Process for preparing tert-amine oxides
US5130488A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C291/04
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Discrete tert-amine oxides, including non-hygroscopic tert-amine oxide dihydrates, are prepared by (A) reacting a concentrated aqueous hydrogen peroxide with a tert-amine corresponding to the formula RR'R"N in which R is a primary alkyl group containing 8-24 carbons; R' is methyl, ethyl, or 2-hydroxyethyl; and R" is independently selected from methyl, ethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, and primary alkyl groups containing 8-24 carbons in a reaction mixture which is maintained stirrable throughout the reaction by the use, at least during the latter part of the reaction, of an organic solvent which solubilizes the reaction mixture at the reaction temperature but permits precipitation of the tert-amine oxide at a lower temperature and (B) adjusting the water content of the product, if necessary, to achieve a water/tert-amine oxide mol ratio not higher than about 2.1/1 before recovering the tert-amine oxide.
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