1,2,3,3,3-Pentafluoropropene is the unsaturated

fluorocarbon Fluorocarbons are chemical compounds with carbon-fluorine bonds. Compounds that contain many C-F bonds often have distinctive properties, e.g., enhanced stability, volatility, and hydrophobicity. Several fluorocarbons and their derivatives are ...

with the formula HFC=C(F)CF. This colorless gas is of interest as a precursor to

hydrofluoroolefin Hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs) are Saturated and unsaturated compounds, unsaturated organic compounds composed of hydrogen, fluorine and carbon. These organofluorine compounds are of interest as refrigerants. Unlike traditional hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs ...

s (HFOs), which are used as

refrigerant A refrigerant is a working fluid used in the cooling, heating, or reverse cooling/heating cycles of air conditioning systems and heat pumps, where they undergo a repeated phase transition from a liquid to a gas and back again. Refrigerants are ...

s in air conditioners. Of the methods reported for its synthesis, one route involves

dehydrofluorination In chemistry, dehydrohalogenation is an elimination reaction which removes a hydrogen halide from a substrate. The reaction is usually associated with the synthesis of alkenes, but it has wider applications. Dehydrohalogenation from alkyl hali ...

of 1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane.Nappa, Mario Joseph; Rao, Velliyur Nott Mallikarjuna "Dehydrofluorination and hydrogenation process and catalysts for the manufacture of 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane from 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane" PCT Int. Appl. (1994), WO 9427940 A1 19941208. The compound exists as a mixture of E- and Z-isomers.

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