Process for the preparation of esters (US Patent 5847198)

Patent number: 5847198 Granted: 1998-12-08 Filed: 1997-12-12 Inventors: Richard Dickinson Chambers (Durham, GB); John Hutchinson (Durham, GB); Julie Thomson (Preston, GB) Assignees: F2 Chemicals Limited (GB)

Abstract

A process for the preparation of an ester, especially fluorinated esters R.sub.1 O.OC--CHR.sub.2 --CO.OR.sub.3, R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 are each independently selected from alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl. R.sub.2 is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl. The method includes the steps of covering a corresponding