Abstract:
3-Fluoro-4,6-dichlorotoluene can be prepared in a particularly favourable manner by first chlorinating 3-fluorotoluene at low temperature in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst and a heterocyclic cocatalyst to give a mixture containing 3-fluoro-4-chlorobenzene and 3-fluoro-6-chlorobenzene, and subsequently, without intermediate isolation, further chlorinating this mixture, at higher temperature, after addition of further Friedel-Crafts catalyst and further heterocyclic cocatalyst, to give 3-fluoro-4,6-dichlorotoluene.
Abstract:
The new process for the preparation of 2-nitrobenzaldehydes of the general formula ##STR1## in which X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 either independently of one another represent hydrogen or halogen or one of the substituents represents nitro and the other substituent then represents hydrogen,by oxidation of 2-nitrotoluenes of the general formula ##STR2## in which X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 have the meaning indicated above is characterized in that the oxidation with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is carried out in the presence of at least one alkoxyalkylamine as a solvent and in the presence of strong bases.
Abstract:
Halogenated benzenes are hydrodehalogenated in a particularly advantageous manner and at low temperatures by contacting them at temperatures of between 100.degree. and 250.degree. C. together with hydrogen with a catalyst prepared by application of one or more salts of palladium and/or platinum and, if desired, of copper to an alumina or titanium dioxide support.
Abstract:
When the halogen content of polyhalogenated aromatics is decreased by reaction with monohalogenated and/or non-halogenated aromatics in the gas phase, good yields and significantly improved catalyst service lives are achieved if the reaction is carried out in the presence of a catalyst and in the presence of a hydrogen halide.
Abstract:
Dichlorobenzene having an increased p-content and a greatly reduced m-content is obtained by ring chlorination of benzene or chlorobenzene in the presence of Friedel-Crafts catalysts if the reaction is carried out in the presence of co-catalysts of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine, trifluoromethyl or pentafluoroethyl andA represents 2 hydrogen atoms or the group --CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--.
Abstract:
In the preparation of 2-chloro-4-nitro-alkylbenzene by reaction of 4-nitro-alkylbenzene with elemental chlorine or chlorine-releasing compounds in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst in the liquid phase, particularly high selectivities in respect of the target compounds chlorinated exclusively in the 2-position are achieved if a dibenzo-condensed sulphur heterocycle of the formula ##STR1## having the meanings given in the description for R.sup.1 to R.sup.8, X and n, is used as co-catalyst.
Abstract:
Aromatic hydrocarbons which are monosubstituted by straight-chain or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl or by C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl can be chlorinated in the presence of Friedel-Crafts Catalysts in liquid phase on the aromatic ring if cyclic benzo-fused imines or benzo[f]-1,4-thiazepines are used as co-catalysts. This makes it possible to obtain a higher proportion of p-isomers.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a particularly advantageous method for producing aryl thiols through the catalytic hydrogenation of diaryldisulphides. According to the invention, the hydrogenation is carried out in a basic alcoholic medium.
Abstract:
The invention relates to novel S-(4-biphenyl)-thiosulfuric acids and their salts, to a method for producing them from S-(4-biphenyl)-thiosulfinic acids and their salts, and to a method for producing 4-mercaptobiphenyls from the S-(4-biphenyl)-thiosulfuric acids and their salts.
Abstract:
2-Chloro-4-methylphenol is prepared by reacting 4-methylphenol with a chlorinating agent in the presence of a catalyst system of one or more Lewis acids in a total amount of 0.1-10% by weight and one or more diaryl sulphides in a total amount of 0.1-10% by weight, all based on the amount of 4-methylphenol. The reaction temperature is 0.degree.-100.degree. C. The chlorinating agent is used in an amount of 0.5-1.5 mol per mole of 4-methylphenol. The reaction can be carried out until virtually complete consumption of the 4-methylphenol, high isomeric selectivity and high stage selectivity being observed.