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Process Improvement of m, p-Trifluoromethylbenzonitrile

  • Liu Gang
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  • 1. Xinjiang Technology Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumgi 830011;
    2. Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China

Received date: 2002-03-09

  Revised date: 2002-05-15

  Online published: 2003-01-18

Abstract

m,p Trifluoromethylbenzonitrile are useful intermediates for synthesis of pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals.The article discloses that m, p chlorobenzotrifluoride are converted to m, p trifluoromethylbenzonitrile using Ni(P(C6H5)3)3 as catalyst which give 87.0% and 82.7% conversion respectively. The catalyst is prepared in situ from anhydrous NiCl 2 with PФ 3 in the presence of a reducing powder in a single reactor vessel. The reaction occurs under simple, mild conditions and easily to be controlled and has been carried out in a commercial scale.

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Liu Gang . Process Improvement of m, p-Trifluoromethylbenzonitrile[J]. Journal of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2003 , 20(1) : 103 -106 . DOI: 10.7523/j.issn.2095-6134.2003.1.016

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