| abstract |
Process for the manufacture of fluorinated alcohols having the formula n n C n F m H 2n+1-m CH 2 OH (1) n nwherein n is 1 or 2; and m is an integer from 1 to 5, but not larger than 2n+1; by hydrogenating the corresponding fluorinated carboxylic acids and/or their derivates having the formula n n C n F m H 2n+1-m COR (2) n nwherein n and m have the above meanings and R represents OH, Cl, Br, F, and OR', wherein R' is a hydrocarbon rest, in the presence of a catalyst and of water but excluding the hydrogenation of trifluoroacetic acid to form trifluoroethanol. |