Manufacture of glycinonitriles

US4134889A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 1977
• Grant date: Jan 16, 1979
• Expiry date: May 2, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D295/145
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Manufacture of glycinonitriles by reacting amines with carbonyl compounds and hydrogen cyanide under specific reaction conditions in respect of the temperature, reaction time and hydrogen cyanide concentration. The glycinonitriles obtainable by the process of the invention are antioxidants and valuable starting materials for the manufacture of dyes, fungicides, bactericides, textile auxiliaries and inhibitors for use in antifreezes.