Preparation of aryl chloroformates

US5274164A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Thomas Wettling · Schifferstadt, DE
• Jochem Henkelmann · Mannheim, DE
• Irene Troetsch-Schaller · Bissersheim, DE
• Hermann Koehler · Beindersheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 1992
• Grant date: Dec 28, 1993
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C68/02
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the preparation of aromatic aryl chloroformates of the general formula I ##STR1## in which Ar denotes an aryl radical optionally mono- to penta-substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -alkyl-cycloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkylthio, halo, cyano, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -alkylcarbonyloxy, C.sub.3 -C.sub.20 -carboalkoxy, formyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -dialkylamino, aryl, aryloxy, arylthio, aroyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -aralkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -aralkoxy, arylsulfonyl and/or C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -aralkylthio and/or optionally mono- or di-substituted by chloroformyl and/or nitro, from phosgene and phenols of the general formula II EQU Ar--OH (II), in which Ar has the meanings stated above and optionally carries one or two hydroxy groups, wherein the reaction is carried out at a temperature of from 60.degree. to 180.degree. C. in the presence of an organic phosphorus compound of the general formula III ##STR2## in which at least one of the radicals R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 stands, irrespective of the others, for --NR.sup.5 R.sup.6 or --O--R.sup.7 and PA0 R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, …