Production method for ethyleneamine mixtures

US7880036B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Kirsten Dahmen · Mannheim, DE
• Alfred Oftring · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Katrin Baumann · Mannheim, DE
• Randolf Hugo · Dirmstein, DE
• Thilo Hahn · Kirchheimbolanden, DE
• Johann-Peter Melder · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 27, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C255/25
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for preparing an ethylene amine mixture, which comprises hydrogenating an amino nitrile mixture comprising at least two α-amino nitriles in an amount of at least 5% by weight in each case in the presence of a catalyst and, if appropriate, a solvent.