Abstract: Provided is a method for the production of aminodicarboxylic acid N,N-diacetic acids of formula (I), wherein X is independently hydrogen or an alkali metal and n is 1 or 2. Aminodicarboxylic acid-N,N-diacetic acids of high purity can be yielded. The method involves: a) reacting an aminodicarboxylic acid, with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of formaldehyde and with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of hydrocyanic acid; b) reacting the reaction products of a) with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of hydrocyanic acid and with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of formaldehyde; c) hydrolyzing in the reaction product obtained in b).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of aminodicarboxylic acid-N,N,diacetic acids of the general Formula I, wherein X independently of one another represents hydrogen or an alkali metal and n represents a number 1 or 2. Furthermore, the invention relates to aminodicarboxylic acid-N,N-diacetic acids of high purity. The inventive method comprises the following steps: A.) reacting an aminodicarboxylic acid of the general Formula II, wherein X and n have the aforementioned meanings, with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of formaldehyde and with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of hydrocyanic acid; b) reacting the reaction products of step a) with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of hydrocyanic acid and with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of formaldehyde; c) hydrolyzing in the reaction product obtained in step b).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing low-by-product, light-color methylglycine-N,N-diacetic acid tri(alkali metal) salt by alkaline hydrolysis of methylglycinediacetonitrile (MGDN), comprising the steps in the sequence (a) to (f): (a) mixing of MGDN with aqueous alkali at a temperature of ?30° C.; (b) allowing the aqueous alkaline MGDN suspension to react at a temperature in the range from 10 to 30° C. over a period of from 0.1 to 10 h to form a solution; (c) allowing the solution from step (b) to react at a temperature in the range from 30 to 40° C. over a period of from 0.1 to 10 h; (d) optionally allowing the solution from step (c) to react at a temperature in the range from 50 to 80° C. over a period of from 0.5 to 2 h; (e) optionally allowing the solution from step (c) or (d) to react at a temperature in the range from 110 to 200° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing low-by-product, light-color methylglycine-N,N-diacetic acid tri(alkali metal) salt by alkaline hydrolysis of methylglycinediacetonitrile (MGDN), comprising the steps in the sequence (a) to (f): (a) mixing of MGDN with aqueous alkali at a temperature of ?30° C.; (b) allowing the aqueous alkaline MGDN suspension to react at a temperature in the range from 10 to 30° C. over a period of from 0.1 to 10 h to form a solution; (c) allowing the solution from step (b) to react at a temperature in the range from 30 to 40° C. over a period of from 0.1 to 10 h; (d) optionally allowing the solution from step (c) to react at a temperature in the range from 50 to 80° C. over a period of from 0.5 to 2 h; (e) optionally allowing the solution from step (c) or (d) to react at a temperature in the range from 110 to 200° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous process, carried out in two steps, for the cyanoalkylation of compounds having one or more NH functions by reaction thereof with carbonyl compounds and hydrocyanic acid, in which the first step is carried out without pressure at a temperature which is below the boiling point of the reaction mixture.

Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous process, carried out in two steps, for the cyanoalkylation of compounds having one or more NH functions by reaction thereof with carbonyl compounds and hydrocyanic acid, in which the first step is carried out without pressure at a temperature which is below the boiling point of the reaction mixture.

Abstract: The disclosure sets forth aqueous cationic surfactant formulations and a process for their preparation. The formulations contains in solution a) from 10 to 50% by weight of a quaternary ammonium compound of the formula I: where: the substituents have the meanings set forth in the description, and b) from 0.01 to 15% by weight of an amine of the formula III: and c) from 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of a buffer which maintains a pH in a range from 4 to 9. The surfactant formulation is prepared by reacting an amine of the formula III in aqueous solution with a dialkyl sulfate of the formula IV where R1 to R5 are in a molar ratio range from 85 to 99.99 mol %, based on the amine and at from 20 to 100 degrees C. and then adding to the reaction solution from 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of a buffer which maintains a pH in a range from 4 to 9.

Abstract: A solution comprises a salt of a monoalkyl or dialkyl ester of a sulfonated dicarboxylic acid a) and an organic solvent b) having a boiling point of more than 250° C. at 1 bar.

Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous process, carried out in two steps, for the cyanoalkylation of compounds having one or more NH functions by reaction thereof with carbonyl compounds and hydrocyanic acid, in which the first step is carried out without pressure at a temperature which is below the boiling point of the reaction mixture.

Abstract: A solution comprises a salt of a monoalkyl or dialkyl ester of a sulfonated dicarboxylic acid a) and an organic solvent b) having a boiling point of more than 250° C. at 1 bar.

Abstract: Double attachment reactive dyes have the formula ##STR1## where U.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, phenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkenyl or the radical ##STR2## where Q.sup.1 and Q.sup.2 are each independently of the other hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and Q.sup.3 is a group which is detachable under alkaline reaction conditions,Z is the radical ##STR3## where each Q.sup.4 is independently of the other hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl which may be substituted by cyano, U.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, phenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkenyl or the radical ##STR4## where Q.sup.5 and Q.sup.6 are each independently of the other hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and Q.sup.7 is a group which is detachable under alkaline reaction conditions, and w is 0, 1 or 2,t is 0, 1 or 2,v is 1 or 2 and X and L are each as defined in the description, with the proviso that at least one of the two radicals U.sup.1 and U.sup.2 is not C.sub.1 -C.sub.