Production of primary guerbet amines

US5808158A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• RWE-DEA Aktiengesellschaft fur Mineraloel und Chemie · DE

Inventors

• Martin Conrads · Moers, DE
• Albert Thomas Hermann · Zell am Harmersbach, DE
• Erich Scherf · Brunsbüttel, DE
• Arwed Wagner · Cologne, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 9, 1996
• Grant date: Sep 15, 1998
• Expiry date: May 9, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C209/16
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for producing primary amines which comprises reacting primary alcohols branched in position 2 with ammonia in the presence of a metal catalyst/co-catalyst.