The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
EMS-Chemie AG, , CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for preparing a &bgr;-hydroxyalkylamide, in which alkyl esters are reacted with &bgr;-aminoalcohols in the absence of solvents and in the presence of basic catalysts, where, to improve the selectivity, the ratio of equivalents of ester to equivalents of amine is 1:1.001 to 8.