Claims
- 1. A process for the preparation of O-substituted hydroxylamines of the formula I
- H.sub.2 NOR.sub.1 (I)
- in which
- R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl, --CH.sub.2 CR.sub.2 .dbd.CR.sub.3 R.sub.4 or --CH.sub.2 C.tbd.CR.sub.5 ;
- R.sub.2 is hydrogen, halogen or methyl;
- R.sub.3 is hydrogen, halogen or methyl;
- R.sub.4 is hydrogen, halogen or methyl; and
- R.sub.5 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl,
- by reacting a nitrile with a alcohol in the presence of hydrogen halide to give the iminoester hydrohalide, further reacting the latter with a hydroxylamine salt in the presence of a base to give the hydroximic acid ester, further reacting the latter with an alkylating agent to give the oxime ether and hydrolytically cleaving the latter, which comprises reacting a nitrile of the formula II
- R.sub.6 --CN (II)
- in which R.sub.6 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, phenyl or benzyl, is reacted with an alcohol of the formula III
- R.sub.7 --OH (III)
- in which R.sub.7 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl, benzyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxyethyl, in an organic solvent which is only sparingly miscible with water or not at all, in the presence of hydrogen halide HX, the suspension obtained of the iminoester hydrohalide of the formula IV ##STR33## in which R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are as defined above and X is chlorine, bromine or iodine, is added at a controlled rate to an aqueous suspension of a carbonate or hydrogen carbonate at a temperature of from -3.degree. to +5.degree. C., an aqueous solution of a hydroxylamine salt is added to the mixture obtained at a temperature of from -20.degree. to -5.degree. C., the aqueous phase is separated off after the mixture has been warmed to room temperature, the solution obtained of the hydroximic acid ester of the formula V ##STR34## in which R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are as defined above, in an organic solvent is first treated with an aqueous solution of a strong base and then with an alkylating agent of the formula VI
- Y--R.sub.1 (VI)
- in which R.sub.1 is as defined above and Y is chlorine, bromine, iodine or --O--SO.sub.2 R.sub.8, and R.sub.8 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkyl, phenyl or phenyl-substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, it being possible for the phenyl ring itself to be monosubstituted, disubstituted or trisubstituted by halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, and Y is alternatively --OSO.sub.2 OR.sub.1 if R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl, at from room temperature to the boiling point of the reaction mixture, the mixture is cooled to room temperature when the O-alkylation is complete, the aqueous phase is separated off, the oxime ether of the formula VII ##STR35## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are as defined above, formed is hydrolysed by stirring with an aqueous solution of a strong acid, and the aqueous phase containing the salt of the O-substituted hydroxylamine of the formula I is separated off, and the hydroxylamine of the formula I is isolated, if necessary, by evaporating the water.
- 2. A process according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent which is only sparingly miscible with water or not at all, is toluene, diethyl ether, xylene, cyclohexane, nitrobenzene, dichloroethane, hexane, dichloromethane or trichloromethane.
- 3. A process according to claim 2, wherein toluene is used.
- 4. A process according to claim 1, wherein the hydroxylamine salt used is hydroxylamine hydrochloride or hydroxylamine sulfate.
- 5. A process according to claim 1, wherein Y is chlorine, bromine or iodine or is 4-methylphenylsulfonyl, 4-bromophenylsulfonyl or methylsulfonyl.
- 6. A process according to claim 1, wherein X is chlorine.
- 7. A process according to claim 1, wherein the strong base used is sodium hydroxide or sodium carbonate.
- 8. A process according to claim 1, wherein the alkylation is carried out in the presence of a catalytic amount of a phase-transfer catalyst.
- 9. A process according to claim 8, wherein the phase-transfer catalyst used is tetrabutylammonium bromide.
- 10. A process according to claim 1, wherein the alkylating agent employed is a compound of the formula VI in which R.sub.1 is --CH.sub.2 --CR.sub.2 .dbd.CR.sub.3 R.sub.4, where R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are as defined in claim 1.
- 11. A process according to claim 10, wherein R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, independently of one another, are hydrogen, chlorine, bromine or methyl.
- 12. A process according to claim 1, wherein an aqueous suspension of sodium hydrogen carbonate, potassium hydrogen carbonate, sodium carbonate or potassium carbonate is added at a controlled rate to the suspension of the iminoester hydrohalide of the formula IV.
- 13. A process according to claim 12, wherein an aqueous suspension of sodium hydrogen carbonate is added.
- 14. A process according to claim 1, wherein the nitrile of the formula II employed is acetonitrile or ethyl nitrile and the alcohol of the formula III employed is methanol or ethanol.
- 15. A process according to claim 1, wherein acetonitrile and ethanol are reacted in toluene in the presence of hydrogen chloride, the suspension obtained is added at a controlled rate to an ice-cooled, aqueous suspension of sodium hydrogen carbonate, an aqueous solution of hydroxylamine sulfate is added to the mixture obtained at a temperature of from -20.degree. to -5.degree. C., the aqueous phase is separated off after the mixture has been warmed to room temperature, the solution obtained of ethyl acetohydroximate in toluene is treated first with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and then with trans-1,3-dichloropropene at a temperature of from +50.degree. to +80.degree. C., the mixture is cooled to room temperature when the O-alkylation is complete, the aqueous phase is separated off, the ethyl O-(trans-chloroallyl)acetohydroximate formed is hydrolysed by stirring with dilute hydrochloric acid, and the aqueous phase containing the hydrochloride of O-(trans-chloroallyl)hydroxylamine is separated off and the latter is isolated, if necessary, by evaporating the water.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 474,422 filed on Feb. 2, 1990 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,965,390.
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