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Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2005
Applicants:

Dieter Buss, Aschaffenburg, DE;

Ron Stockfleth, Bonn, DE;

Martin Körfer, Kalmthout-Heide, BE;

Jürgen Stock, Hanau, DE;

Ralf Goedecke, Rodenbach, DE;

Hans-joachim Hasselbach, Gelnhausen, DE;

Gundolf Hornung, Wesseling, DE;

Inventors:

Dieter Buss, Aschaffenburg, DE;

Ron Stockfleth, Bonn, DE;

Martin Körfer, Kalmthout-Heide, BE;

Jürgen Stock, Hanau, DE;

Ralf Goedecke, Rodenbach, DE;

Hans-Joachim Hasselbach, Gelnhausen, DE;

Gundolf Hornung, Wesseling, DE;

Assignee:

Degussa AG, Düsseldorf, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention is directed to an improved process for producing methionine in which the by-product methionyl-methionine is quickly converted to the product methionine by a hydrolysis reaction. The process is performed at high temperatures (200° C. to 280° C.) and short residence times (20 s to 200 s) and results in an improved yield of end product methionine.


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