bifenox

BIFENOX


Bifenox was first synthesized by R.J. Theissen of the agricultural research section of Mobil Chemical's Central Research Laboratory in 1969 .

Test quantities were produced at the Mobil Edison Laboratory and by custom manufacturers over the period 1969-1973

The industrial production started in the US in 1973 following a chemical route starting from toluene , benzoic acid and dichlorophenol
bifenox chemical route





This production was done on various site in the US

bifenox manufacutring route

Velsicol company manufactured m-chloro benzoyl chloride (CBE) in Chattanooga ,Tenessee; using their own know how to make benzoyl chloride from toluene and chlorine and Mobil technology to make CBE from benzoyl chloride . The CBE was trucked to Vertac Chemical Co in Helena Arkansas for nitration using Mobil technology .The NBE produced was trucked to the Mobil plant in Mount Pleasant Tenessee where it was converted to BIFENOX via reaction with dichloro phenol