Patent ID: 6297405
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
A benzaldehyde of the formula (I) ##STR3##wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, and R.sub.5 are selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl groups containing 1-4 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylene ring systems, fluorine, chlorine; with the proviso that one and only one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, and R.sub.5 is Fluorine or Cl and wherein at least one of the remaining groups is a moiety other than H; wherein if R.sub.3 is fluorine, at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.5 must be a moiety other than H.