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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Straitmark Holding Ag, Zug, CH;
Inventors:
Patrick Pierre Notté, Wavre, BE;
Samuel Cogels, Brussels, BE;
Assignee:
STRAITMARK HOLDING AG, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07F 9/386 (2013.01); Y02P 20/582 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present invention is related to a method for the synthesis of ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonic acid or its salt which includes the steps of reacting tetraphosphorus hexaoxide and acetic acid under controlled reaction conditions; hydrolyzing the formed ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonic acid condensates to form ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonic acid; further processing the ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonic acid solution. The process according to the method of the present invention is highly controllable and further is characterized by a high selectivity.