Process for preparing aminoalkylnitriles and diamines from such nitriles

US8063239B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Jan Eberhardt · Mannheim, DE
• Thilo Hahn · Kirchheimbolanden, DE
• Johann-Peter Melder · Schifferstadt, DE
• Gerhard Fritz · Schifferstadt, DE
• Volkmar Menger · Neustadt, DE
• Thomas Hill · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2011
• Expiry date: May 26, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2219/0011
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aminoalkyl nitrile by reaction of a corresponding monoamine with a corresponding alkenyl nitrile in a continuous mode of operation, which comprises the steps The invention further relates to a process for preparing a diamine from the aminoalkyl nitrile, suitable apparatuses for carrying out the processes and their corresponding use.