Process for preparing amidines
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsBernd Schäfer, Thomas Zierke
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Abstract
A process for preparing amidines and their salts with inorganic or organic acids comprises reacting the corresponding nitrile with ammonia, C1-C6-alkylamine or hydrazine in the presence of a mercaptocarboxylic acid and in the presence or absence of an in-organic or organic ammonium salt.
Claims2
A process for preparing amidines and their salts with inorganic or organic acids, which comprises reacting the corresponding nitrile with ammonia, a C1-C6-alkylamine or hydrazine in the presence of a mercaptocarboxylic acid carrying, apart from the SH and the COOH groups, no other groups reactive under the reaction conditions, and in the presence or absence of an inorganic or organic ammonium salt.
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