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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562450 ;
Abstract
In the process for the preparation of N-acetylphenylalanine by opening the ring of 2-methyl-4-benzylidene-1,3-oxazolin-5-one with water to give 2-acetaminocinnamic acid and subsequently catalytically hydrogenating the latter, both reaction stages are carried out in a mixture of an aliphatic C.sub.3 -ketone to C.sub.10 -ketone or a water-miscible ether and water as the solvent, and the hydrogenation of the 2-acetaminocinnamic acid is carried out at temperatures of 10.degree. to 50.degree. C. and pressures of 1 to 15 bar in the presence of a supported palladium catalyst.