Polyhalide alkaryl compound

Abstract

Preparation of polyhaloalkylaryls is by reaction of a substituted aryl compound with a chloro- or bromo-substituted alkyl compound in a multi-phase reaction medium containing an aqueous phase and at least one (especially only one) organic phase, the reaction being phase transfer-catalyzed and in presence of a reductant and / or light of wavelength 400 nm or below. Preparation of polyhaloalkylaryls of formula (I) is by reaction of a substituted aryl compound of formula (II) with a chloro- or bromo- substituted alkyl compound of formula (III) in a multi-phase reaction medium containing an aqueous phase and at least one (especially only one) organic phase, the reaction being phase transfer-catalyzed and in presence of a reductant and / or light of wavelength 400 nm or below. R1 = 1-12C alkyl, NR8R9 or OR10; R8 - R10 = H, 1-12C alkyl, CO(1-12C alkyl), CO(5-14C aryl), CO(6-15C aralkyl), COO(1-12C alkyl), COO(5- 14C aryl), COO(6-15C aralkyl), COO(2-12 alkenyl), CONH(1-12C alkyl), CONH(5- 14C aryl), CONH(6-15C aralkyl), CON(1-12C alkyl)2, CON(5-14C aryl)2, CON(6-15C aralkyl)2 or 6-15C aralkyl or NR8R9 completes a 4-16C cyclic group; R2 - R6 = H, F, Cl, Br or 1-12C perfluoroalkyl and / or 2 of the residues form one or more cyclic perfluoroalkyls each with 4-20C, the sum of the F atoms on C atoms bonded to the aromatic ring and the F atoms on adjacent C atoms being at least2; n = 1 or 2; R7 = 1-12C alkyl, 5-14C aryl, 6-15C aralkyl, OH, Cl, Br, F, NO2, CN, optionally protected formyl, 1-12C alkyl, 1-12C haloalkyl, 5-14C aryl, 6-15C aralkyl or a group of formula A-B-D-E, AE, A-SO2-E, A-B-SO2R11, A-SO3W or A-COW or 2 R7 groups together form a 5-12C cyclic group; A = absent or is 1- 8C alkylene; B = O, S or NR12; D = carbonyl; E = R13, OR13, NHR11 or N(R11)2; W = OH, NH2 or OM; R11 = 1-8C alkyl, 6-15C aralkyl, 6-14C aryl or N(R11)2 forms a 4-12C cyclic amino group; R12 = H, 1-8C alkyl, 6- 15C aralkyl or 5-14C aryl; R13 = 1-8C alkyl, 6-15c aralkyl or 5-14C aryl; M = alkali metal ion, semi-equivalent of an alkaline earth metal , ammonium or organic ammonium; and m = integer 0-(5-n). Independent claims are also included for: (1) compounds of formula (XI); (2) compounds of formula (XII). residue R2R3R4C- CR5R6 = a secondary or tertiary group or is a primary group comprising 2-bromo- 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl, 2-chloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl, 2-bromo-2-chloro- trifluoroethyl or 2-bromo-1-chloro-trifluoroethyl, compounds in which residue R2R3R4C-CR5R6 is wholly perfluoroalkyl being excluded. (XIa) = a compound of formula (XI) with at least one primary, secondary or tertiary amino function; v = a number between 1 and the number of primary, secondary or tertiary amino functions in (XIa); and Y = an anion.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to polyhaloalkaryl compounds, processes for their preparation and the use of polyhaloalkaryl compounds in the preparation of active ingredients, especially in agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals. Background technique [0002] Polyhaloalkylarylates are valuable raw materials for the preparation of active ingredients in agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals because the polyhaloalkyl substituents increase the lipophilicity and thus the membrane permeability of the entire active ingredient molecule. For example, substituted 4-perfluoroalkylanilines are especially suitable for the preparation of effective insecticides of the aroylurea type (see also EP-A 919542 and EP-A 936212). [0003] Perfluoroalkarylates can be obtained, for example, in aprotic solvents, and in the presence of metals and sulfur dioxide (EP-A 206951 and FR-A 2660923) or in the presence of dithionites of alkali metals (EP-A 298803 ), prepared by reacting aromatic ...

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However, perfluoroalkyl iodides are not only expensive but also result in low atom economy due to their high molecular weight

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