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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1991
Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, Mannheim-Waldhof, DE;
Abstract
The present invention provides a colorimetric process for the detection of an oxidative coupling reaction in which a coupling component is reacted with a developer component in the presence of an oxidation agent to give a colored material, wherein, as coupling component, there is used a compound of the general formula: ##STR1## in which X is a bromine or chlorine atom, n is 1, 2 or 3, Y is COOR, CONRR', SO.sub.3 R, SO.sub.2 NRR', OR, NRR' or NRR'R'.sym. and R, R' and R', independently of one another, are hydrogen atoms or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl radicals. The present invention also provides a reagent which contains the above compound, as well as new substituted phenols and a process for the preparation thereof.