Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Haruki Morino

Tamon Uematsu

Takaharu Ikeda

Takeaki Umemura

Kazuhiro Tada

Tetsuhiko Watanabe

A novel process for preparing the E-isomer of triazolyl styryl ketone derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## is disclosed. The process includes treating the Z-isomer of the derivative which may contain the E-isomer of the derivative with an acid and an isomerization catalyst in an organic solvent, precipitating and separating the resulting salt of E-isomer from the solution, and decomposing the resulting precipitate to obtain the E-isomer of the derivative free from the acid. The E-isomer is useful for preparing the E-isomer of triazolyl styryl carbinol of the formula (II): ##STR2## which is useful as an antimicrobial agent, a herbicide, a plant growth regulator, or the like.

Process for preparing E-isomer of triazolyl styryl ketone derivative

A process for producing N-alkylbenzothiazolone derivatives of the formula (I), ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, fluorine atom or a methyl group, and R.sub.2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, from 2-halogenobenzothiazole derivatives of the formula (II), ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is as defined above and X is a chlorine, bromine or fluorine atom, which is a starting material, through the intermediate of 2-alkoxybenzothiazole derivatives of the formula (III), ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined above, or benzothiazolone derivatives of the formula (IV), ##STR4## wherein R.sub.1 is as defined above.

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