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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anthony O. King, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 4/565 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 4/565 ;
Abstract
A process for selectively debrominating polybromoalkyl aryl ketones and polybromoalkyl heteroaryl ketones is disclosed. The process comprises contacting an alpha-polybrominated ketone with an alkali metal sulfite in the presence of a C,-C,alkylcarboxylic acid to obtain a selectively mono-debrominated product.