Supported organic layer catalysts for room temperature catalytic fluorination

6 Supported organic layer catalysts for room temperature catalytic fluorination 

The catalytic reactions described so far in this section occur at temperatures 523 K, and the fundamental results obtained originate from examinations prompted by the industrial relevance of the products or reactants. At moderately high temperatures interactions between organic feedstocks and catalyst surfaces are expected to be weak. Conventional wisdom suggests that were the interactions to be significant, rapid deactivation via coking of the catalyst would result. It is worth noting however, that under certain circumstances, the formation of hydrocarbonaceous overlayers on supported metal catalysts can be beneficial and coke-pre-cursors can lead to increased activity or selectivity [49]. 

Although supported organic layer catalysts are unlikely to have commercial value they do demonstrate the importance of surface fluorination and have yielded information of value to understanding the factors that may be responsible for unwanted olefin formation in the reactions described earlier in this section. 

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