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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hartmut Heise, Bad Soden am Taunus, DE;
Manfred Hintzmann, Hofheim am Taunus, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568584 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of o-nitrophenetole by allowing about 1.05 to about 1.4 mole of ethanol to act on 1 mole of o-nitrochlorobenzene in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst in approximately 40 to approximately 70 percent by weight alkali metal hydroxide solution at temperatures from about 50.degree. to about 80.degree. C. in such a way that the ethanol concentration in the reaction mixture does not exceed 1.5 percent by weight throughout the course of the reaction.