Patent ID: 6307076
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
A process for preparing amido phenyl esters of the formula I ##STR4##whereA is a group of the formula --CONR.sup.2 --or --NR.sup.2 CO--,R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.26 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.26 -alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.26 -alkynyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl or an aryl or alkylaryl group each having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms,R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.26 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.26 -alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.26 -alkynyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl or an aryl or alkylaryl group each having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms,R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, which can be identical or different, are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkynyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl,R.sup.5 is hydrogen, halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkynyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy, n is a number from 1 to 10, X is a group of the formulae SO.sub.3 M, OSO.sub.3 M, (CH.sub.2).sub.m SO.sub.3 M, (CH.sub.2).sub.m OSO.sub.3 M, CO.sub.2 M and N(R.sup.6).sub.3 Y,where M is hydrogen or an alkali metal ion,R.sup.6 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms,Y is a halogen atom andm is 1 or 2,which comprises adding an inorganic acid halide to a melt of the compound of the formula II ##STR5##freeing the resulting amidocarboxylic acid halide under reduced pressure from waste gases which remain, and reacting this amidocarboxylic acid halide in a second reaction step with a phenol derivative of the formula III ##STR6##suspended in a suitable organic solvent.