Patent ID: 8350025

Claim:
A process for preparing a compound of formula (I) which comprises: reacting a compound of formula (II) with a compound of formula R6-OH, or a salt thereof, in the presence of between 0.05 and 40 mol % of quinuclidine, 3-quinuclidinol or 3-quinuclidinone or an acid salt of quinuclidine, 3-quinuclidinol or 3-quinuclidinone, wherein: R1, R2, R3 and R4 are, independently, hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, alkylcarbonyl, formyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, or optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl or alkylsulphonyl; R5 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, alkylcarbonyl, formyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, or optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl or alkylsulphonyl, or wherein * denotes the point of attachment to the phenyl radical of formula (I); R6 is substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heterocyclyl, or the salt thereof; R7 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or bromine, with the proviso that R6 and the radical: are different from each other.