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IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PREPARING P-NITROBENZOIC ACID-2-ETHYLHEXYL ESTER

Application US20260078083A1 Kind: A1 Mar 19, 2026

Inventors

Peter LEIDINGER, Thomas BERG, Helmut KRONEMAYER, Joerg WERLE

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing p-nitrobenzoic acid-2-ethyl hexylester comprising reacting p-nitrobenzoic acid, wherein an excess of 2-ethylhexanol acts as solvent and no additional solvent is added, or p-nitrobenzoic acid and 2-ethylhexanol are provided in equimolar amounts and no additional solvent is added, or 2-ethylhexanol is provided in substoichiometric amounts and no additional solvent is added. Further, the present invention relates to the p-nitrobenzoic acid-2-ethyl hexylester obtained by the process and having high purity and optimum product properties.

CPC Classifications

C07C 229/60 C07C 201/12 C07C 227/04 C07D 251/70

Filing Date

2023-08-28

Application No.

19106798