Method for producing ethylene amines ethanol amines from monoethylene glycol (MEG)

US7700806B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Gunther van Cauwenberge · Temse, BE
• Johann-Peter Melder · Schifferstadt, DE
• Bram Willem Hoffer · Heidelberg, DE
• Thomas Krug · Worms, DE
• Karin Pickenäcker · Lampertheim, DE
• Frank-Friedrich Pape · Kleinniedesheim, DE
• Ekkehard Schwab · Neustadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C213/02
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing ethylene amines and ethanolamines by hydrogenative amination of monoethylene glycol and ammonia in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the process is carried out in two process stages in which