Process for the preparation of racemic alpha-amino acids
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsRoland BOU CHEDID, Alfred Oftring, Wolfgang Staffel, Markus Christian Biel, Johann-Peter Melder, Christian Gruenanger
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AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsRoland BOU CHEDID, Alfred Oftring, Wolfgang Staffel, Markus Christian Biel, Johann-Peter Melder, Christian Gruenanger
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Process for the preparation of racemic α-amino acids or of glycine, wherein the corresponding α-hydroxycarboxylic acid, selected from hydroxyacetic acid, lactic acid, malic acid, α-hydroxyglutamic acid, isocitric acid, tartronic acid and tartaric acid, or at least one salt of the corresponding α-hydroxycarboxylic acid is reacted in the presence of at least one heterogeneous catalyst which comprises at least one transition metal, in the presence of hydrogen with at least one nitrogen compound (c), where the nitrogen compound (c) is selected from primary and secondary amines and ammonia.
A process for the preparation of racemic α-amino acids or of glycine, wherein the corresponding α-hydroxycarboxylic acid, selected from hydroxyacetic acid, lactic acid, malic acid, α-hydroxyglutamic acid, isocitric acid, tartronic acid and tartaric acid, or at least one salt of the corresponding α-hydroxycarboxylic acid is reacted in the presence of at least one heterogeneous catalyst which comprises at least one transition metal, in the presence of hydrogen with at least one nitrogen compound (c), where nitrogen compound (c) is selected from primary and secondary amines and ammonia.
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