Production Method of Hexafluoropropylene oxide from Hexafluoropropylene and NaOCl

摘要

PURPOSE: A process for preparing hexafluoropropylene oxide from hexafluoropropylene and sodium hypochlorite is provided, thereby rapidly and selectively preparing the hexafluoropropylene oxide in higher yields. CONSTITUTION: A process for preparing hexafluoropropylene oxide from hexafluoropropylene and sodium hypochlorite comprises the steps of: (1) mixing an organic solvent with a sodium hypochlorite(NaOCl) solution; (2) adding a phase shift catalyst and an oxidation catalyst into the mixture; (3) cooling the mixture to -20 to 0 deg. C, followed by vacuum pumping it to remove air, and dissolving hexafluoropropylene(HFP) in it; (4) reacting the mixture at -20 to 0 deg. C; and (5) slowly increasing temperature of the mixture from -20-0 deg. C to 40-60 deg. C, wherein the phase shift catalyst is halogenide of quaternary ammonium salt(R-tetraammonium-X), in which R is C2-7 of alkyl and X is Cl, Br or I; and the oxidation catalyst is transition metal chloride.