Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Hans J Nestler

Hermann Bieringer

Reinhard Handte

Peter Langeluddeke

Gerhard Horlein

Friedhelm Schwerdtle

Peter Frisch

Klaus Bauer

Hilmar Mildenberger

Gunter Rosch

Erich Schinzel

Dieter Gunther

Harald Knorr

Karl Heinz Heier

Manfred Koch

Emmerich Paszthory

Karl Rehn

Vincenz Zimmermann

Karl G Seifert

Opticalls active enantiomers of the formula I ##STR1## where R is a group of the formulae ##STR2## R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, among others, are halogen or CF.sub.3 and Z is a carboxyl, carboxylate, carboxylic acid ester, thioester, carbonamide, carboxylic acid anilide, carbohydrazide or thioamide group, are interesting herbicides the effect of which is considerably superior to that of the optically inactive racemates.

Optically active D-pyridyloxy phenoxy propionate herbicides

Optically active enantiomers of the formula I ##STR1## where R is a group of the formulae ##STR2## R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, among others, are halogen or CF.sub.3 and Z is a carboxyl, carboxylate, carboxylic acid ester, thioester, carbonamide, carboxylic acid anilide, carbohydrazide or thioamide group, are interesting herbicides the effect of which is considerably superior to that of the optically inactive racemates.

Optically active herbicidal

Process for the preparation of compounds of the formula ##STR1## where R is (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl, which comprises reacting a compound of the formula II ##STR2## with an alcoholate of the formula III

Process for the preparation of alkyl methyl-3-carbalkoxyethylphosphinates

Carboxylic acids containing phenol groups are esterified by means of (C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)-alcohols in the presence of acid catalysts without the phenolic hydroxyl groups being esterified at the same time by continuously metering an excess of a water-containing (C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)-alcohol into a boiling hot solution or suspension of the phenol-containing carboxylic acid and of the catalyst in a non-water-miscible solvent (for example xylene) and at the same time distilling off a ternary solvent/alcohol/water mixture via a water separator, the metering rate being such that an aqueous bottom phase separates out in the receiving flask and the water content of the alcohol being so apportioned as not to breach the bottom limit of 0.1% or the upper limit of 1% (based on the contents of the reaction vessel) at any time in the course of the reaction. In this process, the esterification products are obtained free of major impurities and frequently can be used further without further purification.

Process for esterifying phenol-containing carboxylic acids

Herbicidal esters of D-1-(phenoxy-4-phenoxy)propionic acid

Continuous process for the preparation of hydroxyphenoxy-alkanecarboxylic acids of the formula ##STR1## in which A is alkylene, by reaction of dihydroxybenzenes with alpha-haloalkanecarboxylic acids of the formula

Process for the preparation of hydroxyphenoxy-alkanecarboxylic acids

Composition and process for promoting the growth of crop plants

Diazotization of 4-phenoxy-anilines in aqueous sulfuric acid of 60 to 75% strength and decomposition of the resulting diazonium compound in sulfuric acid of the same concentration range yields the corresponding phenols in high yields and quality. These phenols are intermediate for the corresponding 4-phenoxy-phenoxy alkane carboxylic acids which are pharmaceuticals capable of reducing the blood serum lipid level.

Process for the preparation of 4-phenoxy-phenols

Process for the preparation of (phenoxy- or benzyl-)-phenoxypropionic acids by simultaneous addition of 2-chloropropionic acid (ester) and the double molar amount of an aqueous alkali hydroxide to a solution of a phenoxyphenol or benzylphenol in a solvent forming an azeotropic mixture with water, while continuously distilling off the water formed or introduced.

Process for the preparation of phenoxypropionic acids and their alkali

Compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen, or lower alkyl, which may be substituted by phenyl, hydroxy, lower carbalkoxy or cyano, X is hydrogen, chlorine, methyl, methoxy, cyano or lower carbalkoxy, n is 1 to 3, and A is an aromatic carboxylic group or an aromatic hetero-cyclic 5- or 6-membered group as well as their N-alkylated quaternary reaction products. These compounds are useful as optical brighteners for lacquers, natural or synthetic fibers and films, foils or other shaped forms made therefrom.

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Konigstein, Germany

Hans J Nestler