Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Hoechet Ag

Klaus Forstinger

Ralf Pfirmann

Matthias Beller

Theodor Papenfuhs

Heinz Strutz

Heinrich Volk

Hartmut Fischer

Laurent Weisse

Werner Wykypiel

The process for the preparation of 2(3H)-benzothiazolones which are optionally substituted on the benzene ring by reacting a 2-aminobenzothiazole which is optionally substituted on the benzene ring with a diazotization agent in the presence of aqueous hydrochloric acid, if appropriate with addition of a chloride, to give a diazonium chloride, reacting the diazonium chloride directly to give a 2-chlorobenzothiazole, which is optionally substituted on the benzene ring, and hydrolyzing the 2-chlorobenzothiazole, without intermediate isolation, at 120.degree.-200.degree. C. under reaction pressure.

Process for the preparation of 2(3H)-benzothiazolones

Process for the preparation of 4-fluoroalkoxycinnamonitriles. The invention relates to a process for the preparation of fluoroalkoxycinnamonitriles of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which n is 1 to 8 and m is 1 to 17, where m.ltoreq.2n+1, by reacting 4-fluorobenzaldehyde with a fluoroalkanol of the formula (II)

Process for the preparation of 4-fluoroalkoxycinnamonitriles

The present invention relates to compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1 to 18 carbon atoms and optionally containing oxygen, nitrogen or halogen, the radicals X, Y and Z are identical and are a fluorine, bromine or iodine atom or if two of the radicals X, Y or Z are identical or all of the radicals X, Y, Z are different from each other, X, Y and Z are a fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atom. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds, by reacting an aryldiazonium salt of the formula ##STR2## in which the radicals X, Y and Z are identical and are a fluorine, bromine or iodine atom or, if two of the radicals X, Y and Z are identical or all of the radicals X, Y, Z are different from each other, X, Y and Z are a fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atom and A.sup.(-) is an anion of an acid having a pK.sub.a &lt;7, with a compound of the formula ##STR3## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1 to 18 carbon atoms and optionally containing oxygen, nitrogen or halogen, in the presence of a palladium-containing catalyst, if appropriate with addition of a base, and the aryldiazonium salts of the formula (II).

Halogenated cinnamic acids and esters thereof, processes for the

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of isomerically pure 2-nitro-5-fluoro- or -5-chlorophenol, by reacting 2,4-difluoronitrobenzene or 2,4-dichloronitrobenzene with aqueous alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxide solution or suspension in the absence of organic solvents or other solubility promoting substances at temperatures from about 20.degree. C. to about 190.degree. C., adjusting the pH of the reaction mixture to about 1 to about 6 by the addition of acid, steam distilling the resultant product and isolating it from the distillate after cooling.

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Kelsterbach, Germany

Klaus Forstinger