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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodor Papenfuhs, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Jochen Rapp, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562456 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 2-amino-3-chlorobenzoic acid by dissolving 1 mol of 2,3-dichlorobenzoic acid in about 400 to about 2000 parts of water with at least the equimolar amount of an alkali metal hydroxide or with an aqueous solution of the equimolar amount of an alkali metal hydroxide, and subsequently reacting it with about 500 to about 2500 mol % of ammonia at temperatures of about 150.degree. to about 220.degree. C. in the presence of copper bronze, copper(I) salts and/or copper(II) salts.