Process for preparing substituted benzotrichloride compounds

US4593144A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Monsanto Company · US

Inventors

• John P. Chupp · Kirkwood, US
• Thomas Neumann · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 10, 1984
• Grant date: Jun 3, 1986
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C201/12
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention pertains to a process for preparing substituted and unsubstituted benzotrichlorides. The process generally involves reacting the starting compound with a perchloroalkane with presence of base and a phase transfer catalyst.