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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
G Edwin Vrieland, Midland, MI (US);
Bart J Bremmer, Ashland, MA (US);
Richard E Crooks, Bay City, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
546345 ;
Abstract
A process for producing 4-bromotetrachloropyridine or symmetrical tetrachloropyridine in high purity comprises the selective transhalogenation of pentachloropyridine by a bromide salt in a polar aprotic solvent at a temperature from about 100.degree. C. to about 140.degree. C. followed optionally by selective debromination by hydrogen in the presence of a noble metal catalyst and an acid acceptor to form tetrachloropyridine.