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THE INVENTION PROVIDES NOVEL COMPOUNDS OF FORMULA I, USEFUL AS INTERMEDIATES FOR INSECTICIDAL ETHERS.(FORMULA 1)WHEREIN W REPRESENTS 1 TO 4 SUBSTITUENTS SELECTED FROM HALO, ALKYL, ALKOXY, HALOALKYL, HALOALKOXY AND ALKOXYALKYL, OR W REPRESENTS A BIDENTATE ALAKYLENE OR ALKYLENEDIOXY GROUP LINKING ADJACENT CARBON ATOMS, X REPRESENTS FLUOROALKYL, AND Y IS SELECTED FROM CHLORINE, BROMINE AND ALKOXY; AND A PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAID ETHERS. THE COMPOUNDS OF FORMULA I ARE PREPARED BY REACTING A KETONE OF FORMULA: WITH A PHOSPHONIUM SALT OF FORMULA HAL- (Q)3P+-CH2-Y, WHERE HAL REPRESENTS A HALIDE ION AND Q REPRESENTS ALKYL OR ARYL. |