Process for preparing unsymmetrical biaryl alcohols

US8747645B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Florian Stecker · Mannheim, DE
• Andreas Fischer · Heppenheim, DE
• Itamar Michael Malkowsky · Haßloch, DE
• Siegfried R. Waldvogel · Gau-Algesheim, DE
• Axel Kirste · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2014
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C25B3/29
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for preparing unsymmetrical biaryl by anodic dehydrodimerization of substituted ortho-alkoxyaryl alcohols in the presence of partially fluorinated and/or perfluorinated mediators and a supporting electrolyte.