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US 9,414,594 B2Granted
Processes for the preparation of pesticidal compounds
AssigneeDow AgroSciences LLC
InventorsQiang Yang, Beth Lorsbach, Gregory Whiteker, Gary Roth, Carl DeAmicis, Daniel I. Knueppel, Ann M. Buysse, Kaitlyn Gray, Xiaoyong Li, Joseck M. Muhuhi, Ronald Ross, Jr., David E. Podhorez, Yu Zhang
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Abstract
The present application provides processes for making pesticidal compounds and compounds useful both as pesticides and in the making of pesticidal compounds.
Claims5
A process comprising alkylating pesticidal thioether (3b)
- with R2—X2 in the presence of cesium carbonate and a polar solvent, to yield pesticidal thioether (3c),
- wherein,
- X2 is a leaving group,
- R1 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4-haloalkyl and C1-C4-alkyl-C3-C6-halocycloalkyl, and
- R2 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4-alkyl.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.