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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1985
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jo Ann Gilpin, Midland, MI (US);
Lowell B Lindy, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560103 ; 560 20 ; 560100 ; 560102 ; 564166 ; 568936 ; 570194 ; 585462 ;
Abstract
The invention is a process for the chloromethylation of an aromatic compound, substituted with an alkyl group and a deactivating moiety, which comprises contacting an aromatic compound, substituted with an alkyl group and a deactivating group, with a chloromethyl alkyl ether in the presence of a catalytic amount of ferric chloride or stannic chloride, under conditions such that an aromatic compound, substituted with an alkyl group, a chloromethyl group, and a deactivating group, wherein the alkyl and chloromethyl groups are on adjacent carbon atoms, is prepared.