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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lonza Ltd., Gampel/Valais, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562553 ; 570172 ;
Abstract
Process, which is feasible on a commercial scale, for the production of gamma-butyrobetaine. For this purpose, butyrolactone with hydrogen chloride and an alcohol is converted to the chlorobutyric acid ester, the trimethylammonium butyric acid salt is formed with trimethylamine and then saponified to the end product.