Manufacture of N-alkylanilines

US4196147A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Martin Decker · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Herwig Hoffmann · Bischofswerda, DE
• Leopold Hupfer · Friedelsheim, DE
• Herbert Toussaint · Bischofswerda, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 1977
• Grant date: Apr 1, 1980
• Expiry date: Sep 29, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C209/18
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

N-Alkylanilines are obtained by alkylating anilines with alcohols in the absence of hydrogen under a pressure substantially higher than the autogenous pressure of the reaction mixture, at from 50.degree. to 250.degree. C., preferably in the presence of a fixed catalyst containing cobalt, nickel and copper.