Patent ID: 6242646
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
A process for preparing 2,4-dichloro-5-hydroxyacetanilide by reacting 3-hydroxyacetanilide with sulfuryl chloride in the presence of from 3 to 30 parts by weight of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms per part by weight of 3-hydroxyacetanilide with vigorous mixing at from 20 to 100.degree. C., removing gaseous components from the reaction mixture, setting a ratio of from 1.0 to 6 parts by weight of aliphatic carboxylic acid per part by weight of 3-hydroxyacetanilide employed and removing 2,4-dichloro-5-hydroxyacetanilide as a solid.