Abstract:
IN WHICH ONE X is chloro and the other X is hydrogen or each X is chloro; and WITH AIR OR OXYGEN OR WITH 10 TO 30% BY WEIGHT NITRIC ACID TO FORM THE CORRESPONDING CARBOXYLIC ACID FOLLOWED BY CYCLIZATION OF THE LATTER. 1-CHLOROANTHRAQUINONE-2,3-DICARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE OR 1,4-DICHLOROANTHRAQUINONE-2,3-DICARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE IS OBTAINED IN A GOOD YIELD. Each is a valuable dye intermediate.
A process for the production of an anthraquinone-2,3dicarboxylic anhydride bearing chlorine as a substituent in the 1-position or in the 1- and 4-positions by oxidation of a trimethyl compound of the formula:
Abstract:
PRODUCTION OF O-BENZOYLBENZOIC ACID BY OXIDATION OF AN INDIAN WITH OXYGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST IN THE LIQUID PHASE. THE PRODUCT IS A STARTING MATERIAL FOR MANY SYNTHESES (SEE FOR EXAMPLE ULLMANNS ENCYKLOPADIE DER TECHNISCHEN CHEMIE, VOLUME 3, PAGES 660 ET SEQ.). IT IS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE AS A STARTING MATERIAL FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ANTHRAQUINONE.