Manufacture of n-phosphonomethylglycine and its salts

摘要

N-Phosphonomethylglycine and its salts are manufactured by hydrolysing N-phosphonomethyl-2-oxazolidinone in an aqueous medium and thereafter oxidising the hydrolysis product in an aqueous alkaline medium using an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of an oxidation catalyst, for example a platinum or palladium catalyst optionally containing a promoter such as bismuth.