Process for producing alkoxyanilines

摘要

Alkoxyanilines are produced by reacting a hydroxyaniline having the formula <IMAGE> with an alkyl halide having the formula R - X wherein R represents an alkyl group and X represents a halogen atom in the presence of an alkali metal alcoholate or hydroxide in a nonprotonic organic solvent selected from the group consisting of N-dimethyl acetamide, tetramethyl urea, hexamethylphosphoric triamide, dimethyl sulfoxide and N-methylpyrrolidone or a polyalkyleneglycol alkyl ether having the formula R'O (R''O)nR' wherein R' represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R'' represents an alkylene group having 2 to 3 carbon atoms and n is an integer of 1 to 3.