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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manfred Koch, Eppstein, DE;
Peter Herbrechtsmeier, Hofheim am Taunus, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562435 ; 562468 ; 562471 ; 562472 ; 2604 / ; 560 57 ; 560 61 ; 560 62 ;
Abstract
Process for the preparation of (phenoxy- or benzyl-)-phenoxypropionic acids and the alkali metal salts thereof by adding a double molar amount of an aqueous alkali hydroxide to a boiling mixture of a (benzyl- or phenoxy-)-phenol and 2-chloropropionic acid (ester), with simultaneous azeotropic distillation of the water introduced or formed in the reaction.