Patent ID: 6258967
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: C07B,C07C,C07D,C07F

Abstract:
A process for the preparation of an organozinc compound comprising an aromatic moiety by reaction between a zinc chloride, bromide or iodide and an organometallic compound of another metal comprising an aromatic moiety and a metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, boron, tin, copper, cerium, cadmium, mercury and the alkaline earth metals, thereby producing a reaction product comprising an organozinc compound and a halide salt of the other metal, the reaction product being contacted with a liquid in which the organozinc compound is soluble and the halide salt of the other metal is of low solubility, and separating the halide salt of the other metal from the liquid, characterised in that the liquid is a hydrocarbon.