| abstract |
Novel benzoxazole compound having, at the 2 position, a group bonding through a carbon atom having no or one hydrogen atom and introduced with a chlorine or bromine atom at the 5 position. The compounds are key intermediates useful for preparing 2-amino-5-nitrophenol derivatives which are useful as intermediates for synthesis of industrial materials, reducing agents, antioxidants, cyan-image-forming couplers and the like. |