Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing ethylene diamine (EDA), wherein the method comprises the steps a) to c). In step a), formaldehyde is converted with hydrocyanic acid (HCN) to formaldehyde-cyanohydrine (FACH), wherein the hydrocyanic acid is completely free or extensively free of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ). The FACH thus produced is converted in step b) with ammonia (NH 3 ) to aminoacetone-nitrile (AAN), and, in step c), hydrogenation of AAN to EDA occurs in the presence of a catalyst.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing EDDN and/or EDMN by reacting FA, HCN and EDA, the reaction being carried out in the presence of water, and separating the water from the reaction mixture in a distillation column after the reaction, characterized in that distillation is carried out in the presence of an organic solvent which, at the distillation pressure prevailing in the column, has a boiling point between that of water and EDDN and/or EDMN or which forms a low-boiling azeotrope with water.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing primary amines comprising at least one functional group of formula (-CH 2 -NH 2 ), by alcohol amination of educts which comprise at least one functional group of formula (–CH 2 -OH), using ammonia, and elimination of water. The homogeneously catalyzed alcohol amination is carried out in the presence of at least one complex catalyst which contains at least one element selected from the groups 8 and 9 of the periodic table and at least one phosphorus donor ligand of general formula (I).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing primary amines by means of the alcohol amination of alcohols with ammonia, with water being eliminated. The method comprises the steps of: (a) a homogenously-catalysed reaction of a reaction mixture which contains at least one alcohol, ammonia, at least one non-polar solvent, and at least one catalyst containing at least one element selected from groups 8, 9 and 10 of the periodic table in the liquid phase, a product mixture (P) thus being obtained; (b) separating the phases of product mixture (P) which was obtained in step (a), if necessary after a reduction in temperature, a reduction in pressure and/or the addition of at least one polar solvent with a miscibility gap in relation to the non-polar solvent, and thus obtaining at least one polar product phase (A) and at least one non-polar phase (B) containing at least one portion of the catalyst that was introduced, with said non-polar phase (B) being separated off, (c) returning at least one portion of the non-polar phase (B) into the reaction in step (a), and (d) separating the amination product from the polar product phase (A). The non-polar solvent introduced in (a) and the catalyst introduced in step (a) are selected such that the catalyst in the non-polar phase (B) becomes enriched.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing triethylenediamine (TEDA) derivatives, comprising the following steps: a) reaction of a dihydropyrazine with an olefin, b) optionally hydrogenation following step a). The invention also relates to novel TEDA derivatives as such and to the use thereof as built-in polyurethane catalysts.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing alkanol amines which comprise a primary amino group (-NH 2 ) and a hydroxyl group (-OH), by alcohol amination of diols comprising two hydroxyl groups (-OH), using ammonia, and elimination of water. The reaction is homogeneously catalyzed in the presence of at least one complex catalyst which contains at least one element selected from groups 8, 9 and 10 of the periodic table and at least one donor ligand.