| abstract |
A novel process for producing salts of amino carboxylic acids, which are useful as the starting material of agricultural chemicals and medicines, chelating agents, food additives and so forth. The process comprises oxidatively dehydrogenating amino alcohol in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide and/or an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, a copper-base catalyst and water, wherein metallic aluminum and/or an aluminum compound such as sodium aluminate or aluminum hydroxide is added to the reaction system. |