申请人:——
公开号:US20030166962A1
公开(公告)日:2003-09-04
A process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I)
1
wherein
R
1
and R
2
are each independently of the other C
1
-C
8
alkyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl,
m is 1, 2 or 3, preferably 2,
n is an integer from 1 to 30, and
R
3
is an n-valent radical from linear or branched C
4
-C
30
alkyl, which is optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms, or (when n=1-12) an n-valent radical from C
5
-C
12
cycloalkyl, or a radical R
4
—[NR
5
—C
m
H
2m
—]
p
,
R
4
is hydrogen, an n-valent radical from linear or branched C
4
-C
30
alkyl, which is optionally interrupted by one or more —NR
5
— groups, or (when n=1-12) an n-valent radical from C
5
-C
12
cycloalkyl,
R
5
radicals, each independently of any other(s), are hydrogen or methyl or —C
m
H
2m
—, preferably hydrogen, and
p corresponds to the number of —[NR
5
—C
m
H
2m
—] groups that gives n —C
m
H
2m
— radicals per molecule,
by reaction of a compound of formula (II)
2
wherein R is C
1
-C
3
alkyl, with a compound of formula (III)
R
3
(OH)
n
(III)
wherein R
3
and n have the definitions given, wherein the reaction takes place at a practically neutral acid value (pH) and in the presence of at least one alkali metal salt of an organic carboxylic acid, which salt is dissolved or suspended in the reaction mixture, or in the presence of a mixture of such alkali metal salts, (i) that alkali metal salt being formed from an alkali metal cation and an anion of an organic carboxylic acid and (ii) the organic carboxylic acid being at least partially volatile under the reaction conditions applied. Preferred alkali metal salts are alkali metal formate and alkali metal acetate.
一种制备式(I)的化合物的方法,其中R1和R2各自独立地为C1-C8烷基,环戊基或环己基,m为1、2或3,优选为2,n为1-30的整数,而R3为线性或支链C4-C30烷基的n价基团,该烷基可选地被一个或多个氧原子中断,或(当n=1-12时)为C5-C12环烷基的n价基团,或为R4—[NR5—CmH2m]p的基团,其中R4为氢,线性或支链C4-C30烷基的n价基团,该烷基可选地被一个或多个—NR5—基团中断,或(当n=1-12时)为C5-C12环烷基的n价基团,R5为独立于其他基团的氢、甲基或—CmH2m—,优选为氢,p对应于给出n个—CmH2m—基团的数量,通过将式(II)的化合物与式(III)R3(OH)n的化合物反应得到,其中R为C1-C3烷基,在实际中性酸值(pH)下,在至少一种有机
羧酸的碱
金属盐的存在下,该盐溶解或悬浮在反应混合物中,或在这种碱
金属盐的混合物的存在下,(i)该碱
金属盐由碱
金属阳离子和有机
羧酸的阴离子形成,(ii)该有机
羧酸在应用的反应条件下至少部分挥发。优选的碱
金属盐是碱
金属
甲酸盐和碱
金属
乙酸盐。