Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the production of unsymmetrically substituted cyanobiphenyls by the slow addition of an aryl Grignard compound to an optionally substituted bromobenzonitrile in the presence of a palladium complex catalyst.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 7, 1998
Date of Patent:
September 19, 2000
Assignee:
Great Lakes Chemical Konstanz GmbH
Inventors:
Bernd Kohler, Manfred Langer, Thomas Mosandl