-bromotrifluoride < antimony/V) fluoride.3... 

Replacement of Halogens by Fluorine with Antimony(IIl) Fluoride 12.1.1. In the Absence of Catalysts... 

In contrast to aryl trichloromethyl ethers (see Section 12.1.2.), the replacement of chlorine atoms by fluorine in aryl trichloromethyl sulfides using antimony(III) fluoride (or hydrogen fluoride) proceeds under milder conditions, without a catalyst. Various substituents in the aromatic ring have little effect on the halogen exchange. The yields of aryl trifluoromethyl sulfides are 60 to 90% (see Table 1). 

The chlorine atoms in 2,2-dichloro-l,3-benzodioxole and its derivatives are replaced upon treatment with antimony(III) fluoride more readily than those in aryl trichloromethyl ethers, which exchange only in the presence of the catalyst antimOny(V) chloride. 

Trichloromethyl)benzene and its derivatives are easily fluorinated with antimony(III) fluoride however, with a trifluorosilyl group in the 2-position, the use of antimony(V) chloride catalyst is required. Trifluoro[2-(trifiuoromethyl)phenyl]silane (6) can be prepared by this procedure in 87% yield.80... 

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