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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred Hagemeyer, Rheine, DE;
Daniel Heineke, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Guido Voit, Schriesheim, DE;
Tom Witzel, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellshcaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
534572 ; 534585 ;
Abstract
Nitrobenzene or a nitrobenzene substituted on the nucleus is subjected to reductive coupling to give the corresponding azobenzene and azoxybenzene under heterogeneous catalysis with substantial avoidance of overreduction to aniline derivatives by means of a redox catalyst in its reduced or partly reduced form, the redox catalyst containing at least one active metal component capable of a change of oxidation state.