Synthesis of fluoroolefins from olefins

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING FLUORINATED TERMINALLY UNSATURATED OLEFINS CONTAINING FROM 2 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS, INCLUSIVE, WHEREIN THE FLUORINE IS SUBSTITUTED ON OLEFINIC CARBON WHICH COMPRISES HEATING AN INTIMATELY MIXED MIXTURE COMPRISING: (1) AN ALKALI METAL FLUORIDE; (2) A TERMINALLY UNSATURATED OLEFIN OF FROM 2 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS, INCLUSIVE; (3) PALLADOUS CHLORIDE; AND (4) AN APROTIC REACTION MEDIUM COMPRISING A COMPOUND OF THE CLASS CONSISTING OF: (A) R''(NO2)N WHEREIN N IS A CARDINAL NUMBER OF FROM 1 TO 2, INCLUSIVE, AND R'' IS AN AROMATIC HYDROCARBON GROUP OF FROM 6 TO 14 CARBON ATOMS WHICH CAN BE SUBSTITUTED WITH A GROUP OF THE CLASS CONSISTING OF HALO, LOWER ALKYL, LOWER ALKYLOXY, LOWER ALKOXYCARBONYL, AND ARYLOXYCARBONYL; (B) R"(COOR"'')N WHEREIN N IS A CARDINAL NUMBER OF FROM 1 TO 2, INCLUSIVE, R" IS A HYDROCARBON GROUP FREE OF ALIPHATIC UNSATURATION OF FROM 1 THROUGH 18 CARBON ATOMS, AND R"'' IS ALKYL OF 1 THROUGH 18 CARBON ATOMS; (C) ETHERS CONSISTING OF AN ALIPHATICALLY SATURATED HYDROCARBON OF FROM 2 THROUGH 18 CARBON ATOMS INTERRUPTED BY 1 TO 4 ETHEREAL OXYGENS, INCLUSIVE,; AND (D) MIXTURES THEREOF, UNDER SUBSTANTIALLY ANHYDROUS CONDITIONS.