Methods of Manufacturing
REACTION OF SODIUM NITRATE AND HYDROCHLORIC ACID WITH 2-AMINO-6-CHLOROTOLUENE FOLLOWED BY REACTION WITH CUPROUS CHLORIDE
2,6-Dichlorotoluene is obtained from the Sandmeyer reaction on 2-amino-6-chlorotoluene, ring chlorination and desulfonylation of p-toluene sulfonyl chloride, and from the chlorination and dealkylation of 4-tert-butyltoluene or 3,5-di-tert-butyltoluene.
...by chlorination of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride in the presence of antimonous chloride, followed by desulfonation. Alternatively it can be made by chlorination of 4-t-butyltoluene or 3,5-di-t-butyltoluene with subsequent dealkylation, or by means of a Sandmeyer reaction on 2-amino-6-chlorotoluene.
o-Chlorotoluene (ring chlorination; coproduced with 2,4-dichlorotoluene)
U.S. Production
(1975) PROBABLY GREATER 4.54X10+5 GRAMS
(1977) PROBABLY GREATER 4.54X10+5 GRAMS