Abstract:
This invention relates to a process for producing cyanoacetates involving contacting a salt of an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or aryl formyl acetate with a hydroxyl amine acid under appropriate conditions and for a time sufficient to yield a cyanoacetate.
Abstract:
In the presence of a metal catalyst such as a samarium compound, an oxime ester compound shown by the formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are the same or different from each other, and each represents a non-reactive atom or a non-reactive organic group; and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, together with the adjacent carbon atom, may bond together to form a ringis reacted with a cyanogenation agent such as an .alpha.-cyanohydrin compound (e.g., acetone cyanohydrin)to form an .alpha.-aminonitrile derivative. By hydrolyzing the .alpha.-aminonitrile derivative, the corresponding .alpha.-amino acid or a salt thereof can be obtained. According to the above processes, an .alpha.-aminonitrile derivative and an .alpha.-amino acid can be obtained in high yields.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethylenediamine (EDA), where the process comprises the steps a) to c). In step a), formaldehyde is reacted with hydrocyanic acid (HCN) to form formaldehyde cyanohydrin (FACH), where the hydrocyanic acid is completely free or largely free of sulfur dioxide (SO2). The FACH prepared in this way is reacted with ammonia (NH3) to form aminoacetonitrile (AAN) in step b), whereupon a hydrogenation of AAN in the presence of a catalyst to form EDA is carried out in step c).
Abstract:
A process for producing a mandelonitrile compound represented by the following formula (2), comprising a step of reacting a benzaldehyde compound represented by the following formula (1) with at least one member selected from the group consisting of metal cyanides and hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst in a solvent.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process comprising the reaction of a cyanide with an amino acid and an aldehyde, characterized in that the cyanide is a cyanide salt, the amino acid is aspartic acid and/or glutamic acid in the acidic form, and the process is performed under acidic pH by the addition of between 0 and 1 equivalent of an acid based on the amount of aspartic or glutamic acid.
Abstract:
Organic nitriles are obtained by reaction of an olefin and hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a catalytic amount of a Group IB metal salt, especially a cuprous halide and an organic acid. With butadiene as the olefin the nitrile product contains more than 80% by weight of linear 3-pentene nitrile.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for purifying ethylenediamine (EDA) by distillation, wherein the process comprises the steps a) and b). In step a), a mixture (G1) comprising water, EDA and N-methylethylenediamine (N-MeEDA) is fed into a distillation apparatus (D1), and the major part of the water comprised in the mixture (G1) is separated off overhead at a pressure of greater than 4.8 bara. From the bottom of (D1), the water-enriched mixture (G2) is fed into a distillation apparatus (D2) in step b). At the top of (D2), the major part of the N-MeEDA is distilled off. The stream (S3) obtained from the bottom of (D2) comprises EDA, with the components water and N-MeEDA comprised in the mixture (G1) having been largely or completely removed. Further distillation steps can optionally be carried out in order to obtain pure EDA, for example when diethylenetriamine (DETA) is additionally comprised in the mixture (G1). If ammonia is additionally comprised in the mixture (G1), an ammonia removal is preferably additionally carried out before carrying out the step a) in the process of the invention.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethylenediamine (EDA), where the process comprises the steps a) to c). In step a), formaldehyde is reacted with hydrocyanic acid (HCN) to form formaldehyde cyanohydrin (FACH), where the hydrocyanic acid is completely free or largely free of sulfur dioxide (SO2). The FACH prepared in this way is reacted with ammonia (NH3) to form aminoacetonitrile (AAN) in step b), whereupon a hydrogenation of AAN in the presence of a catalyst to form EDA is carried out in step c).
Abstract:
A method of producing an optically active cyanohydrin compound represented by formula (3), which includes reacting an aldehyde compound represented by formula (2) with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a silyl compound and an asymmetric complex which is obtained by reacting an optically active pyridine compound represented by formula (1) with an aluminum halide, and wherein Q1, Q2, R1 and R2 are defined in the specification.
Abstract:
Process for the preparation of a diasteromerically enriched phenylglycine amide derivative in which an enantiomerically enriched phenylglycine amide is converted into the corresponding Schiff base with the aid of compound R2—C(O)—R3, and the Schiff base obtained is subsequently converted into the diastereomerically enriched phenyglycine amide derivative with the aid of a cyanide source, a reducing agent or an allyl organometallic compound. The phenylglycine amide derivatives obtained are interesting starting materials for the preparation of for example enantiomerically enriched &agr;- and or &bgr;-amino acids and derivatives thereof, such as amides and esters, and amines.