Process for homogeneously catalyzed, highly selective direct amination of primary alcohols with ammonia to primary amines with a high volume ratio of liquid phase to gas phase and/or high pressures

US8835691B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Florian Klasovsky · Haltern am See, DE
• Jan Christoph Pfeffer · Hanau, DE
• Thomas Tacke · Friedrichsdorf, DE
• Thomas Haas · Munster, DE
• Matthias Beller · Ostseebad Nienhagen, DE
• Angela Koeckritz · Berlin, DE
• Jens Deutsch · Rangsdorf, DE
• Andreas Martin · Salzburg, AT
• Sebastian Imm · Bad Vilbel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 16, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D307/52
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing primary amines comprising the process steps