Preparation of trifluoromethylthioacetic acid and its esters
AssigneeSmithKline Corporation
InventorRobert Michael DeMarinis
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Abstract
A new method of preparing trifluoromethylthioacetic acid using a tertiary phosphine in a sulfur extrusion of lower alkyl trifluoromethyldithioacetate with optional is situ alkaline hydrolysis of said acetate using a biphasic hydrolysis system in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst.
Claims9
The method of preparing lower alkyl esters of trifluoromethylthioacetic acid comprising reacting a lower alkyl ester of trifluoromethyldithioacetic acid with a tertiary phosphine of the structure:
- P(R.sub.1).sub.3
- in which each R.sub.1 is lower alkyl having not more than 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or benzyl in an aprotic organic solvent in which the reactants are soluble and which is inert under the reaction conditions.
The method of preparing trifluoromethylthioacetic acid comprising reacting a lower alkyl ester of trifluoromethyldithioacetic acid with a tertiary phosphine of the structure:
- P(R.sub.1).sub.3
- in which each R.sub.1 is lower alkyl having not more than 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or benzyl in an aprotic organic solvent in which the reactants are soluble and which is inert under the reaction conditions to obtain a lower alkyl trifluoromethylthioacetic acid ester and hydrolyzing said ester by contacting the reaction product mixture containing said ester with an aqueous solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst capable of carrying said hydroxide into the organic phase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.