Direct amination of hydrocarbons

US7741522B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Frederik van Laar · Dubai, AE
• Ekkehard Schwab · Neustadt, DE
• Joachim-Thierry Anders · Neheim, DE
• Sven Crone · Schifferstadt, DE
• Karl Hoelemann · Mannheim, DE
• Wolfgang Mackenroth · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Petr Kubanek · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 15, 2007
• Grant date: Jun 22, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C209/02
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for aminating hydrocarbons with ammonia in the presence of catalyst (i) which catalyzes the amination, which comprises supplying oxidizing agent to the reaction mixture and reacting the oxidizing agent with hydrogen which is formed in the amination in the presence of a catalyst (ii) which catalyzes this reaction with hydrogen.