Rohm and Haas Company

Damian Gerard Weaver

Lori Ann Spangler

Robert E Rosen

Jane W Cornille

Martha Jean Kelly

This invention relates to a process for preparing 2-substituted pyridines via metal halogen exchange with sec-butyllithium on optionally substituted 2-bromo or 2-iodopyridines. The resulting lithopyridine intermediate is reacted with an electrophile to provide the desired 2-substituted pyridine. The substitution of sec-butyllithium for n-butyllithium in such a process results in an enhanced yield and purity of the desired 2-substituted pyridine.

Preparation of 2-substituted pyridines

A method for making a substituted benzene compound includes reacting a 2-substituted benzenesulfonate or the 2-substituted benzenesulfonate further substituted in the 3, 4 or 5-position with a lithium compound to form an intermediate; and reacting the intermediate with an electrophile to form a 2,6-disubstituted benzenesulfonate or a 2,6-disubstituted benzenesulfonate further substituted in the 3, 4 or 5-position.

Method for making a substituted benzene compound

This invention pertains to phosphosulfonates, having the general formula ##STR1## wherein Y is phenyl, naphthyl, benzyl, a (C.sub.5 -C.sub.8)cycloalkyl, a 5-membered heteroaromatic ring, a 6-membered heteraromatic ring, a fused 5,6-membered heteroaromatic ring, or a fused 6,6-membered heteroaromatic ring; and X is oxygen or sulfur; and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, haloalkoxy, cyanoalkoxy, alkoxyalkoxy, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylalkoxy, alkylideneiminooxy, chloro, amino, phenyl or phenoxy; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are both alkoxy, taken together with the phosphorus atom to form a 6-membered oxygen-containing ring; compositions containing these compounds and their use as herbicides.

Phosphosulfonate herbicides

This invention pertains to phosphosulfonates, having the general formula ##STR1## wherein Y is phenyl, naphthyl, benzyl, a (C.sub.5 -C.sub.8)cycloalkyl, a 5-membered heteroaromatic ring, a 6-membered heteraromatic ring, a fused 5,6-membered heteroaromatic ring, or a fused 6,6-membered heteroaromatic ring; and

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Damian Gerard Weaver