Esters of trisubstituted hydroxyphenylalkanoic acids

Abstract

Abstract The compounds are esters and amides of trialkylhydroxyphenylalkanoic acid having the formula ##SPC1## Wherein R, R 1 and R 2 are independently lower alkyl or cycloalkyl groups, R 3 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylene, phenyl, phenyl substituted by alkyl groups, alkylthioethyl, thiobis-alkylene, alkyleneoxyalkylene, polyoxyalkylene or a polyvalent cyclic or acyclic hydrocarbon radical, R 4 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, R 5 is hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with alkyl groups, alkylene, polyoxyalkylene or polyvalent cyclic or acyclic hydrocarbon radical, A is lower alkylene, m is 1 to 4 and n is 1 to 6. The ester compounds of this invention are prepared via usual esterification procedures from a suitable alcohol and an acid of the formula I ##SPC2## or an acid halide or acid anhydride thereof. The higher alkyl esters can also be prepared from the lower alkyl ester, especially the methyl ester of the above represented compounds, by transesterification with a higher alkanol. The amide compounds of this invention are prepared by usual amidation procedures by reacting a carboxylic acid of formula I or an acid chloride or anhydride or a lower alkyl ester thereof with the appropriate amine. The compounds are useful as stabilizers for organic materials, especially polyolefins, which deteriorate upon exposure to light and heat.

Inventors

• 👤 John d. Spivack

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