Patent number: 4360676
Abstract: 3,3,5-Trichloroglutaric acid imide can be produced either by reacting a trichloroacetic acid alkyl ester, in the presence of a catalyst, with acrylonitrile to the corresponding 2,2,4-trichloro-4-cyanobutyric acid alkyl ester, converting this into the amide, and cyclizing the 2,2,4-trichloro-4-cyano-butanecarboxylic acid amide, in an aqueous acid medium, to the 3,3,5-trichloroglutaric acid imide; or by reacting trichloroacetonitrile, in the presence of a catalyst, to 2,2,4-trichloro-4-cyanobutyronitrile, and cyclizing this, in an aqueous acid medium, to 3,3,5-trichloroglutaric acid imide. The catalyst used for the addition reactions can be for example copper(I) chloride or copper(II) oxide. 3,3,5-Trichloroglutaric acid imide can be converted, by treatment with a dehydrating chlorinating agent, such as POCl.sub.3, into the known 2,3,5,6-tetrachloropyridine, which for its part is used for producing various active substances, particularly insecticides, herbicides and fungicides.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 24, 1980
Date of Patent:
November 23, 1982
Assignee:
Ciba-Geigy Corporation
Inventors:
Pierre Martin, Daniel Bellus