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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey W Perine, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Kim R Smith, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Joe D Sauer, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
James E Borland, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562575 ; 562553 ; 562567 ;
Abstract
Betaines are produced in solid form by reacting a tert-amine with a haloalkanoate salt when the reaction is conducted in a polar aprotic solvent in which the betaine is substantially insoluble. In a preferred embodiment, the tert-amine is an N-alkyldimethylamine, the haloalkanoate is sodium chloroacetate, and the solvent is ethyl acetate.