Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Gilbert Billeb

Wolfgang Tronich

Gunther Semler

Georg Folz

Peter Burg

Process for the preparation of alcohol fluorobenzoates of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R is an alkyl radical and F.sub.n is 1 to 4 fluorine atoms which, independently of one another, are bonded to the aromatic ring, by reacting a fluorobenzyl chloride of the formula (II) ##STR2## in which F.sub.n is as defined above, with an at least stoichiometric amount of an alkali metal alcoholate ROM in which R is as defined above and M is an alkali metal from the group consisting of Li, Na and K, in the corresponding alcohol ROH at temperatures from -10.degree. C. to 150.degree. C., the solvent is distilled off, if appropriate, and the alkali metal chloride formed is separated off by treating the mixture with water or by filtration.

Process for the preparation of alkyl fluorobenzoates in high purity and

A process for the continuous production of aromatic aldehydes of the formula (1) ##STR1## in which Ar is an aryl radical, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or bromine atoms, in which dichloromethyl-substituted aromatics of the formula (2) ##STR2## in which Ar, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 have the above meanings, are continuously hydrolyzed with an aqueous solution of one or more catalysts of the formula (3)

Process for the continuous production of aromatic aldehydes

Without added stabilizers, aminobenzotrifluorides have low thermal and storage stability. The present invention relates to preparations of a stabilized amionbenzotrifluoride, composed essentially of

Stabilized aminobenzotrifluorides

A process for preparing aromatic aldehydes of the formula (1) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 independently of one another are H, F, Cl or Br, by hydrolyzing a dichloromethyl-substituted benzene of the formula (2) ##STR2## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 have the abovementioned meanings with a from about 1 to about 50% strength aqueous solution of one or more zinc salts of the formula (3)

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