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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Dowd, Midland, MI (US);
Thomas H Fisher, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2604 / ;
Abstract
Quaternary ammonium salts, such as methyl tributyl ammonium chloride, are novel catalysts in a nitrile-forming reaction which comprises stirring together aqueous sodium cyanide and the undistilled m-trifluoromethyl benzyl chloride product of the reaction of chloromethyl methyl ether, chlorosulfonic acid and trifluoromethyl benzene from which chloromethyl ether impurities, methanol, water and some of the unreacted trifluoromethyl benzene are removed. The process is conducted under alkaline conditions in a two-phase liquid reaction medium. m-Trifluoromethyl benzyl nitrile is prepared in excellent yields and purity.