Process for producing azasulfonium salts and rearrangement thereof to
申请人:The Ohio State University Research Foundation
公开号:US03985756A1
公开(公告)日:1976-10-12
Preparing ortho-substituted anilines by reacting an N-chloroaniline with a non-carbonylic di-hydrocarbon sulfide to form an azasulfonium chloride, reacting the azasulfonium chloride with a strong base to form an aniline substituted in the 2-position with a hydrocarbon-S-hydrocarbyl thio-ether group. The ortho-substituted thio-ether compounds can be reduced with a de-sulfurizing reducing agent such as Raney nickel or the like to form the ortho-alkylated aniline. The aniline may be an amino-pyridine. The azasulfonium salt and thio-ether intermediate products can be isolated and recovered. If desired, the thio-ether compounds can be reduced to form ortho-alkylated aniline products which are useful as intermediates for a wide variety of purposes, including their uses in making dyes, herbicides, and the like.