PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF METHIONINE

• Main Authors: JAKOB, Harald, HASSELBACH, Hans Joachim, WECKBECKER, Christoph, HUTHMACHER, Klaus, KÖRFER, Martin, DRAPAL, Bernd, REICHERT, Stefan, KRULL, Horst, PETER, Rainer
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.01.2015
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Preparing D,L-methionine, comprises supplying carbon dioxide to an aqueous potassium methioninate solution obtained by hydrolysis of 5-(2-methylmercaptoethyl)-hydantoin, for precipitating crude methionine, separating the crude methionine, and purifying it by preparing an aqueous solution of the sepa...