Patent 7888538 was granted and assigned to E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company on February, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A process for the insertion of a partially fluorinated olefin into a fluorinated iodide in the presence of a nickel catalyst at a temperature of a maximum of 150° C. with an initial rate of 0.01 mole/hour without loss of selectivity is disclosed, as well as use of the process for insertion of a perfluorinated olefin with an initial rate of 0.04 mole/hour.