Direct amination of hydrocarbons

US7838702B2 · 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 13, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 13, 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, wherein the N2 content in the mixture at the reactor exit is less than 0.1% by volume based on the total volume of the mixture at the reactor exit.