Process for hydrolyzing optically active amides
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsKlaus Ditrich, Wolfgang Ladner, Johann-Peter Melder
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for hydrolyzing optically active amides to carboxylic acids and optically active amines with retention of the center of chirality, where the hydrolysis of the amides is carried out with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxide in the presence of 5-30% by weight, based on the amide employed, of a polyol or an amino alcohol.
Claims5
A process for hydrolyzing optically active amides to carboxylic acids and optically active amines with retention of the center of chirality, where the hydrolysis of the amides is carried out with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxide and in the presence of 5-30% by weight, based on the amide employed, of a polyol or an amino alcohol.
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