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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey S Stults, Grand Island, NY (US);
Robert A Buchanan, Grand Island, NY (US);
Assignee:
Occidental Chemical Corporation, Niagara Falls, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568586 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of 1,1'-oxy-bis(3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrobenzene) which comprises reacting a compound of the formula ##STR1## where X is F, Cl, Br or I; with an inorganic base selected from the group consisting of alkali metal hydroxides, alkali metal carbonates, and alkali metal bicarbonates, in the presence of a catalytic quantity of a benzoate catalyst. In addition, benzoate esters of 4-nitro-3-trifluoromethylphenol may be isolated.