Abstract:
In the process of hydrocarboxylating an α-enamide with CO and H₂O or an organic hydroxyl compound to produce an N-acyl-α-amino acid or ester, respectively, the improvement comprising using as the α-enamide reactant, an α-enamide which has a chiral center that is essentially all L or D, thereby producing a reaction mixture containing diastereomeric N-acyl-α-amino acids or esters having two chiral centers, said mixture having essentially no enantiomeric pairs.
Abstract:
In the process of hydrocarboxylating an α-enamide with CO and an organic hydroxyl compound to produce a N-acyl-α-amino acid ester, the improvement comprising using as the organic hydroxyl compound reactant, an organic hydroxyl compound which has a chiral center that is essentially all L or D, thereby producing a reaction mixture having essentially no enantiomeric pairs and containing diastereomeric N-acyl-α-amino acid esters having two chiral centers.
Abstract:
An improved catalyst for hydrogenation of maleic acid, maleic anhydride or other hydrogenatable precursor which are catalytically hydrogenated to 1,4-butanediol and tetrahydrofuran has been discovered. The hydrogenation catalyst comprises palladium, silver, rhenium and at lease one of aluminum, cobalt and mixtures thereof, all on a carbon support.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for making ethylamines by the hydrogenation in a reaction zone of acetonitrile contained in a basic aqueous solution which also contains HCN, which comprises continuously passing hydrogen gas in contact with a flowing steam containing acetonitrile, water and HCN, which stream is in contact with a solid hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the hydrogen contact time is in the range from 0.5 seconds to 20 minutes and the molar ratio of H 2 to acetonitrile charged to said reaction zone is in the range 2-200:1.