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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1995
Andreas Dierdorf, Frankfurt, DE;
Siegfried Planker, K onigstein, DE;
Theodor Papenfuhs, Frankfurt, DE;
Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of hydroxycarboxanilides of the formula (1) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are hydrogen, halogen, a nitro group, a cyano group, a straight-chain or branched alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or alkoxy group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, R.sup.3 is hydrogen or a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and n is an integer from 1 to 12, by reacting a halocarboxanilide of the formula (2) ##STR2## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and n have the same meaning as in formula (1) and Hal is chlorine, bromine or iodine, with a basic compound in a solvent mixture comprising water and one or more polar aprotic solvents at a temperature of 40.degree. to 180.degree. C.