Process for preparing acetanilides

US9079862B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Michael Keil · Freinsheim, DE
• Wolfgang Reichert · Bischofswerda, DE
• Christopher Koradin · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Yüksel Battal · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 14, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C211/48
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing acetanilides of the formula (I)by reacting a 2-halo-N-halomethylacetanilide of the formula (II)with an azole of the formula (III)H-A  (III)wherein the substituents R, R1, R2, R3, R4, A, X and X1 in the formulae (I), (II) and (III) have the meanings as indicated in the description.