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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Degussa Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562567 ; 562570 ; 568489 ;
Abstract
.beta.-hydroxy-.alpha.-aminocarboxylic acids of the formula: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms are produced by hydrogenating the correspondingly substituted cyanohydrin in a water containing medium first in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and an acid at a temperature between -10.degree. and +40.degree. C. and a hydrogen pressure of less than 10 bar, until per mole of cyanohydrogen employed one mole of hydrogen is taken up and then employing the solution obtained as starting material for a Strecker or Bucherer synthesis of an amino acid.