Abstract:
AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PRIMARY ALKANOLAMINES BY THE REDUCTION OF NITROALKANOLS WHEREBY THE CONTENT OF N-ALKYLATED ALKANOLAMINES IS SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED, BY EFFECTING THE REDUCTION STEP IN THE PRESENCE OF AMMONIA OR A SOLUBLE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY ALIPHATIC AMINE.
Abstract:
1,219,738. Separation of nitroethane from other nitroalkanes. COMMERCIAL SOLVENTS CORP. 9 July, 1969 [26 Aug., 1968], No. 34621/69. Heading C2C. Nitroethane is separated from a mixture with one or more other nitroalkanes, including nitromethane and 2-nitropropane by (a) mixing the nitroalkane mixture with a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having 7 or 8 carbon atoms; (b) distilling the mixture to form a distillate consisting of an upper layer and a lower layer comprising nitroethane, nitromethane and the hydrocarbon; (c) returning the upper layer to the distillation step; and (d) redistilling the lower layer until separation of the nitromethane and the hydrocarbon has been effected, thereby producing, as a distillation residue, purified nitroethane. The aliphatic hydrocarbon is preferably n-heptane, 2,2,4-trimethylpentane or 2,3,4-trimethylpentane.
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).