Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a glycine-N,N-derivative I and a salt thereof with an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, an ammonium or a substituted ammonium group. SOLUTION: This method comprises (A) reacting a disubstituted glycine or a disubstituted glycine nitrile or a dimeric glycine of formula (1) or a dimeric glycine nitrile of formula (2) with formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide or an alkali metal cyanide or (B) reacting iminodiacetic acid, iminodiacetonitrile with a monoaldehyde or a dialdehyde of formula: OHC-A-CHO and hydrogen cyanide or an alkali metal cyanide, and subsequently hydrolyzing the remaining nitrile groups into carboxy groups. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing glycine-N, N-derivatives I and their alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts. SOLUTION: The method comprises (A) reacting a corresponding di-substituted glycine or di-substituted glycine nitrile or a dimeric glycine of formula (1) or a dimeric glycine nitrile of formula (2) with formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide or an alkali metal cyanide, or (B) reacting iminodiacetic acid or iminodiacetonitrile with a corresponding monoaldehyde or a dialdehyde of the formula: OHC-A-CHO and hydrogen cyanide or an alkali metal cyanide, and subsequently hydrolyzing the remaining nitrile groups into carboxy groups. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing triethylenetetramine (TETA), comprising the following steps: a) ethylenediamine (EDA) is reacted with formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide (HCN), the molar ratio of EDA to formaldehyde to HCN being between 1 : 1.5 : 1.5 and 1 : 2 : 2 [mol/mol/mol], to obtain ethylenediamine diacetonitrile (EDDN); b) the EDDN obtained in step a) is hydrogenated in the presence of a catalyst and a solvent.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing one or more complexing agents, selected from methylglycinediacetic acid, glutamic acid diacetic acid, and salts thereof, by catalytically dehydrogenating N,N-bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)-alanine and/or N,N-bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)-glutamic acid or salts thereof in the presence of alkali hydroxide, a catalyst containing copper and zirconium dioxide being used, the activation of which is a reduction, characterized in that the precursor of the catalyst in question has a degree of crystallization K defined as (I) in the range of 0 to 50%.
Abstract:
What is proposed is a process for preparing a crystalline L-MGDA tri-alkali metal salt by crystallization from an aqueous solution thereof which has been obtained by Strecker synthesis proceeding from L-a-alanine, by reaction with formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide to give L-a-alanine-N,N-diacetonitrile and subsequent alkaline hydrolysis of the L-a-alanine-N,N-diacetonitrile to give the L-MGDA tri-alkali metal salt, which is characterized in that a temperature of 150°C is not exceeded in the course of alkaline hydrolysis.
Abstract:
The invention relates to 3-aminomethyl-1-cyclohexylamine and a method for the production thereof by a) reacting cyclohexenone with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a basic catalyst, b) reacting the cyclohexanone nitrile obtained in step a) with ammonia in the presence of an imine-forming catalyst, and c) reacting the reaction mixture that is obtained in step b) and contains 3-cyanocyclohexylimine with hydrogen and ammonia on hydrogenation catalysts. The invention further relates to the use of 3-aminomethyl-1-cyclohexylamine as a curing agent for epoxy resins, as an intermediate product when producing diisocyanates, as an initiator entity when producing polyetherols, and/or as a monomer for producing polyamides.
Abstract:
The invention relates to 5-isopropyl-3-aminomethyl-2-methyl-1-amino-cyclohexane (carvone diamine) and a method for the production thereof by a) reacting carvone with hydrogen cyanide, b) then reacting the carvone nitrile obtained in step a) with ammonia in the presence of an imine-forming catalyst, and c) subsequently reacting the reaction mixture that is obtained in step b) and contains carvone nitrilimine with hydrogen and ammonia on hydrogenation catalysts. The invention further relates to the use of carvone diamine as a curing agent for epoxy resins, as an intermediate product when producing diisocyanates, as an initiator entity when producing polyetherols, and/or as a monomer for producing polyamides.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for the production of aminodicarboxylic acid-N,N,diacetic acids of the general Formula I, wherein X independently of one another represents hydrogen or an alkali metal and n represents a number 1 or 2. Furthermore, the invention relates to aminodicarboxylic acid-N,N-diacetic acids of high purity. The inventive method comprises the following steps: a) reacting an aminodicarboxylic acid of the general Formula II, wherein X and n have the aforementioned meanings, with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of formaldehyde and with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of hydrocyanic acid; b) reacting the reaction products of step a) with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of hydrocyanic acid and with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of formaldehyde; c) hydrolyzing in the reaction product obtained in step b).