Preparing Directly From Cyano Containing Compound Patents (Class 564/124)
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Patent number: 6417398Abstract: The invention concerns benzamidoxim derivatives of formula (I) in which the substituents have the following meanings: R1 represents hydrogen or fluorine; R2 represents C1-C6 phenyl-alkyl, bearing on the cyclic phenyl compound one or several substituents selected in the group comprising halogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkyl halide, C1-C4 alkoxy or C1-C4 alkoxy halide, or C1-C4 thienyl-alkyl, optionally bearing one or several substituents selected in the group comprising halogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkyl halide, C1-C4 alkoxy or C1-C4 alkoxy or C1-C4 alkoxy halide, or C1-C4 pyrazol-alkyl, optionally bearing one or several substituents selected in the group comprising halogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkyl halide, C1-C4 alkoxy or C1-C4 alkoxy halide.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2000Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Karl Eicken, Joachim Rheinheimer, Frank Wetterich, Eberhard Ammermann, Gisela Lorenz, Siegfried Strathmann
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Publication number: 20020028969Abstract: The invention relates to the manufacture of amide compounds provided through the reaction of nitrile compounds and a sulfate compound to form the related amide compound. In a preferred embodiment a diol or a triol is employed as a solvent, thereby increasing the yield of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2001Publication date: March 7, 2002Inventors: Richard M. Boden, Carlos Ramirez
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Patent number: 6303817Abstract: The invention relates to the manufacture of amide compounds provided through the reaction of nitrile compounds and a sulfate compound to form the related amide compound. In a preferred embodiment a diol or a triol is employed as a solvent, thereby increasing the yield of the product.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.Inventors: Richard M. Boden, Carlos Ramirez
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Patent number: 5866611Abstract: Compounds of formula I, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, phenylalkyl or alkenyl; or NR.sup.1 R.sup.2 is a heterocyclic group; A is trimethylene optionally substituted by alkyl and the phenyl ring is optionally substituted by substituents such as halogeno, alkenyl, amino, cyano, ureido, alkyl, carbamoylalkyl, alkanoylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, N-alkyl-alkanoylamino, alkanoyl and amines thereof; are inhibitors of squalene synthese and hence useful in treating diseases in which a lowering of cholesterol is desirable. As well as the use of these compounds in medicine, novel compounds, processes for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions are also referred to.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1994Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: Zeneca LimitedInventors: George Robert Brown, Murdoch Allan Eakin, Peter John Harrison, deceased, Keith Blakeney Mallion
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Patent number: 5859054Abstract: Pharmacologically active leukotriene-B.sub.4 derivatives of general formula I, ##STR1## are described, in whichR.sub.1 represents CH.sub.2 OH, CH.sub.3, CF.sub.3, COOR.sub.4, CONR.sub.5 R.sub.6, orR.sub.2 represents H or an organic acid radical with 1-15 C atoms,R.sub.3 symbolizes H; C.sub.1 -C.sub.14 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 cycloalkyl optionally substituted singly or multiply; C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl radicals, independently of one another, optionally substituted singly or multiply by halogen, phenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, fluoromethyl, chloromethyl, trifluoromethyl, carbonyl, carboxyl or hydroxy; or a 5- to 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring with at least 1 heteroatom,R.sub.4 means hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 cycloalkyl; C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl radicals optionally substituted by 1-3 halogen, phenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, fluoromethyl, chloromethyl, trifluoromethyl, carboxyl or hydroxy; CH.sub.2 --CO--(C.sub.6 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1996Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: Schering AktiengesellschaftInventors: Werner Skuballa, Bernd Buchmann, Josef Heindl, Wolfgang Frohlich, Roland Ekerdt, Claudia Giesen
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Patent number: 5856560Abstract: A process and intermediates for preparing .alpha.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1996Date of Patent: January 5, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Herbert Bayer, Heinz Isak, Horst Wingert, Hubert Sauter, Michael Keil, Markus Nett, Remy Benoit, Ruth Muller
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Patent number: 5763661Abstract: A method of preparing acylated .alpha.-amino carboxylic acid amides directly from amino nitriles in high yield and purity. The method involves acylating the amino nitrile with an acyl halide under Schotten-Baumann conditions, and hydrolyzing the resulting nitrile to the amide. The resulting acylated amino carboxylic acid amide precipitates and can be isolated by filtration in high purity.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 1997Date of Patent: June 9, 1998Assignee: Hampshire Chemical Corp.Inventor: John B. Stallman
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Patent number: 5712413Abstract: Hydrocarbyl-substituted amides are prepared by a process comprising contacting a nitrile with a hydrocarbylating agent, such as an alkylating agent, in the presence of a catalyst comprising a heteropolyacid or salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1996Date of Patent: January 27, 1998Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: James D. Burrington, Douglas C. Rhubright, Chester E. Ramey
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Patent number: 5648534Abstract: 1,2-di-substituted indan expressed by general formula (I) wherein X is a substituent which can be drawn out under an acidic condition to form a carbocation at 1-position of an indan skeleton, Y is a halogen atom, and X and Y can be in either cis- or trans-configuration forming either a racemic body or an optically active substance; or 1,2-di-substituted indan expressed by general formula (I') wherein X is a substituent which can be drawn out under an acidic condition to form a carbocation at 1-position of an indan skeleton, and X and OH group can be in either cis- or trans-configuration forming either a racemic body or an optically-active substance; or cis-1,2-epoxyindan expressed by general formula (VI) wherein R is phenyl or a lower alkyl group, oxazoline ring is in cis-configuration forming either a racemic body or an optically active substance is reacted, under an acidic condition, with a nitrile expressed by general formula (II) wherein R is phenyl or a lower alkyl group to produce cis-1-aminoindan-2-olType: GrantFiled: November 30, 1994Date of Patent: July 15, 1997Assignee: Ichikawa Gosei Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Igarashi, Fumihiro Asano, Makoto Shimoyamada, Masayuki Harada, Shigeru Nakano, Ryoji Iwai, Keisuke Yagami, Yuzi Konno
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Patent number: 5639881Abstract: Pyrimido[4,5-g]quinazoline quinone derivatives were synthesized as anthranone-like reductive alkylating agents. Like many naturally-occurring antibiotics, these quinone derivatives are designed to afford an alkylating quinone methide species upon reduction and leaving group elimination. Kinetic studies of pyrimido[4,5-g]quinazoline hydroquinones provided evidence of quinone methide intermediates able to trap nucleophiles (alkylation) and protons. The rate of quinone methide formation is determined by the hydroquinone free energy. Thus, a linear free energy relationship for quinone methide formation was obtained by plotting rates of quinone methide formation, as the log, versus the quinone reduction potential. The pyrimido[4-5-g]quinazoline quinone methides fall on this free energy plot, showing that these species are formed by the same mechanism as the other structurally-diverse quinone methides previously studied in this research group.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1991Date of Patent: June 17, 1997Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents acting on behalf of Arizona State UniversityInventors: Edward B. Skibo, Robert H. Lemus
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Patent number: 5633288Abstract: This invention relates to a tri(lower alkoxy)benzene derivative of the general formula (I), or its salt, optical isomer or solvate, ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 : same or different and each represents a lower alkyl group;A: a group of the formula ##STR2## and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 : same or different and each represents a lower alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, provided that R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may, taken together with the adjacent nitrogen atom, form a pyrrolidinyl group, a piperidino group, a morpholino group, a thiomorpholino group, or a piperazinyl group optionally substituted by a lower alkyl group in 4-position;to pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and to processes for their production. The compound of the invention is useful as value as a pulmonary-surfactant secretion promoting agent.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1995Date of Patent: May 27, 1997Assignee: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromu Hara, Tatsuya Maruyama, Munetoshi Saito, Toshiyasu Mase
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Patent number: 5498792Abstract: There is disclosed a process of producing an N-alkylacetamide of the general formula (III): ##STR1## wherein X.sup.1, X.sup.2 and X.sup.3 are the same or different and are independently hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkenyl, halogen or trifluoromethyl; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and are independently lower alkyl; and represents a chemical bond of E- or Z-configuration, or a mixture of these configurations, which includes the steps of:(a) reacting an acetonitrile of the general formula (I): ##STR2## wherein X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, R.sup.1 and are each as defined above, with an alkylamine of the general formula (IV):R.sup.2 --NH.sub.2 (IV)wherein R.sup.2 is as defined above, to give an N-alkylacetamidine of the general formula (II): ##STR3## wherein X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and are each as defined above; and(b) reacting the N-alkylacetamidine (II) with a nitrite derivative in the presence of an acid.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1994Date of Patent: March 12, 1996Assignees: Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katuhisa Masumoto, Akihiko Nakamura, Yujiro Kiyoshima, Mikio Sasaki, Asako Tanahashi
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Patent number: 5463123Abstract: There is disclosed a process for producing .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyramide by hydration reaction of acetone cyanohydrin in the presence of a catalyst consisting essentially of manganese dioxide which process comprises pretreating the catalyst with a reducing agent. The above process is capable of eliminating the catalyst clogging trouble due to the deposition of the by-produced oxamide and thus proceeding with long-term reaction with the stabilized catalyst performance.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1993Date of Patent: October 31, 1995Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Takako Uchiyama, Hirofumi Higuchi
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Patent number: 5449808Abstract: A process which comprises contacting and catalytically reacting under essentially anhydrous conditions in the liquid phase an amide with a nitrile according to the equation:RCONH.sub.2 +R.sup.1 CN.revreaction.RCN+R.sup.1 CONH.sub.2where R and R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1994Date of Patent: September 12, 1995Assignee: The Standard Oil CompanyInventors: Marco Pagnotta, Mark C. Cesa, Sandra L. Denman, Robert D. Boyer, Jr.
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Patent number: 5436371Abstract: A process for preparing p-nitroaromatic amides is provided which comprises contacting a nitrile, nitrobenzene, a suitable base and water in the presence of a suitable solvent system to form a mixture, and reacting the mixture at a suitable temperature in a confined reaction zone in the presence of a controlled amount of protic material. The p-nitroaromatic amides of the invention can be reduced to p-aminoaromatic amides. In one embodiment, the p-aminoaromatic amide is further reacted with ammonia under conditions which produce the corresponding p-aminoaromatic amine and the amide corresponding to the nitrile starting material or with water in the presence of a suitable basic or acidic catalyst under conditions which produce the corresponding p-aminoaromatic amine and the acid or salt thereof corresponding to the nitrile starting material. In another embodiment, the p-aminoaromatic amine is reductively alkylated to produce alkylated p-aminoaromatic amine.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1994Date of Patent: July 25, 1995Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Michael K. Stern, Brian K. Cheng
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Patent number: 5387715Abstract: Alpha-hydroxy-isobutyramide is produced by continuously hydrating acetone cyanohydrin in a liquid phase in the presence of a manganese dioxide catalyst and in the presence of a particular oxide dissolved in water, oxoacid, heteropolyacid or a salt of the acids.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1992Date of Patent: February 7, 1995Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Minato Karasawa, Masamitsu Inomata, Hiroharu Kageyama, Kanemitsu Miyama
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Patent number: 5380946Abstract: A process for preparing p-nitroaromatic amides is provided which comprises contacting a nitrile, nitrobenzene, a suitable base and water in the presence of a suitable solvent system to form a mixture, and reacting the mixture at a suitable temperature in a confined reaction zone in the presence of a controlled amount of protic material. The p-nitroaromatic amides of the invention can be reduced to p-aminoaromatic amides. In one embodiment, the p-aminoaromatic amide is further reacted with ammonia under conditions which produce the corresponding p-aminoaromatic amine and the amide corresponding to the nitrile starting material or with water in the presence of a suitable basic or acidic catalyst under conditions which produce the corresponding p-aminoaromatic amine and the acid or salt thereof corresponding to the nitrile starting material. In another embodiment, the p-aminoaromatic amine is reductively alkylated to produce alkylated p-aminoaromatic amine.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1993Date of Patent: January 10, 1995Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Michael K. Stern, Brian K. M. Cheng
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Patent number: 5354891Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing aromatic amine derivatives in a high yield at a low price, which comprises inducing an aromatic hydroxamic acid derivative to undergo a rearrangement reaction under a mild condition in the presence of a base and a nitrile or a nitrile equivalent.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1993Date of Patent: October 11, 1994Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tatsuhiko Obayashi
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Patent number: 5103055Abstract: Disclosed is a method which comprises the reaction in a reaction zone of a nitrile, RCN, with a hydroxyl compound, R'OH, in the presence of water introduced into the reaction zone in the amount of more than 0.15 mole and up to 10 moles, per mole of RCN introduced to the reaction zone, thereby producing a reaction mixture containing at least one amide selected from R--CONHR' and R--CON(R').sub.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1990Date of Patent: April 7, 1992Assignee: The Standard Oil CompanyInventor: Mark C. Cesa
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Patent number: 5072024Abstract: Disclosed is a method which comprises the reaction in a reaction zone of a nitrile, RCN, with a hydroxyl compound, R'OH, in the presence of an inorganic catalyst introduced into the reaction zone, thereby producing a reaction mixture containing at least one amide selected from R--CONHR' and R--CON(R').sub.2, whereineach of R and R' contains no acetylenic unsaturation and 1 to 30 carbon atoms,each of R and R' is independently selected from a hydrocarbyl group and a hydrocarbyl group that is substituted with a group selected from cyano, carbamoyl, hydrocarbylcarbamoyl, dihydrocarbylcarbamoyl, and hydroxyl,wherein said inorganic catalyst is selected from phosphates and sulfates of Be, Ng, Al and B, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1990Date of Patent: December 10, 1991Assignee: The Standard Oil CompanyInventors: Mark C. Cesa, Sandra L. Denman
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Patent number: 5047585Abstract: The invention relates to a process for racemizing an optically active N-benzylidene amino-acid amide, characterized in that a solution of the N-benzylidene amino-acid amide is mixed in a water-miscible organic solvent with at least 0.05 mole strong base per liter solution.The invention further relates to a process for preparing an L-amino acid by enzymatic separation of the corresponding DL-amino-acid amide with an enzyme preparation from Pseudomonas putida, in which process also uncoverted D-amino-acid amide is left behind in solution, characterized in that benzaldehyde is added to the solution, during which addition a precipitate of D-N-benzylidene amino-acid amide is being formed, this precipitate is subsequently, after being separated off, dissolved in an acetone-water mixture, 0.08-0.15 mole KOH/liter solution is subsequently added, the resulting solution is stirred for 1-20 hours at 20.degree.-60.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1989Date of Patent: September 10, 1991Assignee: Stamicarbon B.V.Inventors: Wilhelmus H. J. Boesten, Hans E. Schoemaker, Bernardus H. N. Dassen
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Patent number: 4820872Abstract: When making an unsaturated amide by hydrolysis of an unsaturated nitrile in the presence of a catalyst such as Raney copper and an oxidizing agent such as copper nitrate, by-product formation is reduced by including a reagent selected from reducing agents and acids that are substantially non-oxidizing relative to the said oxidizing agent. The preferred reagents are acidic buffers, especially acetic acid and copper acetate. Washing with such a buffer a Raney catalyst or other catalyst that is to be used for catalyzing the hydrolysis of an unsaturated nitrile to an unsaturated amide reduces the temperature surge that otherwise occurs upon addition of the catalyst to the reaction mixture.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1986Date of Patent: April 11, 1989Assignee: Allied Colloids Ltd.Inventors: David Farrar, Peter Flesher, Gerald Benn
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Patent number: 4808628Abstract: An amide derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## or a tautomeric form thereof, wherein R is a phenyl group substituted in the 4-position by a group of R.sup.1 XCH.sub.2--, where R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 alkenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkynyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylcarbonyl, or H, and X is oxygen or sulphur; E is CN, or CSNH.sub.2, or CONH.sub.2 ; and Y is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 alkenyloxy, C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 alkynyloxy, 1-pyrazolyl or 2-furyl. Compositions and processes for using these derivatives to combat plant fungi are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1987Date of Patent: February 28, 1989Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Margaret C. Shephard, Patrick J. Crowley
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Patent number: 4801748Abstract: Amide compounds are efficiently prepared directly from nitriles, amines and water, using a reaction catalyst. The invention also can applied to the manufacture of polyamides, thereby realizing a simplified and rationalized process for polyamide synthesis. The catalyst employable is at least one metallic compound selected from the group consisting of Ru- Rh-, Zn-, Ni-, Mo-, Cu-, Co-, Ti-, Cr-, Zr-, Os-, Rd-, Se-, Fe-, Pb-, Hg-, V-, Cd-, Ir- and Pt-compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1986Date of Patent: January 31, 1989Assignee: Osaka UniversityInventors: Shunichi Murahashi, Takeshi Naota
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Patent number: 4786744Abstract: The invention relates to a method for opening the ring of gem dicyanepoxides comprising reacting a gem dicyanepoxide with a mononucleophilic compound in the presence of a hydrohalic acid or a weakly nucleophilic acid.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1985Date of Patent: November 22, 1988Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Albert L. F. Robert, Jean-Luc Guinamant, Sylvie C. A. Jaguelin
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Patent number: 4731447Abstract: A process for the preparation of piperidylidene-dihydro-dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene or aza-derivatives thereof and intermediates in such process are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1986Date of Patent: March 15, 1988Assignee: Schering CorporationInventors: Doris P. Schumacher, Bruce L. Murphy, Jon E. Clark
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Patent number: 4663481Abstract: Bromoacetamides of the formula ArCONHCH(Br)CONH.sub.2 are obtained by addition to bromine of a solution of ArCONHCH.sub.2 CN in a saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid preferably glacial acetic or propionic acid. This is an improvement in a process described in European Patent Specification No. 0059536 in which the bromine is added to a solution of the cyanomethylbenzamide, enabling consistently high yields (e.g. 75 to 90%) to be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1984Date of Patent: May 5, 1987Inventor: John D. Jones
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Patent number: 4634558Abstract: .alpha.-Substituted acrylamides of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is a straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl radical of not more than 15 carbon atoms which can be unsubstituted or further substituted, are prepared by a process in which the corresponding .alpha.-substituted acrolein oximes are heated at from 40.degree. to 250.degree. C. in the presence of a copper(II) carboxylate and of an unsubstituted or substituted acrylonitrile as cocatalyst.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1984Date of Patent: January 6, 1987Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Franz Merger, Wolfgang Schwarz
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Patent number: 4554345Abstract: This invention describes a process for preparing liquid polyamides comprising contacting a nitrile, amine and water in the presence of a carbon dioxide catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 1983Date of Patent: November 19, 1985Assignee: The Standard Oil CompanyInventors: Janice L. Greene, Roman Loza
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Patent number: 4543423Abstract: A nitrile, such as acrylonitrile, is hydrated to the corresponding amide in the presence of a Raney copper catalyst that, before use in the reaction, is partially oxidized by contact with a controlled oxidizing system comprising oxygen, peroxide, iodate, chlorate, bromate or nitrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1982Date of Patent: September 24, 1985Assignee: Allied Colloids LimitedInventors: David Farrar, Peter Flesher
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Patent number: 4536599Abstract: An amine of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are each hydrogen, alkyl or the like and n is 1, 2 or 3, including .alpha.-phenyl-.beta.-(p-tolyl)-ethylamine, which is useful as an optically resolving agent, an intermediate of medicines and the like, is effectively produced by a novel process comprising hydrolysis of the corresponding nitrile of the formula, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and n are the same as above, followed by alkali-decomposition of the resulting amide of the formula, ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and n are the same as above. An amide including the above one is effectively produced by hydrolysis of the corresponding nitrile in the presence of a base and hydrogen peroxide using an organic quaternary ammonium salt and/or a tertiary amine as a catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1979Date of Patent: August 20, 1985Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Fujio Masuko, Tadashi Katsura
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Patent number: 4345100Abstract: A process for the preparation of an .alpha.-ketocarboxylic acid N-tert.-butylamide of the formulaR--CO--CO--NH--C(CH.sub.3).sub.3in whichR is an aliphatic radical with up to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl radical with 3 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl or naphthyl radical or a heterocyclic radical,comprising reacting an acyl cyanide of the formulaR--CO--CNwith tert.-butyl methyl ether of the formula(CH.sub.3).sub.3 C--O--CH.sub.3at a temperature between about 0.degree. and 80.degree. C. in the presence of an acid which is capable of activating the ether of formula (III) under the reaction conditions to give a tert.-butyl carbonium ion, and then hydrolyzing the reaction mixture. Advantageously the acyl cyanide is pivaloyl cyanide or benzoyl cyanide and is reacted with an approximately equimolar amount of the ether in the presence of about 1.1 to 1.5 times the molar amount of concentrated sulphuric acid as the activating acid. The products are useful as intermediates in the synthesis of known herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 1981Date of Patent: August 17, 1982Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gerhard Bonse, Heinz U. Blank
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Patent number: 4342877Abstract: Process for the preparation of Compound I by treating Compound II with X.sub.2 or SO.sub.2 X.sub.2 in the presence of a free radical initiator and an anhydride having the formula (RCO).sub.2 O while eliminating the acid halide formed having the formula RCOX from the reaction mixture, wherein Compounds I and II have the formulas ##STR1## and R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, X is Cl or Br and n is 1, 2 or 3.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1979Date of Patent: August 3, 1982Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Dah-Chieh O. Cheng, Joseph S. Bowers, Jr., Ronald J. Maner
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Patent number: 4322552Abstract: 4-aminobutyramide hydrochloride is produced by hydrogenation of 3-cyanopropionamide in the presence of a solvent inert under the reaction conditions, a noble metal catalyst and hydrogen chloride at a temperature between 5.degree. and 80.degree. C. The hydrochloride can be easily converted into 4-aminobutyramide which as such or in the form of derivatives has significance as a neurotransmitter.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1980Date of Patent: March 30, 1982Assignee: Degussa AktiengesellschaftInventors: Axel Kleemann, Jurgen Martens, Horst Weigel
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Patent number: 4293193Abstract: A group of novel, low temperature liquid crystalline compounds with terminal, primary or secondary amino polar electron donating groups are disclosed. These include, for example, p-alkyl-or alkoxy-phenylcyclohexanes, bicyclohexyls or biphenyl ring systems, substituted at the p' position with alkyl primary or secondary amines, of which one example is p-(4-trans-n-pentylcyclohexyl)benzylamine.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1979Date of Patent: October 6, 1981Assignee: Temple UniversityInventors: Mortimer M. Labes, John H. MacMillan
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Patent number: 4273938Abstract: N-substituted carboxylic acid amides are prepared by reacting cyano compounds with olefins and water in the presence of cation exchangers containing sulfonic acid groups. The end products I are starting materials for the preparation of dyes, pesticides, emulsifiers, dispersants, stabilizers, textile auxiliaries and printing assistants.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1979Date of Patent: June 16, 1981Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Franz Merger, Gerhard Nestler, Uwe Kempe
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Patent number: 4246199Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of N-alkyl-substituted carboxylic acid amides by reaction of a component which forms a carbonium ion with a nitrile, the improvement residing in carrying out the process in the presence of an acid which is inert under distillation conditions and separating the reaction mixture by distillation.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1978Date of Patent: January 20, 1981Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Dieter Arlt, Franz-Gerhard Behlau