Manufacture of N-substituted glycinonitriles

US4113764A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Harry Distler · Worms, DE
• Helmut Schlecht · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Erwin Hartert · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 19, 1976
• Grant date: Sep 12, 1978
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C255/00
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

N-Alkylglycinonitriles are manufactured by reacting N-alkylamines with formaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid under specific reaction conditions in respect of temperature, reaction time and hydrocyanic acid concentration. The products are starting materials for the manufacture of dyes, fungicides, bactericides, textile assistants and assistants used in dental cosmetics, gas purification and waterproofing.