Process for the manufacture of .alpha.-hydroxycarboxylic acid amides
US4222960A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 1979 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 1999 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C231/06
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Process for the manufacture of .alpha.-hydroxycarboxylic acid amides by adding water onto cyanohydrins in an aqueous medium containing 10-60% by weight of the oxo compound on which the cyanohydrin is based, with the aid of a catalyst dissolved in the reaction medium and selected from the group consisting of alkali metal-, alkaline earth metal- and alkylammonium salts of boric acid, at a pH from 7-11.
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