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Process for the preparation of pyrimidine compounds

4,6-Dichloropyrimidine is prepared by treating 4,6-dihydroxypyrimidine with a chlorinating agent of the formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 PCl.sub.2 wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently alkyl or aryl, or one or more of the groups R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is linked to a polymer support. Conveniently, the chlorinating agent may be prepared in situ by reacting the corresponding phosphine oxide with phosgene. Thus, in a preferred process, 4,6-dichloropyrimidine is prepared by treating 4,6-dihydroxypyrimidine with phosgene in the presence of a phosphine oxide.

Chemical process

Process for preparaing (E)-methyl

A process for the preparation of 2-hydroxy-6-trifluoromethylpyridine which comprises reacting 2-fluoro-6-trifluomethylpyridine or a mixture of 2-fluoro-6-trifluoromethylpyridine and 2-chloro-6-trifluoromethylpyridine with an alkali metal hydroxide at a temperature of from 50.degree. C. to 160.degree. C. and acidifying the product so formed.

A process for preparing 4,6-dihydroxypyrimidine comprising the steps:

One-step process for preparing methyl 2-(halomethyl)phenylacetate from

Process for preparing 4,6-dichloro-pyrimidine

Process for the preparation of 2-(6-substituted pyrid-2-yloxymethyl)

Process for preparing 3-isochromanone

2-Hydroxy-6-trifluoromethylpyridine is prepared by reacting 2-chloro-6-trifluoromethylpyridine with an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide in a sealed vessel at a temperature of at least 140.degree. C. under autogenous pressure.

Chiral organometallic compounds

A process for transforming a carbonyl compound into its corresponding epoxide, which comprises contacting the carbonyl compound with either trimethylsulphonium hydrogen sulphate and/or bis(trimethylsulphonium) sulphate or trimethylsulphoxonium hydrogen sulphate and/or bis(trimethylsulphoxonium) sulphate, in the presence of a base.

Process for preparing epoxides from carbonyl compounds using sulphonium

Process for the manufacture of N-phosphonomethyliminodiacetic acid

A compound of formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are alkyl or aralkyl or any two of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 together form a cycloalkyl ring and Y is S or S(O) is prepared by reacting N-phosphonomethylglycine with a compound of formula (II) ##STR2## where m is 0 or 1 in the presence of a base. A preferred compound of formula (I) is trimethylsulphonium N-phosphonomethylglycine and a preferred compound of formula (II) is trimethylsulphonium hydrogen sulphate.

Process for preparing sulfonium or sulfoxonium salts of

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