A formylated alkylbenzenesulfonyl halide compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each a member selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and alkyl groups having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; X is a halogen atom; the sulfonyl halide group is present at the ortho or para position while the formyl group at the para or ortho position relative to the group R.sub.1 when R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are both a hydrogen atom, while the sulfonyl halide group and the formyl group are present at the para positions relative to the groups R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, respectively, when R.sub.2 is an alkyl group and R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, or the sulfonylhalide group and the formyl group are present at the para positions relative to the groups R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, respectively, when R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are both an alkyl group; the compound (I) being prepared by reacting an alkylbenzene represented by the following formula (III) with carbon monoxide and a halosulfonic acid represented by the following formula (II) in the presence of an antimony halide: XSO.sub.3 H (II) ##STR2## wherein all of X in the formula (II) and R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 in the formula (III) are as defined above.
以下为通式(I)所代表的酰甲基化烷基苯
磺酰卤化物化合物:##STR1##
其中,R1是具有1至5个碳原子的烷基基团;R2和R3分别是从氢原子和具有1至5个碳原子的烷基基团中选择的成员;X是卤素原子;当R2和R3均为氢原子时,磺
酰卤基位于邻位或对位,而酰甲基位于对位或邻位相对于基团R1,而当R2是烷基基团而R3是氢原子时,磺
酰卤基和酰甲基分别位于基团R1和R2的对位位置,而当R2和R3均为烷基基团时,磺
酰卤基和酰甲基分别位于基团R1和R2的对位位置;化合物(I)通过在
锑卤化物的存在下,将以下
化学式(III)所代表的烷基苯和以下
化学式(II)所代表的卤代
磺酸和
一氧化碳反应制备而成:XSO3H(II)##STR2##
其中,
化学式(II)中的X以及
化学式(III)中的R1、R2和R3均如上定义。