Preparation of morpholine

US4739051A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Schroeder · Aachen, DE
• Wolfgang Lengsfeld · Schifferstadt, DE
• Gerd Heilen · Speyer, DE
• Otto Hertel · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Guenter Boettger · Bad Dürkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 1987
• Grant date: Apr 19, 1988
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2007

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J23/755
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Morpholine and other cyclic imines are obtained by reacting diethylene glycol and other appropriate diols with ammonia under hydrogenating conditions in the gas phase in the presence of a catalyst which contains copper, a smaller amount of nickel and alumina.