Inventors:
Charles Ngowe - Lansing MI
Kris A. Berglund - Okemos MI
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University - East Lansing MI
Applied CarboChemicals - Alto MI
International Classification:
C07C22900
Abstract:
A process of the preparation of a N,N-diamino amino acid--hydroxy-succinic acid as a N,N-diacid salt (I) is described. The process involves reacting epoxy succinic acid with an amino acid having two amino groups as an N-acid salt. The compounds are useful as chelators.