Hydrogenation of aromatic compounds in which at least one amino group is bonded to an aromatic nucleus

US5773657A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Heinz Rutter · Hochdorf-Assenheim, DE
• Thomas Ruhl · Bischofswerda, DE
• Boris Breitscheidel · Fulda, DE
• Jochem Henkelmann · Mannheim, DE
• Andreas Henne · Neustadt, DE
• Thomas Wettling · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 23, 1996
• Grant date: Jun 30, 1998
• Expiry date: Aug 23, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J35/69
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Aromatic compounds in which at least one amino group is bonded to an aromatic nucleus are catalytically hydrogenated in the liquid phase by a process in which the catalyst consists essentially of ruthenium and, optionally at least one metal of subgroup I, VII or VIII in an amount of from 0.01 to 30% by weight, based on the total weight of the catalyst, applied to a carrier which has a mean pore diameter of at least 0.1 .mu.m and a surface area of not more than 15 m.sup.2 /g.