Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Kazuhiro Tada

Takaharu Ikeda

Gohfu Suzukamo

Masami Fukao

Michio Yamamoto

Takuo Hibi

Tatsuo Kaneoya

Shinzaburo Masaki

Atsushi Furutani

Norio Kotera

Kazuyuki Tanaka

Haruki Morino

Kunihisa Goto

A process is disclosed for producing an amine by carrying out a reductive amination of a cyclic ketone or by carrying out a reduction of an imino derivative of a cyclic ketone to the corresponding amine which process is characterized in using a cobalt catalyst containing a carbonate of an alkaline earth metal and/or lanthanum oxide.

Process for producing amines

A triazole compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a chlorine atom, which can be produced by subjecting an aromatic aldehyde of the formula: ##STR2## wherein X is as defined above, an alpha-halopinacolone of the formula: ##STR3## wherein Hal is a chlorine atom or a bromine atom and 1,2,4-triazole to condensation in the presence of an alkali, is useful as an intermediate in the synthesis of anti-microbial triazole-alcohols with high purity and high yield.

Triazole compounds, and their production

A novel process for preparing E-isomer of a triazolyl styryl ketone derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## which includes treating Z-isomer of the derivative (which may contain E-isomer of the derivative) with sulfuric acid and an isomerization catalyst in an organic solvent, precipitating and separating the resulting sulfuric acid salt of E-isomer from the solution, and decomposing the resulting precipitate to obtain E-isomer of the derivative free from sulfuric acid. The E-isomer is useful for preparing 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 a triazolyl styryl ketone derivative

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 aminophenyl-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfone of the formula (I), ##STR1## which comprises the following steps: (1) condensing nitrohalobenzene with mercaptoethanol in the presence of an alkali hydroxide and at least one reaction medium selected from N-alkyl-substituted amides and sulfoxides to produce mononitrophenyl-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfide of the formula (II): ##STR2## (2) oxidizing the mononitrophenyl-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfide (II) to produce mononitrophenyl-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfone of the formula (III): ##STR3## and (3) reducing the mononitrophenyl-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfone to produce the aminophenyl-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfone of the formula (I). This compound is useful as an intermediate for aminophenyl-.beta.-sulfatoethylsulfone represented by the following formula: ##STR4## which is an important intermediate for vinyl sulfone type reactive dyes largely used for dyeing cellulose fiber materials.

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Kazuhiro Tada