Production of 1-alkyl-5-nitroimidazoles

US4021442A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Anton Frank · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Helmut Karn · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Toni Dockner

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 1975
• Grant date: May 3, 1977
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D233/92
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

1-Alkyl-5-nitroimidazoles are prepared by reacting a 5-nitroimidazole with an alkylating agent in the presence of an aliphatic carboxylic acid. The products are intermediates for the production of dyes, textiles auxiliaries and insecticides.