PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 4-ALKYLSULFONYL-1-ALKYL-2-CHLOROBENZENES AND SIMILAR COMPOUNDS

    公开(公告)号:ZA921040B

    公开(公告)日:1992-10-28

    申请号:ZA921040

    申请日:1992-02-13

    Applicant: HOECHST AG

    Abstract: Process for the preparation of 4-alkylsulfonyl-1-alkyl-2-chlorobenzenes and like compounds.A process for the preparation of 4-alkyl(C1-C4)-sulfonyl-1-alkyl-2-chlorobenzenes, in very good yields and with high selectivity by selectively chlorinating a p-alkyl-benzenesulfonyl chloride with gaseous chlorine in the presence of a chlorine carrier at 50° C. to 100° C. to give a compound of the formulain which R1 is an alkyl (C1-C4) group, subsequently reducing the latter in an aqueous medium at a pH of 8 to 10 with sodium hydrogen sulfite or sodium sulfite at 40 to 90° C. to give a compound of the formulaand reacting the latter with alkyl(C1-C4) chloride in the presence of an acid binder at 80 to 150° C., and also compounds of the last mentioned formula which, instead of the -SO2Na group contain the -SO2X group (X=hydrogen atom or alkali metal atom).

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