Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for providing a compound of formula (I): wherein R is hydrogen or R′, wherein R′ is —(C1-C4)alkyl, and Hal is a halogen, the process comprising the step of: reacting a compound of formula (II) wherein Hal is defined as above, with an alkali metal alkoxide of the formula XOR′, wherein X is an alkali metal, and R′ is defined as above.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for providing a compound of formula (IV): wherein R1 and R2 are each independently C1-C4 alkyl, and Hal is independently Cl or Br, the process comprising the steps of: (i) reacting a compound of formula (II) wherein R1 and Hal is defined as above, to obtain a compound of formula (III) wherein R1 and Hal is defined as above, and (ii) reacting the compound of formula (III) to obtain the compound of formula (IV).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for providing a compound of formula (I): wherein Hal is a halogen, the process comprising the step of: reacting a compound of formula (II) wherein Hal is defined as above, with an alkali metal sulfite of the formula X2SO3 and an alkali metal hydroxide of the formula YOH, wherein X and Y are independently selected from an alkali metal.
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing 5-chloromethyl-2,3-pyridine dicarboxylic acid anhydrides (I) wherein Z is hydrogen or halogen; Z1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano or nitro; comprising the steps of (i) reacting a compound of formula (II), wherein the symbols have the meaning given in formula (I), with a chlorinating agent, optionally in the presence of a radical initiator in a solvent selected from halogenated hydrocarbons, and (ii) crystallizing the compound (I) formed in step (i) from a solvent selected from chlorobenzene, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, dichloroethane, trichloromethane, dichloromethane, toluene, xylenes, ethyl acetate, methyl tert.-butyl ether, and mixtures thereof. Compounds (I) are useful intermediates in the synthesis of herbicidal imidazolinones.