T. Skapin et E. Kemnitz, FLUORINATED GAMMA-ALUMINA AEROGELS AND XEROGELS - CHARACTERIZATION AND CATALYTIC BEHAVIOR, Catalysis letters, 40(3-4), 1996, pp. 241-247
The porosity of gamma-alumina-based materials is an important paramete
r affecting the extent of fluorination (aerogels > commercial gamma-Al
2O3 > xerogels) and, consequently, also the textural, acidic and catal
ytic properties of the final fluorinated materials. Only the highly fl
uorinated aluminas having strong Lewis acidic sites catalyse the isome
risation of CHF2CHF2 to CF3CH2F.