Preparation of phenylacetonitriles carrying basic substituents

US4418017A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Werner Seitz · Plankstadt, DE
• Klaus Scheib · Schauernheim, DE
• Alfred Michel · Winnweiler, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 20, 1982
• Grant date: Nov 29, 1983
• Expiry date: May 20, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C253/14
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Phenylacetonitriles carrying basic substituents, of the formula ##STR1## where D, E, F, G, H, I and K have the meanings given in the description, are prepared by reacting the corresponding phenylacetonitrile with a compound of the formula ##STR2## where X, H, I and K have the meanings given in the description, in a solid/liquid phase system in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst.