Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the continuous production of an amine by reacting a primary or secondary alcohol, aldehyde and/or ketone with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound, selected from the group comprising ammonia, and primary and secondary amines, at a temperature of between 60 and 300°C, in the presence of a catalyst containing copper and aluminium oxide, wherein the reaction takes place in the gas phase and the catalytically active mass of the catalyst before the reduction thereof with hydrogen contains between 20 and 75 wt. % of aluminium oxide (AI 2 O 3 ), between 20 and 75 wt. % of oxygen-containing compounds of copper, as CuO, between 0 and 2 wt. % of oxygen-containing compounds of sodium, as Na 2 O, and less than 5 wt. % of oxygen-containing compounds of nickel, as NiO. The catalyst moulded body has a tablet shape with a diameter of between 1 and 4 mm and a height of between 1 and 4 mm.
Abstract:
Method for preparing piperazine of formula I by reacting diethanolamine (DEOA) of formula II with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and a metal-containing supported catalyst. Before the catalyst is reduced with hydrogen, the catalytically active mass of the catalyst contains oxygen-containing aluminum, copper, nickel and cobalt compounds and 0.2 to 5.0 wt.% oxygen-containing tin compounds calculated as SnO, and the reaction is carried out in the liquid phase at an absolute pressure ranging from 160 to 220 bar, at a temperature ranging from 180 to 220°C, ammonia is used at a molar ratio ranging from 5 to 25 in relation to the DEOA used in the process, the method being carried out in the presence of 0.2 to 9.0 wt.% hydrogen relative to the total amount of DEOA and ammonia used in the process.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating organic nitriles by means of hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor, where the shaped body catalyst is arranged in a fixed bed, wherein the shaped body in the shape of spheres or rods has in each case a diameter of 3 mm or less, in the shape of tablets a height of 4 mm or less, and in the case of all other geometries in each case has an equivalent diameter L = 1/a' of 0.70 mm or less, where a' is the external surface area per unit volume (mms 2/mmp 3), with: (I) where Ap is the external surface area of the catalyst particle (mms 2) and Vp is the volume of the catalyst particle (mmp 3). The present invention further relates to a process for preparing downstream products of isophoronediamine (IPDA) or N,N-dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) from amines prepared according to the invention.
Abstract:
A process for preparing a cyclic tertiary methylamine of the formula (I) in which A is a C 4 -alkylene group, a C 5 -alkylene group or a -(CH 2 ) 2 -B-(CH 2 ) 2 - group where B is oxygen (O) or an N-R 1 radical and R 1 is C 1 - to C 5 -alkyl, aryl or C 5 - to C 7 -cycloalkyl, characterized in that an amino alcohol II from the group of 1,4-aminobutanol, 1,5-aminopentanol, aminodiglycol (ADG) or aminoethylethanolamine of the formula (IIa), in which R 1 is as specified above or else is hydrogen (H), in which case R 1 in the amine I is CH 3 , is reacted with methanol in a reactor at a temperature in the range from 150 to 270°C in the presence of a heterogeneous copper catalyst in the liquid phase.
Abstract:
A process for preparing N,N-dimethylaminoethoxyethanol (DMAEE), wherein a) dimethylamine and ethylene oxide are reacted, b) the resulting product mixture is separated by distillation from N,N-dimethylethanol-amine and DMAEE to obtain a DMAEE-containing fraction as a bottom stream and c) DMAEE is removed by distillation from the fraction obtained in (b).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing pure triethanolamine (TEOA) by continuously separating an ethanolamine mixture containing TEOA and diethanolamine (DEOA) by distillation, wherein in a distillation column (DEOA column), DEOA is distilled off and the arising bottom flow containing TEOA is fed to a downstream column (TEOA column), in which the pure TEOA is removed as a side draw flow, wherein the residence time of the ethanolamine mixture in the sump of the DEOA column is