PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL INTERMEDIATE
申请人:Mezei Tibor
公开号:US20110040093A1
公开(公告)日:2011-02-17
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of general formula (III), wherein R represents fluorine or chlorine atom and X represents chlorine or bromine atom, by halogenation of cyclopropyl benzyl ketone of general formula (II), wherein R represents fluorine or chlorine atom and the halogenation is carried out in the mixture of aqueous hydrogen halide and aqueous hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a water miscible solvent or in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst; or the halogenation is carried out in the mixture of sulfuric acid and an alkali metal salt of aqueous hydrogen halide. The process can be applied preferably on industrial scale.