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 process for preparing compounds of the formula IIb 1 nullwhere R is C6-C30-alkyl or C6-C30-alkenyl, which may additionally have upto 5 hydroxyl groups, formyl groups, C1-C4-alkoxy groups, phenoxy groups or C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyl groups as substituents and may be interrupted by upto 5 nonadjacent oxygen atoms, or alkoxylate groups of the formula null(CH2)knullOnull(A1O)mnull(A2O)nnullY where A1 and A2 are, independently of one another, 1,2-alkylene groups having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, Y is hydrogen, C1-C12-alkyl, phenyl or C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyl, and k is 1, 2 or 3, and m and n are each numbers from 0 to 50, and the total of mnulln must be at least 4, by reacting iminodiacetonitrile with aldehydes of the formula RnullCHO and HCN or alkali metal cyanides, the process being carried out a) in the absence of an organic solvent and in the presence of a Lewis or Brnullnsted acid, or b) in the presence or absence of an organic solvent and in the presence of an emulsifier, or c) in the presence or absence of an organic solvent and under a pressure in the range from 1 to 40 bar.