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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1989
Heinz Litterer, Bad Schwalbach, DE;
Hans J Metz, Darmstadt, DE;
Theodor Papenfuhs, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Frank P Sistig, Hofheim am Taunus, DE;
Ernst I Leupold, Neu-Anspach, DE;
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of fluorobenzenes of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are equal or different and represent H, F, Cl or alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, at least one of these radicals being fluorine, and S.sup.1 and S.sup.2 being equal or different and represent H or a group reducing the electron density at the benzene nucleus, which comprises subjecting a compound of the formula II ##STR2## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, S.sup.1 and S.sup.2 have the aforementioned meaning to a decarbonylation at a zeolite catalyst.