Process for preparing monoisopropylamine

US6563004B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Jan Nouwen · Brecht, BE
• Stefan Käshammer · Schifferstadt, DE
• Arthur Hohn · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
• Frank Funke · Bischofswerda, DE
• Johann-Peter Melder · Schifferstadt, DE
• Frank Gutschoven · Antwerpen, BE
• Philip Buskens · Hoogstraten, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2000
• Grant date: May 13, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C209/26
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Monoisopropylamine is prepared by reacting acetone with ammonia and with hydrogen at elevated temperature and elevated pressure in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalytically active mass of the catalyst comprises, after its preparation and before the treatment with hydrogen, from 20 to 90% by weight of aluminum oxide (Al2O3), zirconium dioxide (ZrO2), titanium dioxide (TiO2) and/or silicon dioxide (SiO2), from 1 to 70% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of copper, calculated as CuO, from 1 to 70% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of nickel, calculated as NiO, and from 1 to 70% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of cobalt, calculated as CoO.