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Method for making octyloxy substituted diphenyl iodonium hexafluoro metalloid salts

Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1989-10-31
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Granted: 1991-02-12
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Expires: 2009-10-31
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Abstract

Abstract A one pot method is provided for preparing an (octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium tosylate and the corresponding hexafluorometalloid salt. n-Octylphenyl ether is initially prepared using a halooctane and phenol in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst followed by the addition of iodobenzene, a peracid, and p-toluene sulfonic acid. The resulting (octyloxyphenyl)phenyl iodonium tosylate can be directly metathesized after an optional treatment step with an alkali metal hexafluoroantimonate salt. The (octyloxyphenyl)phenyl iodonium hexafluorometalloid salt can be used as a photoinitiator for UV curable organic materials such as epoxy resins.

Inventors

  • 👤 James M. Fukuyama
  • 👤 Julia L. Lee
  • 👤 James V. Crivello

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 11:21
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07F; C07F9/00; C07F9/90; C07F9/902; C07C; C07C43/00; C07C43/02; C07C43/20; C07C43/225

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 129 words
A one pot method for making an (octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium hexafluorometalloid salt which comprises, (1) effecting reaction between phenol and 1-bromo octane in the presence of an aqueous basic solution and a phase transfer catalyst to form n-octylphenyl ether, (2) effecting the removal of the aqueous basic solution from the mixture of (1), (3) adding with agitation to the mixture of (2), iodobenzene, peracid and a toluenesulfonic acid while maintaining the resulting mixture at a temperature of from 20° C. to 100° C. to form an (octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium tosylate complex, (4) effecting the separation of the (octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium tosylate from the complex of (3) and, (5) effecting a metathesis reaction between the (octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium tosylate of (4) and an alkali metal hexafluorometalloid salt to form the (octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium hexafluorometalloid salt.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 129 words
A one pot method for making an (octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium hexafluorometalloid salt which comprises, (1) effecting reaction between phenol and 1-bromo octane in the presence of an aqueous basic solution and a phase transfer catalyst to form n-octylphenyl ether, (2) effecting the removal of the aqueous basic solution from the mixture of (1), (3) adding with agitation to the mixture of (2), iodobenzene, peracid and a toluenesulfonic acid while maintaining the resulting mixture at a temperature of from 20° C. to 100° C. to form an (octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium tosylate complex, (4) effecting the separation of the (octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium tosylate from the complex of (3) and, (5) effecting a metathesis reaction between the (octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium tosylate of (4) and an alkali metal hexafluorometalloid salt to form the (octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium hexafluorometalloid salt.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 17 words
A method in accordance with claim 1, where the (octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium hexafluorometalloid salt is (4-octyloxyphenyl) phenyliodonium hexafluoroantimonate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 18 words
A method in accordance with claim 1, where the phase transfer catalyst in step 1 is tetrabutylammonium bromide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 16 words
A method in accordance with claim 1, where the peracid in step 3 is peracetic acid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 52 words
A method in accordance with claim 1, where the octyloxyphenyl phenyliodonium tosylate is separated from the complex by initially adding an aromatic organic solvent in water to the complex followed by separation of the aqueous layer and extraction with the aromatic organic solvent and the trituration of the solid residue with n-octane.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 15 words
A method in accordance with claim 1, where the metathesis is effected with sodium hexafluoroantimonate.

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