Abstract: A process for producing trifluoroethoxybenzoic acids or salts thereof by reaction of halobenzoic acids or salts thereof with 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol in the presence of a strong base and copper containing materials. The compounds obtained by the process of the present invention may be used as synthetic intermediates in the pharmaceutical industry.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 18, 2000
Date of Patent:
September 11, 2001
Assignee:
FineTech, LTD
Inventors:
Arie L. Gutman, Genady Nisnevich, Eleonora Shkolnik, Igor Zaltzman