Abstract:
1,050,586. Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane. COMMERCIAL SOLVENTS CORPORATION. Feb. 3, 1965 [March 2, 1964], No. 4651/65. Heading C2C. Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (designated as T.A.) is produced by a process comprising crystallizing T.A. from an aqueous solution in a crystallizer, preferably a continuous evaporative type, separating the crystals from the mother liquor, evaporating the mother liquor to a melt of T.A., and solvent extracting the melt with a C 1 to C 5 alkanol, preferably with butanol, and preferably recirculating the solvent-extracted T.A. to the crystallizer. T.A. may be made by condensing nitromethane with formaldehyde and reducing the product. The detailed description relates to a continuous process which is described with reference to a flow-sheet (not shown).