B - Operations – Transporting – 01 – J
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
01
J
260/525.8
B01J 31/20 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1115730
ABSTRACT PREPARATION OF 2-CYANOHEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND THE DERIVATIVES PREPARED BY THE PROCESS A process for the preparation of 2-cyanohexanoic acid derivative having the general formula: Image (I) wherein X and Y each represent a chlorine or bromine atom, each Hal represents a fluorine, chlorine or bromane atom and R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group of one to four carbon atoms, which comprises reacting a pentenoic acid compound of the general formula: (II) Image wherein R1 and R2 have the same meaning as in the general formula I, with a tetrahalomethane of the general formula: CHal2XY (III) wherein Hal, X and Y have the same meaning as in the general formula I, in the presence of a catalyst and a solvent for the reactants, characterized in that the catalyst is a transition metal in a divided state belonging to Groups VIB, VIIB or VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements or a carbonyl of such a transition metal. The 2-cyanohexanoic acid derivatives are useful as intermediates in the manufacture of synthetic pyrethroids which are a group of very active insecticides.
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Anderson Martin
Sheldon Roger A.
Syrier Johannes L.m.
Verbrugge Herman
Shell Canada Limited
Smart & Biggar
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