Process for the preparation of 2-aminomethylpiperidine

US5374728A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Detlef Kampmann · Bochum, DE
• Gregor Deckers · Frankfurt, DE
• Claus Kniep · Oberhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 1992
• Grant date: Dec 20, 1994
• Expiry date: Sep 23, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D211/26
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the preparation of 2-aminomethylpiperidine by catalytic hydrogenation of 2-cyanopyridine in the presence of a cobalt-containing catalyst at elevated temperature and under elevated pressure. The reaction can be carried out either in two steps or in a single stage.