Process for Preparing Ethylamines and Monoisopropylamine (MIPA)

• Main Authors: KUMMER MATTHIAS, BEY OLIVER, MOORS MAARTEN, STEIN FRANK, WERLAND STEFANIE, MAEGERLEIN WOLFGANG, MELDER JOHANN-PETER, HUYGHE KEVIN, ASPRION NORBERT, JULIUS MANFRED
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.05.2013
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A process for preparing ethylamines and monoisopropylamine (MIPA), in which bioethanol is reacted with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and of a heterogeneous catalyst to give ethylamines, said bioethanol having a content of sulfur and/or sulfur compounds of >=0.1 ppm by weight (calculated S),...