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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Paul Roduit, Grone, CH;
Yves Bessard, Sierre, CH;
Assignee:
Lonza, Ltd., Gampel/Valasis, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
546327 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid esters of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or an arylalkyl group, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another are hydrogen or chlorine and R.sup.4 is hydrogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy group or fluorine. The 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid esters are obtained by reaction of the corresponding halopyridines with carbon monoxide and an alcohol of the general formula: