Process for preparing 2-arylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acids

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PATENT NO 5473079
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08122566

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The invention relates to an improved process for preparing 2-arylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acids of the formula I, ##STR1## in which Ar is unsubstituted phenyl or phenyl substituted by one or more C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or alkoxy groups and m is 1, 2 or 3, wherein o-phenylenediamine is reacted in the presence of sulfuric acid at between room temperature and 250.degree. C. with a benzoic acid derivative of the formula II Ar(--X).sub.m II in which Ar and m are as above, and X is COO-alkyl, where alkyl is n-alkyl having from 1 to 6 C atoms, COOH, COCl, COBr or CN, and new arylbenzimidazole acids of the formula Ia ##STR2##

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MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGFRANKFURTER STRASSE 250 DARMSTADT 64293

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Casutt, Michael Heppenheim, DE 17 39
Faller, Gerald Bensheim, DE 1 5
Fechtel, Ulrich Ober-Ramstadt, DE 4 18
Hartner, Hartmut Muhlta, DE 11 176
Heywang, Ulrich Darmstadt, DE 25 268
Stein, Ingeborg Erzhausen, DE 13 51

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