US Patent Issued to VERSALIS on Dec. 2 for "Method for the preparation of omega-amino-carboxylic acids and derivatives thereof" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,468, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to VERSALIS S.P.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy).

"Method for the preparation of omega-amino-carboxylic acids and derivatives thereof" was invented by Nicola Vecchini (Mantova, Italy), Mirco Nodari (Mantova, Italy), Armando Galeotti (Mantova, Italy) and Daniele Delledonne (Novara, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Method for the synthesis of Omega-amino acids or derivatives thereof, includes the following steps synthesis of an Omega-oxoester/linear acid by hydroformylation by CO/H2 mixture of at least one monounsaturated acid/ester, the monounsaturated acid/ester preferably resulting from a reac...