Amino acid mixtures, their alkali metal salts and process for preparing same

Claim 1

A composition comprising a mixture of amino acids and alkali metal salts thereof comprising amino acids and salts represented by the formulae: ##STR7## wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, X is hydrogen or an alkali metal and R' and R" are each selected from the group consisting of: (a) substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched, alkyl radicals having one to twenty carbon atoms; (b) substituted or unsubstituted alkylene radicals each having three to six carbon atoms and R' and R" together forming a cyclic ring; (c) substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl radicals having from four to eight ring carbon atoms; (d) substituted or unsubstituted, hydroxy-alkyl radicals, linear or branched, having from one to twenty carbon atoms; (e) substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl radicals having from seven to twenty carbon atoms, and wherein R'" is selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted linear alkyl radicals having from one to twenty carbon atoms; and wherein the substituent group of (a) thru (e) above, are selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl groups, ether linkages, silane groups, and heterocyclic rings containing oxygen in their rings.