Ciba-geigy Corporation

Eberhard Otto

Horst Zinke

Rudolf Maul

Hermann O Wirth

Wolfgang Wehner

Joachim Lorenz

Hermann W Wehner

A process for producing triarylphosphites of the formula (RO).sub.3 P, in which R represents aryl or aryl substituted by one or more straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups, by reaction of phosphorus trihalides with hydroxy-substituted aromatic compounds of the formula ROH in the presence of 0.005 to 10 mol %, relative to the hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound, of a catalyst, optionally in the presence of a solvent, in which process the catalyst used is a compound from the group comprising amines or ammonium salts, amides of carboxylic and thiocarboxylic acids and also of oxygen acids of phosphorus, non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocycles and salts thereof, guanidines, amidines and azomethines and also salts thereof, sulfones, sulfoxides and sulfonium salts, primary, secondary and tertiary phosphines and salts thereof, phosphine oxides, phosphine sulfides or esters of phosphoric acids.

Process for producing triarylphosphites

A process for producing triarylphosphites of the formula (RO).sub.3 P, in which R represents aryl or aryl substituted by one or more straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups, by reaction of phosphorous trihalides with hydroxy-substituted aromatic compounds of the formula ROH in the presence of 0.005 to 10 mol %, relative to the hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound, of a catalyst, optionally in the presence of a solvent, in which process the catalyst used is a compound from the group comprising amines or ammonium salts, amides of carboxylic and thiocarboxylic acids and also of oxygen acids of phosphorus, non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocycles and salts thereof, guanidines, amidines and azomethines and also salts thereof, sulfones, sulfoxides and sulfonium salts, primary, secondary and tertiary phosphines and salts thereof, phosphine oxides, phosphine sulfides or esters of phosphoric acids.

A process for producing triarylphosphites of the formula (RO).sub.3 P, in which R represents aryl or aryl substituted by one or more straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups, by reaction of phosphorus trihalides with hydroxy-substituted aromatic compounds of the formula ROH in the presence of 0.005 to 10 mol %, relative to the hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound, of a catalyst, optionally in the presence of a solvent, in which process the catalyst used is a compound from the group comprising amines or ammonium salts, amides of carboxylic acid and thiocarboxylic acids and also of oxygen acids of phosphorus, non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocycles and salts thereof, guanidines, amidines and azomethines and also salts thereof, sulfones, sulfoxides and sulfonium salts, primary, secondary and tertiary phosphines and salts thereof, phosphine oxides, phosphine sulfides or esters of phosphoric acids.

Diorgano-tin dihalides containing functional groups in the organo groups are obtained in simple manner by the direct reaction of metallic tin with hydrogen chloride, hydrogen bromide or hydrogen iodide and an unsaturated nitrile, in the presence of water, water and alcohol, a carboxylic acid and/or alcohol.

Process for the production of organo-tin compounds

A process for producing organotin compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which X is a chlorine, bromine or iodine atom, the

Process for producing organotin compounds

Trithio- and tetrathiophosphates with mercaptocarboxylic acid derivatives are preeminently suitable as extreme pressure additives for lubricants. They reduce signs of wear and have no or only an insignificant corrosive action on the parts to be protected. They are obtained in high yields, shorter reaction times and relatively free from by-products via the trithiophosphites by reaction of phosphorus trihalides with mercaptans in the presence of a catalyst and subsequent oxidation with sulphur or an oxygen donor.

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Eberhard Otto