There is provided a process for the preparation of an amido or an ureido derivative of certain 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-7-oxobenzo[b]thiophenes or certain 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-oxonaphthalenes which can be employed as an animal growth regulant. The process comprises: oxidizing in the presence of a cobalt catalyst a compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each a substituent selected from the group consisting of alkanoyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.7, halogen-substituted alkanoyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.7, carboalkoxy C.sub.1 -C.sub.4, ##STR2## and ##STR3## R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 ; R.sub.4 is selected from the group consisting of hydr ogen, alkyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.8, alkanoyl C.sub.2 -C.sub.4, halogen-substituted alkanoyl (C.sub.2 -C.sub.4), and ##STR4## and when the ##STR5## moiety is cyclized each represents a moiety selected from the group consisting of succinimido, maleimido and phthalimido; X and Y are each a radical selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, nitro, alkyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 ; the racemic mixtures and the optical isomers thereof.
提供了一种制备某些4,5,6,7-四氢-7-氧基苯并[b]
噻吩或某些1,2,3,4-四氢-4-氧基
萘的酰胺或
脲衍
生物的过程,该过程可用作动物生长调节剂。该过程包括:在
钴催化剂存在下氧化具有以下式的化合物:其中R.sub.1和R.sub.2分别是从羰基C.sub.1-C.sub.7、卤代烷基C.sub.1-C.sub.7、羧烷氧基C.sub.1-C.sub.4、和R.sub.3选自氢和烷基C.sub.1-C.sub.4的取代基组成的羧基;R.sub.4选自氢、烷基C.sub.1-C.sub.8、羰基C.sub.2-C.sub.4、卤代烷基(C.sub.2-C.sub.4)、和当##STR5##基团环化时,每个代表从琥珀
酰亚胺、马来
酰亚胺和邻苯二甲
酰亚胺组成的基团;X和Y分别是从氢、
氟、
氯、
溴、
碘、硝基、烷基C.sub.1-C.sub.4组成的基团中选择的基团;它们的外消旋混合物和光学异构体。