Appeal No. 95-2958 Application 08/108,570 claims in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a nonelected invention. THE INVENTION Appellants claim a method for making one or more specified halogenated compounds by reacting 1,1,2,3,4,4- hexachloro-1,3-butadiene and hydrogen fluoride in the gas phase in the presence of a fluorinating catalyst. Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as follows: 1. A method for preparing at least one halogenated compound selected from the group consisting of 1,1,1,4,4,4,- hexafluoro-2,3-dichlorobutane, 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2- chloro-2-butene, 1,1,1,2,4,4,4-heptafluoro-2-butene and 1,1,1,2,2,4,4,4-octafluorobutane, which comprises reacting 1,1,2,3,4,4-hexachloro-1,3-butadiene with hydrogen fluoride in a gas phase in the presence of a fluorinating catalyst. THE REFERENCES Minklei 3,965,201 Jun. 22, 1976 Fiske et al. (Fiske) 4,147,733 Apr. 3, 1979 Bielefeldt et al. (Bielefeldt) 5,146,019 Sep. 8, 1992 REJECTIONS 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007