Process for making a C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 aliphatic hydrocarbyl ester of an N-[2,6-di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl)phenyl] .alpha.-aminocarboxylic acid
AssigneeHercules Incorporated
InventorAnthony B. Clayton
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Abstract
Disclosed is a process for making a C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 aliphatic hydrocarbyl ester of an N-[2,6-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl)phenyl] .alpha.-amino-carboxylic acid from the corresponding 2,6-di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl)aniline and the corresponding chlorocarboxylic acid ester, which comprises effecting with a catalytic quantity of di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl)aniline hydrochloride the reaction of said aniline and said ester.
Claims7
A process for synthesizing a C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 aliphatic hydrocarbyl ester of an N-[2,6-di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl)phenyl] .alpha.-aminocarboxylic acid from the corresponding 2,6-di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl)aniline and the corresponding [chlorocarboxylic] chloroacetic acid ester, which comprises effecting with a catalytic quantity of 2,6- di (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl)aniline hydrochloride reaction of said aniline and said ester.
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