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  






This production was done on various site in the US



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