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Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2019
Applicant:

Nouryon Chemicals International B.v., Arnhem, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 227/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 227/22 (2013.01); C07C 227/22 (2013.01); C07C 229/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a process to prepare esters of an amino carboxylic acid of the formula (I) comprising the steps of reacting an aminocarboxylic acid present as a cyclic amide of the formula II and an alkanol of the formula R—(O-A)mOH in the presence of the Brønsted-Lowry acid at a temperature of between 60 and 200 degrees C. wherein the total molar amount of aminocarboxylic acid to the molar amount of the alkanol is between 1:0.8 and 1:1.5 and wherein the Brønsted-Lowry acid is not added to the reaction mixture until least 50% of the total of the alkanol and cyclic amide are added to the reaction mixture.


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