Catalysts and method for the production of amines

US7183438B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Till Gerlach · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Frank Funke · Bischofswerda, DE
• Johann-Peter Melder · Schifferstadt, DE
• Stefan Iselborn · Bischofswerda, DE
• Martin Rudloff · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Michael Hullmann · Bensheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2003
• Grant date: Feb 27, 2007
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D295/023
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are catalysts, the catalytically active mass of which contains 22 to 40 percent by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of zirconium, calculated as ZrO2, 1 to 30 percent by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of copper, calculated as CuO, 15 to 50 percent by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of nickel, calculated as NiO, the molar ratio between nickel and copper being greater than 1, 15 to 50 percent by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of cobalt, calculated as CoO, and less than 1 percent by weight of an alkali metal, calculated as alkali metal oxide, prior to being treated with hydrogen. Also disclosed is a method for the production of amines by reacting primary and secondary alcohols, aldehydes, or ketones with hydrogen and nitrogen compounds selected from the group ammonia, primary and secondary amines, in the presence of said catalysts at an elevated temperature and an elevated pressure.