Abstract:
Production of N-methylpiperazine by reaction of aqueous formaldehyde solution with piperazine followed by hydrogenation of the polymethylenepiperazine formed in the presence of known hydrogenation catalysts at superatmospheric pressure and elevated temperature, the reaction being carried out in the presence of acetic acid or piperazine acetate and the N,N''-dimethylpiperazine formed during the hydrogenation being distilled off as an azeotrope with water. N-methylpiperazine is used as a selective solvent for the extraction of aromatics from hydrocarbon mixtures.
Abstract:
PRODUCTION OF N-FORMYLMORPHOLINE OR N-ACETYLMORPHOLINE WHICH COMPRISES MIXING MORPHOLINE WITH FORMIC ACID OR ACETIC ACID AND DISTILLING OFF THE WATER FORMED FROM THE REACTION MIXTURE IN A COLUMN, A ZONE HAVING A TEMPERATURE OF FROM 130* TO 150*C. BEING MAINTAINED IN THE COLUMN ABOVE THE POINT OF SUPPLY AND A ZONE HAVING A TEMPERATURE OF FROM 210* TO 230*C. BEING MAINTAINED BELOW THE POINT OF SUPPLY. N-FORMYLMORPHOLINE AND NACETYLMORPHOLINE ARE SUITABLE AS EXTRACTANTS FOR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS FROM HYDROCARBON MIXTURES.
Abstract:
Recovery of aromatic hydrocarbons by selective extraction of hydrocarbon mixtures containing olefins and naphthenes in addition to aromatic and paraffinic hydrocarbons. The extractant is a mixture of an N-alkylpyrrolidone and a compound of the formula
WHERE Y is alkylene or alkenylene having two or three carbon atoms or o-phenylene which may be partially hydrogenated and R is alkylene having two to 12 carbon atoms.
Abstract:
AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF N-SUBSTITUTED MORPHOLINES BY HEATING A N-SUBSTITUTED BIS-(B-HYDROXYETHYL)-AMINE OR BIS-(B-HYDROXYPROPYL)-AMINE IN THE PRESENCE OF A WATER-ELIMINATING CATALYST, THE IMPROVEMENT CONSISTING IN CARRYING OUT THE REACTION AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM 180* TO 270* C. IN THE PRESENCE OF WATER OR IN THE PRESENCE OF A HIGH-BOILING ORGANIC SOLVENT WHICH IS INERT UNDER THE REACTION CONDITIONS.
Abstract:
WHERE X DENOTES OR ACETYL AND R DENOTES LOWER ALKYL.
1-X,4-R-PIPERAZINE
RECOVERY OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS FROM MIXTURES OF HYDROCARBONS WHICH CONTAIN PARAFFINS AND POSSIBLY OLEFINS AND/OR NAPTHENES BY USING AS EXTRACTANTS PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVES HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA: