68049-83-2Relevant articles and documents
Discovery and development of a commercial synthesis of azafenidin
Shapiro, Rafael,DiCosimo, Robert,Hennessey, Susan M.,Stieglitz, Barry,Campopiano, Onorato,Chiang, George C.
, p. 593 - 598 (2013/09/07)
A commercial synthesis of the DuPont herbicide azafenidin is described. Discovery of a novel synthesis of the triazolinone ring system and a practical, environmentally benign process to 5-cyanovaleramide were critical breakthroughs in enabling azafenidin to be manufactured at an acceptable cost. The process began with the selective hydrolysis of DuPont's nylon intermediate, adiponitrile, to 5-cyanovaleramide. This was converted via Hofmann rearrangement and Pinner-type cyclization to afford the key amidine carboxylate intermediate containing both carbon atoms of the triazolinone ring. The preservation of all six carbon atoms of adiponitrile set up a 2 + 3 cyclocondensation with arylhydrazines, which replaced a costly 4 + 1 cyclocondensation of an amidrazone with phosgene or a phosgene surrogate used in the original route. This new triazolinone process was optimized to afford the commercial product in a highly efficient and economical fashion.
Process for the preparation of triazolinone herbicides
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, (2008/06/13)
A process for the preparation of substituted 1,2,4-triazoline-3(2H)-ones of general formula (I) STR1 by reacting an amide of general formula (IV) STR2 with phosgen or thiophosgen or a phosgen substitute or thiophosgen substitute to a compound of general formula V STR3 and subsequent reaction of (V) with a compound of general formula (VI) or of an acid addition salt of (VI) to compounds of general formula (I). Compounds of general formula (I) can be used as herbicides.
Process to prepare herbicidal bicyclic triazoles
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, (2008/06/13)
This invention includes compounds of Formula II and IV and a process for preparing Formula I compounds by first preparing the compounds of Formula IV and then further reacting to form the compounds of Formula II and further reacting to prepare the compounds of Formula I wherein Q, Z, R2 are as defined within. STR1