Patent number: 6500956
Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of bipyridyls by converting at least one pyridine of the formula (III)
in which
S′, S″, S′″, S″″ and S′″″, independently of one another, are identical or different and are hydrogen, (C1-C18)-alkyl, alkoxy-(C1-C18), acyloxy-(C1-C18), aryloxy-(C1-C18), perfluoroacyloxy-(C1-C8), NO2, (C1-C18)-aryl, (C1-C18)-heteroaryl, halogen, hydroxyl, nitro, nitroso, CN, COOH, CHO, PO3H2, SO3H, SO2R, SOR, NH2, NH-alkyl-(C1-C18), N-alkyl2-(C1-C18), protected amine, CF3, NHCO-alkyl-(C1-C4), N-alkyl-(C1-C4)-CO-alkyl-(C1-C4), COO-alkyl-(C1-C18), CONH2, CO-alkyl-(C1-C18), NHCOH, NHCOO-alkyl-(C1-C4), CO-(C1-C18)-aryl, COO-(C1-C18)-aryl, CHCH-CO2-alkyl-(C1-C18), CHCHCO2H, PO-phenyl2, PO-alkyl2-(C1-C4), (COO−)n(cation)n+, (PO32−)n(cation)2n+, (SO3−)n(cation)n+ and/or (O−)n(cation)n+,
where optionally S′, S″, S′″, S″″ and/or S&pr
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 30, 2000
Date of Patent:
December 31, 2002
Assignee:
Axiva GmbH
Inventors:
Holger Geissler, Peter Gross