Patent 7094919 was granted and assigned to Eastman Chemical Company on August, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Methods for preparing substituted aromatic carboxylic acid esters are described. In particular, the invention relates a method for preparing a nitro-substituted aromatic carboxylic acid ester:Additionally the invention relates to a method for preparing a thioether-substituted aromatic carboxylic acid ester:Such aryl esters are useful in the preparation of various agrochemicals and agrochemical intermediates.