| abstract |
THE SUBJECT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION IS A PROCESS FOR PREPARING ARYLACETIC ESTERS OF FORMULA I: ARCHR-COOR. IT IS CHARACTERIZED IN THAT AN ALPHA-HALOALKYLARYLARYLCETONE OF FORMULA II: ARC (O) -CHR-X (WHERE X IS CHLORINE, BROMINE OR IODINE) IS REACTED WITH AT LEAST ONE DERIVATIVE OF SILVER I IN AN ALCOHOLIC ENVIRONMENT OF FORMULA ROH, AND IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ACID, AT A BOILING TEMPERATURE OF THE REACTIONAL MIXTURE, AND AT A PRESSURE NEAR ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. IT CONCERNS THESE COMPOUNDS. |