US 12,404,223 B2
Method for producing alkane compound
Yuusuke Etou, Osaka (JP); and Shingo Nakamura, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,504.
Application 17/825,504 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/043536, filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-213925 (JP), filed on Nov. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289649 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. C07C 17/354 (2006.01)
CPC C07C 17/354 (2013.01) 11 Claims
 
1. A method for producing an alkane compound represented by formula (1):
R1CHX1CHX2R2  (1)
wherein X1 and X2 are the same or different and each is a fluorine atom, and R1 and R2 are the same or different and each is an alkyl group or a fluoroalkyl group; the method comprising:
(IIA) reacting, in the presence of a catalyst and a cycloalkane compound, an alkene compound and a hydrogen-containing gas to hydrogenate the alkene compound,
wherein the cycloalkane compound is represented by formula (3):

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wherein R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 are the same and each is a fluorine atom, or a fluoroalkyl group, and
wherein the alkene compound is represented by formula (2):

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wherein X1, X2, R1, and R2 are as defined above.