Method for the production of aminoalkane acid amides

US8759580B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Martin Ernst · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
• Andreas Kusche · Kleinfischlingen, DE
• Gunnar Heydrich · Schifferstadt, DE
• Horst Grafmans · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Holger Evers · Mannheim, DE
• Johann-Peter Melder · Schifferstadt, DE
• Harald Meiβner · Nümbrecht, DE
• Torsten Freund · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2006
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/582
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for preparing aminoalkanamides by reacting cyanoalkanoic esters with a) ammonia or an amine and b) hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst, the reaction with component b) being started simultaneously or not later than a maximum of 100 minutes after commencement of the reaction of the cyanoalkanoic ester with component a).