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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joe D Sauer, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Kim R Smith, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
James E Borland, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Jeffrey W Perine, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562575 ; 560156 ; 560170 ; 562443 ; 562444 ; 562553 ; 562567 ;
Abstract
Betaines are produced in solid form by reacting a tert-amine with an alkyl haloalkanoate and hydrolyzing the resultant quaternary ammonium ester when the tert-amine/alkyl haloalkanoate reaction is conducted in a liquefied gas as the solvent and the hydrolysis is conducted in a liquefied gas solvent or 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 ethyl chloroacetate, and the liquefied gas is carbon dioxide.