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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michel Bouisset, Sisteron, FR;
Alain Boudin, Sisteron, FR;
Assignee:
Elf Sanofi, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
558378 ; 558411 ;
Abstract
The subject of the invention is a process for the preparation of 4-methyl-2'-cyanobiphenyl of formula: ##STR1## wherein a benzonitrile halide of general formula: ##STR2## in which Hal represents a halogen atom, is reacted, in the presence of a manganese salt, with an organometallic derivative of general formula: ##STR3## in which X represents a halogen atom, and the complex obtained is then hydrolysed, which provides the desired compound.