Abstract:
A process for the purification of a compound of general formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkynyl, any of which may optionally be substituted with one or more substituents selected from halogen and hydroxy; or COOR.sup.4, COR.sup.6, CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5 or CONHSO.sub.2 R.sup.4 ;R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently represent hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms;R.sup.6 is a halogen atom or a group R.sup.4 ;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or halo; andR.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkynyl, any of which may optionally be substituted with one or more halogen atoms; or halo;or, where appropriate, a salt thereof;from a mixture containing the compound of general formula I together with one or more isomers or di-nitrated analogues thereof; the process comprising dissolving the mixture in a suitable crystallisation solvent and recrystallising the product from the resulting crystallisation solution wherein the crystallisation solution contains not more than 25% loading of the compound of general formula I, loading being defined as: ##EQU1## and wherein the temperature to which the solution is cooled for crystallisation is not greater than about 30.degree. C.; wherein, after the addition of the crystallising solvent but before recrystallisation, the crystallisation solution is subjected to at least one wash with an aqueous solution having an acid pH followed by back extraction with fresh crystallising solvent. The process is particularly useful for purifying acifluorfen produced via a route starting with m-cresol.
Abstract:
A method of separating 3-nitro-o-toluic acid and 5-nitro-o-toluic acid from a mixture of said isomers, comprising producing salts by adding an aromatic organic base, for example, aniline or pyridine, to the said mixture, separating said salts into solids and a mother liquor, by taking advantage of the difference in solubilities between the said salts to water or a mixed solvent consisting of water and a water-soluble organic compound, for example, methanol, and, further, recovering 3-nitro-o-toluic acid from the mother liquor and 5-nitro-o-toluic acid from the solids.
Abstract:
5-Fluoro-2-nitrobenzoic acid having low contents of 3-fluoro-2-nitro-benzoic acid is prepared in a simple manner by nitrating 3-fluorobenzoic acid in an anhydrous medium using an anhydrous nitrating acid and isolating and purifying 5-fluoro-2nitro-benzoic acid, by taking 7.5 to 15 parts by weight of water, based on 1 part by weight of 3-fluorobenzoic acid used, introducing the reaction mixture reacted to exhaustion into this volume of water taken, filtering off the precipitate formed and washing it with water.
Abstract:
Tetranitromethane and other polynitrated methanes can be effectively removed from otherwise substantially organic-free nitric acid streams through the addition of substantially organic-free concentrated sulfuric acid and by, optionally, performing secondary operations such as sparging the mixed acid stream with a gas such as nitric oxide or with an oil.
Abstract:
Aromatic nitration reactions and, more specifically, a process for nitrating benzene to produce dinitrobenzene or mononitrobenzene in the absence of sulfuric acid and in the absence of any dipolar aprotic solvent.
Abstract:
A method of reducing a nitrogen oxide content in gas is disclosed. In this method, subject gas containing nitrogen oxide is supplied to a gas passage of a surface discharger to decompose the nitrogen oxide content in the gas into nitrogen gas.
Abstract:
A method of preparing 2-bromo-4,6-dinitromesitylene having only small amounts of impurities, by first mixing fuming sulfuric acid with bromomesitylene, and then adding concentrated nitric acid.
Abstract:
A process for selectively recovering a nitrophenolic by-product from nitration waste water in substantially pure form by solvent extraction is provided. The pH of the waste water is adjusted using an acid to affect the solubility of a particular nitrophenolic by-product in the waste water so that the by-product is selectively separable from the other components of the nitration waste water by solvent extraction.
Abstract:
According to the invention, metal halides are removed from liquid organic water-immiscible substances by treating the liquid organic water-immiscible substances which contain the metal halides with a water-containing anion-exchanger in the OH form.
Abstract:
An isomer mixture of 4-trifluoromethyl-2-nitrobenzoic acid and 4-trifluoromethyl-3-nitrobenzoic acid, which is a novel compound, is obtained by nitrating a compound represented by ##STR1## (Z is COY or CY.sub.3, and Y is a halogen atom) with a nitrating agent comprising nitric acid and simultaneously hydrolyzing the radical Z. Each of the two isomers is easily isolated by treating the mixture with a basic neutralizing agent to obtain a solution containing the 2-nitro isomer and a precipitate containing the 3-nitro isomer.