Showa Denko K.k.

Toru Sasaki

Kohei Morikawa

Hideo Miyata

Tetsuhiro Furukawa

Katsumi Murofushi

Kazuhiro Omori

Katsutoshi Morinaka

Yutaka Ohnishi

Hiroyuki Monzen

Kaneo Nozawa

Yoshinori Sato

Yutaka Onishi

Toru Yoshida

Takuji Yamamoto

Takashi Yoneyama

Yoko Suguri

There are provided a novel ethylenically unsaturated group-containing isocyanate compound, a process for producing the same, and a reactive monomer produced from the isocyanate compound, a reactive polymer and its use. The ethylenically unsaturated group-containing isocyanate compound according to the present invention is represented by formula (I). 

Ethylenically unsaturated group-containing isocyanate compound and process for producing the same, and reactive monomer, reactive (meth) acrylate polymer and its use

The invention enables reduction of catalyst in producing tetrafluorobenzonitrile by decyanation of one cyano group of tetrafluorodicyanobenzene by using a synthetic zeolite, particularly Zeolite 3A, 4A or 5A, in the reaction. Therefore, the invention provides an industrially useful process capable of producing tetrafluorobenzonitrile, a useful agrochemical and drug intermediate, by hydrogenolysis of tetrafluorodicyanobenzene to decyanate one cyano group with the use of catalyst in small amounts.

Production process of fluorinated benzonitrile

An object of the invention is to provide a process for industrially producing fluorinated dicyanobenzenes using tetrachlorodicyanobenzene as a raw material. According to the present invention, fluorinated dicyanobenzene can be produced in a high yield by allowing tetrachlorodicyanobenzenes to react with a fluorinating agent in the presence of a non-protonic polar solvent in an amount of 0.1 to 3 times by mass based on the tetrachlorodicyanobenzene. Further, the above production can be conducted more efficiently by reacting while disintegrating or removing bulk solid matters.

Process for producing fluorinated dicyanobenzene

The present invention relates to a process by a series of reactions using tetrafluorocyanobenzens as material for producing tetrafluorobenzenemethanols, tetrafluorobenzenecarbaldehyde dialkylacetals and tetrafluorobenzenecarbaldehydes in a high purity and a high yield which are useful as intermediates in the production of cyclopropanecarboxylic acid esters having insecticidal action, and also relates to a novel tetrafluorobenzenecarbaldehyde dimethylacetal.

Process for producing tetrafluorobenzenemethanols

The present invention provides a method for isolating N-phosphonomethylglycine which comprises adding an acid to precipitate salts from an aqueous solution of an alkali metal salt and/or an alkaline earth metal salt of N-phosphonomethylglycine solution to neutralize and adjust the same to a pH of 2.5 or higher, removing the precipitated salts, and adjusting the pH to 2.5 or lower to crystallize N-phosphonomethylglycine. N-phosphonomethylglycine is thus isolated and purified in high purity and good yield.

Method for isolating N-phosphonomethylglycine

The present invention provides a method for producing N-phosphonomethylglycine which comprises reacting an aminomethylphosphonic acid with glycolonitrile, or formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide in situ, under an alkaline condition to convert the aminomethylphosphonic acid into an N-phosphonomethylglycinonitrile salt or a mixture of an N-phosphonomethylglycinonitrile salt and N-phosphonomethylglycinonitrile, and then hydrolyzing the product under an acidic condition. Subsequent to a reaction step for the production of N-phosphonomethylglycinonitrile, the reaction product is hydrolyzed by adding thereto an acid in a prescribed amount. Accordingly, the use of a large amount of an alkaline metal hydroxide and the neutralization step for obtaining N-phosphonomethylglycine after hydrolysis, which steps are necessary in a conventional alkali hydrolysis method, are omitted in the present invention.

Method for producing N-phosphonomethylglycine

Manufacturing method for phosphonic acid derivatives

N-acylaminomethylphosphonic acid is prepared from an N-methylolamide compound and a phosphorus trihalide. The starting compounds are mixed and heated in an aprotic solvent in the presence of water in a 0.25 to 2.5 times molar amount relative to the phosphorus trihalide at 60.degree. to 160.degree. C., and the reaction mixture is contacted with water. The N-methylolamide compound is a compound selected from the group consisting of N-methylol-lower alkylamides and N-methylolarylamides. The phosphorus trihalide is preferably phosphorus trichloride. As the aprotic solvent is used one or more of hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons, ethers, polyethers, nitriles, and aromatic nitro compounds. The mixing may be carried out at a temperature of 60.degree. C. The water present at the initiation of the reaction is in a 1.0 to 1.8 times molar amount relative to the phosphorus trihalide.

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Toru Sasaki