申请人:Chemipro Kasei Kaisha, Ltd.
公开号:US04943637A1
公开(公告)日:1990-07-24
This invention relates to a method for preparing a 2-phenylbenzotriazole of formula I, ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or chlorine atom, a lower alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 4, a lower alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1 to 4, carboxyl group, or sulfonic acid group; R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or chlorine atom, a lower alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 4, or a lower alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1 to 4; R.sub.3 represents hydrogen or chlorine atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 12, a lower alkoxyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 4, phenyl group, a phenyl group substituted with an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 8, phenoxy group, or a phenylalkyl group, the alkyl part of which has a carbon number of 1 to 4; R.sub.4 represents hydrogen or chlorine atom, hydroxyl group, or a lower alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1 to 4; and R.sub.5 represents hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 12, or a phenylalkyl group, the alkyl part of which has a carbon number of 1 to 4), which comprises reducing an o-nitroazobenzene of formula III, ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are as defined above) with at least one selected from the group consisting of primary and secondary alcohol reducing agents in the presence of an aromatic ketone catalyst and base. This invention further relates to a method for preparing a 2-phenylbenzotriazole of formula I as defined above, which comprises reducing 1 mole 2-phenylbenzotriazole-N-oxide of formula II, ##STR3## (wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are as defined above) with 0.4 to 0.7 mole primary alcohol and/or 0.8 to 1.4 mole secondary alcohol in the presence of an aromatic ketone catalyst and base. This invention still further relates to a method for preparing a 2-phenylbenzotriazole-N-oxide of formula II as defined above, which comprises reducing 1 mole o-nitroazobenzene of formula III as defined above with 0.4 to 0.7 mole primary alcohol and/or 0.8 to 1.4 mole secondary alcohol in the presence of an aromatic ketone catalyst and base.
本发明涉及一种制备式I的2-苯基苯并三唑的方法,其中:R1代表氢原子或氯原子,具有1至4个碳原子的低级烷基基团、具有1至4个碳原子的低级烷氧基团、羧基团或磺酸基团;R2代表氢原子或氯原子,具有1至4个碳原子的低级烷基基团或具有1至4个碳原子的低级烷氧基团;R3代表氢原子或氯原子、具有1至12个碳原子的烷基基团、具有1至4个碳原子的低级烷氧基团、苯基、被具有1至8个碳原子的烷基基团取代的苯基、苯氧基或苯基烷基,其中烷基部分具有1至4个碳原子;R4代表氢原子或氯原子、羟基或具有1至4个碳原子的低级烷氧基团;R5代表氢原子、具有1至12个碳原子的烷基基团或苯基烷基,其中烷基部分具有1至4个碳原子。该方法包括在芳香酮催化剂和碱的存在下,使用一种或多种选择自原醇还原剂和二级醇还原剂的还原剂,还原式III的o-硝基偶氮苯,其中:R1、R2、R3、R4和R5如上所定义。本发明还涉及一种制备如上定义的式I的2-苯基苯并三唑的方法,该方法包括在芳香酮催化剂和碱的存在下,使用0.4至0.7摩尔的原醇和/或0.8至1.4摩尔的二级醇,还原1摩尔的式II的2-苯基苯并三唑-N-氧化物,其中:R1、R2、R3、R4和R5如上所定义。本发明还进一步涉及一种制备如上定义的式II的2-苯基苯并三唑-N-氧化物的方法,该方法包括在芳香酮催化剂和碱的存在下,使用0.4至0.7摩尔的原醇和/或0.8至1.4摩尔的二级醇,还原如上定义的式III的o-硝基偶氮苯1摩尔。