Trioctylamine → Methyl 2,3,4,5-tetrafluorobenzoate
Reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:17])[C:4]1[C:5](=[C:9]([F:16])[C:10]([F:15])=[C:11]([F:14])[C:12]=1[F:13])C(O)=O.C(N(CCCCCCCC)CCCCCCCC)CCCCCCC>>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:17])[C:4]1[CH:5]=[C:9]([F:16])[C:10]([F:15])=[C:11]([F:14])[C:12]=1[F:13]Participants
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Conditions
- Temperature
- 140 °C
Procedure
Into a 100 ml three necked flask, 20 g (0.079 mol) of the 3,4,5,6-tetrafluorophthalic acid-monomethyl ester prepared in Example 14, and 27.9 g (0.079 mol) of tri-n-octylamine were charged, and the mixture was heated and stirred at 140° C. for 4 hours. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was separated by distillation to obtain 15.5 g of 2,3,4,5-tetrafluorobenzoic acid methyl ester. The yield was 94.2%.