Stauffer Chemical Company

Ici Americas, Inc.

Akzo America Inc.

Elliott Bay

Andrea Leone-Bay

Peter E Timony

Carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid halide groups on aryl or heterocyclic aryl rings are directly converted to trihalomethyl groups by using a phenylhalophosphorane, optionally generated in situ by reaction of a phenylphosphonous halide and chlorine.

Process of converting a carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid halide group

A process for chlorinating compounds containing a carbon atom bonded to a hetero-atom selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur; said process comprises contacting the carbon hetero-atom containing compound with a chloro phosphorus complex of the formula

Processes using a phosphorus complex

A process for selectively substituting an aromatic nitro group of a nitrophthalic anhydride with a halo group which comprises contacting the nitroaromatic-containing compound with a phosphorus halide of formula:

Preparation of halophthalic anhydrides

Enol ester precursors of benzoyl-1,3-cycloalkyldiones (e.g., the enol ester precursors of 2-(2'-nitrobenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione compounds) are converted to the desired benzoyl-1,3-cycloalkyldiones by heating the precursor in the presence of base and a catalytic amount of a trialkylsilylcyanohydrin as a cyanide source.

Converting enol ester precursor of a benzoyl-1,3-cycloalkyldione to a

The invention is the preparation of bis(4-halophenyl)phenylphosphine oxide from phenylphosphorus dihalide by a method wherein the dihalide is reacted with 4-halophenyl magnesium to produce the phosphine which is oxidized using alcohol in the presence of a halocarbon solvent to produce the phosphine oxide product of this invention.

Preparation of bis(4-halophenyl)phenylphosphine oxide

Thiophenols are formed from phenols by first reacting a phenol with thiophosgene to form an aryl chlorothionoformate which is subjected to a halogen exchange reaction using an alkali metal fluoride to yield the corresponding fluorothionoformate. This fluorothionoformate is then rearranged to the corresponding fluorothiolformate by heating and the resulting fluorothiolformate is then hydrolyzed to yield the desired thiophenol.

Preparation of thiophenols from phenols

A process for converting organic hydroxyl-containing compounds to halides which comprises reacting the hydroxyl-containing compound with a phosphorushalide reagent of formula: R.sub.n PX.sub.5-n wherein n is selected from 1, 2 and 3; R is selected from the group consisting of C-6 to C-10 aryl and substituted aryl wherein the substituents are selected from the group consisting of straight and branched chain alkyl, alkoxy, and haloalkyl, halogen, sulfonate and mixtures thereof; and X is a halogen. It is preferred to carry out the reaction in the presence of an arylphosphorusoxydihalide solvent. The use of an arylphosphorustetrahalide and particularly phenylphosphorustetrachloride is preferred. The arylphoshorustetrahalide can be prepared in situ by contacting a solution of the corresponding arylphosphorusdihalide in an arylphosphorusoxydihalide solvent with a halogen. The process can further comprise the step of heating the reaction mixture. Maintaining a reaction temperature of from about 0.degree. C. to about 150.degree. C. for from about 1 hour to about 24 hours is preferred.

Process for converting organo-hydroxyl compounds to halides

A process for selectively substituting an aromatic nitro group with a halo group which comprises contacting the nitroaromatic compound with a phosphorushalide of formula: R.sub.n PX.sub.5-n wherein n is selected from 0, 1, 2 and 3; R is selected from the group consisting of C-6 to C-10 aryl and substituted aryl wherein the substituents are selected from the group consisting of: straight and branched chain alkyl, alkoxy, and haloalkyl; halogen, sulfonate and mixtures thereof; and X is a halogen in the presence of an arylphosphorusoxydihalide solvent. The use of an arylphosphorustetrahalide and particularly phenylphosphorustetrachloride is preferred. The arylphosphorustetrahalide can be prepared in situ by contacting a solution of the corresponding arylphosphorusdihalide in an arylphosphorusoxydihalide solvent with a halogen. The process can further comprise the step of heating the reaction mixture to maintain a temperature of from about 100.degree. C. to about 175.degree. C. for from about 1 hour to about 24 hours.

Preparation of aryl halides

An improved process for preparing a phosphorus complex of the formula:

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