Preparation of alkyl glycosides

US5585472A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Gerhard Wolf · Mannheim, DE
• Helmut Wolf · Holzkirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 1995
• Grant date: Dec 17, 1996
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07H15/04
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Alkyl glycosides are prepared by reacting alcohols with monosaccharides or compounds which, under the reaction conditions, form monosaccharides, in the presence of amphoteric surfactants in the acid form as catalysts, and subsequently neutralizing the reaction mixture with bases.