PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING AMINE COMPOUNDS

摘要

The present invention provides processes for producing amine-containing compounds such as diammonium salts and amino acid derivatives comprising the steps of subjecting a salt of an amine bearing an unsaturated group to a self-metathesis reaction with itself to produce a diammonium salt or to a cross-metathesis with a suitable alpha,beta-unsaturated acid, ester or amide to form an amino acid salt or a derivative thereof. The salts produced by the metathesis reactions can then be subjected to hydrogenation to reduce the double bond which is formed in the metathesis reaction.