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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2009
Matthias Krull, Harxheim, DE;
Roman Morschhaeuser, Mainz, DE;
Michael Seebach, Hofheim, DE;
Ralf Bierbaum, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Joerg Appel, Tueβling, DE;
Matthias Krull, Harxheim, DE;
Roman Morschhaeuser, Mainz, DE;
Michael Seebach, Hofheim, DE;
Ralf Bierbaum, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Joerg Appel, Tueβling, DE;
Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited, Tortola, VG;
Abstract
The invention relates to a continuous method for producing fatty acid amides, according to which at least one fatty acid of formula (I),R—COOH  (I)wherein Ris an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon radical, is reacted with at least one amine of formula (II),HNRR  (II)wherein Rand Rare independently hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical comprising between 1 and 100 C atoms, to form an ammonium salt, and said ammonium salt is then reacted to form a fatty acid amide, under microwave irradiation in a reaction pipe, the longitudinal axis of the pipe being oriented in the direction of propagation of the microwaves of a monomode microwave applicator.