Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo

Mario Ramiréz De Santiago

Jorge Arturo Aburto Anell

Juan De La Cruz Clavel López

Ricardo Cerón Camacho

Alba Adriana Vallejo Cardona

Romeo Jesús Reyes Ávila

Rafael Martínez Palou

César Bernal Huicochea

Embodiments of the present invention provide for efficient methods and processes for preparing ionic amino acid esters from a specific synthesis route. The disclosed embodiments consist of a single reaction step: reacting a natural or synthetic unprotected amino acid with an aliphatic, branched or aromatic fatty alcohol of even or odd number of carbon atoms from 6 to 20 with or without unsaturation(s), in stoichiometric amounts, in the presence of an organic acid (HX) like carboxylate, mesylate, tosylate or sulfonate, employed as catalyst and under conventional heating (CC) of 1 to 3 hours at a temperature in the range of approximately 60 to 150&#xb0; C. and pressure the range of approximately 0 to approximately 250 psi; the product obtained is cooled and recrystallized from ethanol.

Process for obtaining ionic amino acid esters

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Mario Ramiréz De Santiago