Abstract:
A process for producing hydroxydiaryl ethers of the formula ##STR1## wherein R respesents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or chlorine, n represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, and X represents a phenyl group of the formula II ##STR2## or a 2-pyridinyl group or a 4-pyridinyl group of the formulae ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represent hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkyl group which has 1 to 4 carbon atoms and which is mono- or disubstituted by halogen, phenyl, halogen, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, trifluoromethyl, nitro, cyano or benzoyl, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each represent hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or phenyl, and R.sub.6 has all the meanings given, with the exception of halogen, for R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is disclosed.According to this process hydroxydiaryl ethers of the above formula are obtained by reacting a diether of the formula ##STR4## wherein R, n and X have the meanings given above, in a polar aprotic solvent, in the presence of 0.1 to 1 mole of alkali per mole of diether of the above formula, with a dihydroxybenzene of the formula ##STR5## wherein R and n have the meanings given above. The hydroxydiaryl ethers of the above formula can be used as intermediates for the production of .alpha.-(phenoxy-phenoxy)-alkanecarboxylic acid derivatives and .alpha.-(pyridyloxy-phenoxy)-alkane carboxylic acid derivatives, which have a herbicidal and plant-growth-regulating action.
Abstract:
Phenol ethers are prepared by reacting phenols with dialkyl carbonates in the presence of tertiary amines and/or phosphines. The aralkyl aryl ethers and alkyl aryl ethers obtained are starting materials for the manufacture of dyes, crop protection agents and scents.
Abstract:
The invention describes a process for the production of benzal or benzyl bromides which contain electrophilic substituents in the ortho- and/or para-position, or mixtures thereof, by the side-chain bromination of correspondingly substituted toluene, which comprises introducing elementary chlorine, under irradiation with visible light, into a two-phase system consisting of an aqueous phase and an organic phase and containing a correspondingly substituted toluene, at least one metal bromide, and a base, and also the compounds obtained by this process.
Abstract:
Halobenzenes are manufactured by (a) a one-vessel reaction of anilines with halogenating agents to give haloanilines, followed by reaction of the mixture thus obtained with alkanols and nitrosylating agents in the presence of water and acid at not less than 35.degree. C. or (b) the corresponding reaction of a haloaniline which has been manufactured in the above manner or by some other method and has been isolated from its reaction mixture. The products are starting materials for the manufacture of drugs, dyes and pesticides.
Abstract:
Halonitrobenzenes are manufactured by reacting halonitroanilines with alkanols and nitrosating agents in the presence of water and an acid at not less than 35.degree. C. The products are starting materials for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, dyes and pesticides.
Abstract:
Tetranitro aryl ether compounds are prepared by aromatic nucleophilic substitution of various aryl diols with 4-fluoro-1,2-dinitrobenzene. By reducing the nitro moieties of the tetranitro compounds, tetraamino aryl ether compounds are obtained. These latter compounds are useful as monomers in preparing thermally stable polymers having good solubility parameters.
Abstract:
Substituted 2,2''-methylenediphenols which are particularly effective in the treatment of mammals infected with internal parasites, such as, liver-fluke and schistosoma, and which also have anti-bacterial activity, for example, against staphylococcus aureus, have the formula:
IN WHICH EACH OF X1 and X5 represents a halogen atom or a nitro group, X2 is a halogen atom, each of X3 and X4 is a halogen or hydrogen atom, and X6 is a halogen or hydrogen atom or a nitro group, and further in which at least one of X1,X5 and X6 is a nitro group and, if X1 and X6 each represent a nitro group, then X3 is a halogen atom. Pharmacologically acceptable salts and esters of the foregoing substituted 2,2''-methylenediphenols are also disclosed. The substituted 2,2''-methylenediphenols can be prepared by coupling of the two phenolic moieties by means of a methylene bridge either before or after the introduction of the necessary substituents. Such coupling can be achieved by condensation of a substituted saligenin or saligenin derivative with a phenol under the influence of a suitable condensing agent.
Abstract:
THE HYDROXYLATION OF AN AROMATIC COMPOUND WHEREIN AN AROMATIC COMPOUND IS REACTED WITH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN CONTACT WITH AN ACIDIC CRYSTALLINE ALUMINOSILICATE CATALYST AT HYDROXYLATION CONDITIONS. THE AROMATIC COMPOUND IS EMPLOYED IN MOLAR EXCESS WITH RESPECT TO HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, AND THE CATALYST CONTAINS A RARE-EARTH METALLIC COMPONENT.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NITROALKANOLS CORRESPONDING TO THE FORMULA
R-CH(-NO2)-CH2-OH
WHERE R IS METHYL, ETHYL OR HYDROXYMETHYL, BY ADDING A MIXTURE OF A PRIMARY NITROALKANE AND FORMALDEHYDE, TO A SUSPENSION OF A CALCIUM OR BARIUM BASE, ADDING THE RESULTING MIXTURE TO AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION CONTAINING AN EXCESS OF CARBON DIOXIDE, SEPARATING THE PRECIPITATED CALCIUM OR BARIUM CARBONATE THEREBY PRODUCING THE NITROALKANOL.