Isoindoline compounds and the manufacture and use thereof

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of 1:1 metal complexes of isoindoline azines of the formula (1), wherein the ring A is unsubstituted or is substituted by two to four halogen atoms, by one or two alkyl or alkoxy groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, by a phenyl, phenoxy, nitro or benzoylamino group or by an, alkanoylamino group of 2 to 6 carbon atoms R is a hydrogen, atom, an alkyl or aryl group and Q is a group of the formula, (2), wherein B is an isocyclic or heterocyclic radical from the group consisting of phenylene, naphthylene, a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring which may be fused with a benzene nuclei and which contains a nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur atom …