Preparation of acylaromatic compounds

US5347047A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Siegel · Schifferstadt, DE
• Irene Troetsch-Schaller · Bissersheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 1993
• Grant date: Sep 13, 1994
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C49/84
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Acylaromatic compounds are prepared from aromatic compounds and carboxylic acids by reacting the starting compounds with phosgene in the presence of an aliphatic phosphine oxide or of an N,N-dialkylformamide and of an Fe(II), Fe(III) or Zn(II) compound.