(2R)-1-(aryloxy)-3-(butyryloxy)-2-propanols

US5208333A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Axel Paul · Lampertheim, DE
• Wolfgang Ladner
• Hardo Siegel · Speyer, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 1988
• Grant date: May 4, 1993
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D285/06
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

(2R)-1-(Aryloxy)-3-(butyryloxy)-2-propanols of the general formula (I), ##STR1## where Ar is a monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic or heteroaromatic radical, and a process for their preparation by the reaction of (2R)-glycidyl butyrate with an aromatic hydroxy compound Ar--OH in the presence of a quaternary ammonium halide.