C8 to C6 perfluoro carbons.New way to be repellent. 12112/678

From CEN Dec 3,2010. Regulatros and environmentalists are forcing changes in water-repellent treatments for cloths. Recalibrating Clariant is shifting production at this plant in Germany from C8 to C6 perfluorocarbons. Multistep DU pont uses telomerization to create a key fluorinated alcohol. Also,2-perfluorhexyl ethanol (cas 647-42-7) are producted in China.