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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dieter Regnat, Eppstein, DE;
Hans-Jerg Kleiner, Kronberg, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560 65 ;
Abstract
A process for preparing 4-bromomethyl-3-methoxybenzoic esters of the formula ##STR1## entails the corresponding 4-methyl-3-methoxybenzoic esters being reacted in chlorobenzene or an ester as solvent with N-bromosuccinimide with exposure to light of wavelength 10.sup.-5 to 10.sup.-8 m at -10.degree. to 120.degree. C.