Tetrafluoroethylene → Ethanesulfonic acid, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-, sodium salt (1:1)

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The sodium sulphite (201 g) was dissolved in water (600 mL) and taken in a 1000 mL Hastelloy reactor. Tetrafluoroethylene (150 g) was added to the reactor at −130° C. The temperature of the reactor was increased to 120° C. and maintained at 120° C. for 12 hours. The reactor was cooled to 25° C. and unreacted tetrafluoroethylene was vented off. The water of the reaction was removed from reaction mixture by azeotropic distillation to obtain a reaction mass. The reaction mass was extracted with hot ethanol using soxhlet apparatus. The ethanolic solution was concentrated to obtain pure sodium tetrafluoroethane sulfonate (100 g).

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