Abstract:
Aromatic hydrocarbons monosubstituted by straight-chain or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl or by Chd 3-C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl can be chlorinated in the aromatic ring in the liquid phase in the presence of Friedel-Crafts catalysts if cyclic amidines which are oxy-sustituted on the exocyclic N atom are employed as co-catalysts. An increased proportion of the p-isomer is obtained in this reaction.
Abstract:
4,4-Dimethyl-1-(p-chlorophenyl)pentan-3-one can be prepared by condensation of pinacolone and p-chlorobenzaldehyde in an alcohol as solvent in the presence of an inorganic base and by subsequent hydrogenation, in which the reaction mixture obtained in the condensation is hydrogenated directly without isolation of the intermediate 4,4-dimethyl-1-(p-chlorophenyl)-1-penten-3-one after the addition of a hydrogenation catalyst at elevated temperature and superatmospheric pressure to give 4,4-dimethyl-1-(p-chlorophenyl)pentan-3-one, after the hydrogenation catalyst has been separated off from the liquid hydrogenation mixture, the alcohol is largely distilled off, and the water content of the bottom product of the distillation is adjusted in such a manner that it separates into an aqueous and an organic phase, and the 4,4-dimethyl-1-(p-chlorophenyl)pentan-3-one is recovered from the organic phase.
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 1,6-benzothiazocins are used as co-catalysts. This makes it possible to obtain a higher proportion of p-isomers.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of a 2,2-bis-chloro-methyl-alkanecarboxylic acid of the formula ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or optionally substituted phenyl,which comprises reacting an oxetane-3-carboxylic acid of the formula ##STR2## or a salt thereof, with an inorganic acid chloride at a temperature between 20.degree. C. and the boiling point of the reaction mixture. The products are known intermediates for fungicides and herbicides.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of an oxetane-3-carboxylic acid of the formula ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or optionally substitute phenyl, comprising reacting a 3-hydroxymethyl-oxetane of the formula ##STR2## with oxygen in an aqueous alkaline medium at a temperature between about 0.degree. C. and the boiling point of the reaction mixture on a palladium and/or platinum catalyst. The product is an intermediate for known fungicides and herbicides.