Method for manufacturing perfluorovinylethers

A process for the manufacture of a perfluorovinylether by hydrodehalogenation of a halofluoroether (HFE) having general formula (I-A) or (I-B):

• RfO—CRf′X—CRf″Rf′″X′ (I-A)
• wherein Rf represents a C1-C6 perfluoro(oxy)alkyl group;
• Rf′, Rf″ and Rf″′, equal to or different from each other, independently represent fluorine atoms or C1-C5 perfluoro(oxy)alkyl groups;
• X and X′, equal to or different from each other, are independently selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I;
• wherein Rf* and Rf*′, equal to or different from each other, independently represent fluorine atoms or C1-C3 perfluoro(oxy)alkyl groups;
• Y1 and Y2, equal to or different from each other, independently represent fluorine atoms or C1-C3 perfluoroalkyl groups;
• X and X′ are the same as for formula (I-A);
• said process comprising contacting said halofluoroether (HFE) with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising at least one transition metal of group VIII B at a temperature of at most 340° C.,
• wherein the process is carried out in gas-phase.