Basf Se Corporation

Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Stiftung Des Oeffentlichen Rechts

Michael Bock

Eckhard Stroefer

Axel Franzke

Robert Baumann

Heiner Schelling

Kai Thiele

Oliver Huttenloch

Patrick Deck

Torsten Mattke

Radwan Abdallah

Julia Leschinski

Holger Ganz

Wolfgang Körnig

Oliver Bey

Ulrich Penzel

Gerhard Theis

Joachim Pfeffinger

Martin Sesing

Hans-Juergen Pallasch

Markus Siegert

Eckhard Ströfer

Matthias Eiermann

Bernd Rumpf

Andreas Leitner

Jon S Speier

Filip Deberdt

Martin Fiene

Matthias Kloetzer

Johannes Jacobs

Anne-Kathrin Merten

Michael Lorenz

Geert Janssens

Michael Mauss

Michael Mauβ

Roderich Roettger

Joerg Peter

Johnny Moors

Hans-Jürgen Pallasch

Gabriele Murrer

Wolfgang Koernig

Reiner Umathum

Michael Mauß

The invention relates to polyphenyl polymethylene polyisocyanates having an NCO number of at least 29% comprising less than 2% by weight ureas, less than 8% by weight carbodiimides or uretonimines and less than 1000 ppm organic chlorine compounds. The polyphenyl polymethylene polyisocyanates can be prepared according to the invention by reacting The polyphenyl polymethylene polyisocyanates can further be prepared according to the invention, prior to the thermal cleavage, by removing compounds having free amino groups or urea groups present in the carbamate crude mixture from the carbamate crude mixture by filtration of the carbamate crude mixture comprising the polyphenyl polymethylene polycarbamates over a solid acidic adsorbent in the presence of an acid dissolved in the carbamate crude mixture.

Low by-product content polyphenylene polymethylene polyisocyanates

The invention relates to a method for purifying mixtures comprising 4,4'-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate, which comprises purifying by distillation a mixture I comprising 4,4&#x2032;-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate having a hydrolyzable chlorine content as specified in ASTM D4663-10 of greater than 100 ppm by means of a column K, wherein the gaseous stream comprising the mixture I is brought into contact in the column Kwith at least one liquid compound A which has the same or higher boiling point than 4,4&#x2032;-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate and which has a hydrolyzable chlorine content as specified in ASTM D4663-10 of a maximum of 100 ppm, and wherein the gaseous stream O obtained at the top of the column comprises 4,4&#x2032;-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate has a hydrolyzable chlorine content as specified in ASTM D4663-10 of a maximum of 100 ppm.

Method for purifying mixtures comprising 4,4'-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate

A process for the removal of acids from reaction mixtures, comprising at least one product of value which is sparingly soluble in water, by at least one unpolar amine as an auxiliary base, which includes: a) reacting the auxiliary base with the acid with formation of a salt; b) reacting the salt formed in step a) with a further base which accepts the acid with liberation of the auxiliary base and combines with the acid to be accepted from the auxiliary base to form a salt which is very readily soluble in water; c) extraction of the mixture obtained in step b) with water or an aqueous medium, wherein the salt of the further base dissolves in the aqueous phase and the product of value, or the solution of the product of value, in a suitable solvent and the auxiliary base form at least one separate nonaqueous phase; and d) removal by distillation of at least part of any solvent present from the at least one nonaqueous phase obtained in step c), to form two nonmiscible liquid phases.

Method of separating acids from chemical reaction mixtures by means of apolar amines

A process for coproducing di- and/or polyisocyanates and glycols, comprising process stages A, B, C and E for preparing glycols and process stages A, C, D, E, F and G for preparing di- and/or polyisocyanates, which comprises 

Process for coproducing di- and/or polyisocyanates and glycols

The invention relates to a process for preparing methylenedi(phenyl isocyanate), which comprises (a) the phosgenation of two-ring and/or multiring methylenedi(phenylamine), (b) the fractionation of the crude methylenedi(phenyl isocyanate) obtained to give two-ring and multiring isomers, (c) the purification and/or fractionation of the resulting mixture of two-ring isomers of methylenedi(phenyl isocyanate) and (d) the storage of the mixtures obtained in step (c) or in step (b), wherein part of the stored mixtures is reused by means of recirculation in at least one of steps (b) or (c).

Process for preparing methylenedi(phenyl isocyanate)

The content of the invention is a process for preparing urethanes by reaction of aromatic amines with a dialkyl carbonate, wherein the alkyl radical of the organic dialkyl carbonate comprises 4-18 carbon atoms and is branched in the 2 position, and the reaction is performed in the presence of a substoichiometric amount of base, based on the amino groups.

Method for producing urethanes

Process for preparing aromatic isocyanates by reacting the corresponding formamides with an oxygen-comprising gas over noble metal catalysts at temperatures of from 300 to 600&#xb0; C. and a contact time of from 1 to 1000 ms, wherein:

Process for preparing isocyanates

A process is proposed for preparing isocyanates by thermally cleaving carbamates to obtain a carbamate cleavage gas comprising the corresponding isocyanate and the corresponding alcohol, which comprises quenching the carbamate cleavage gas in the presence of an ether which functions as an inhibitor for the reverse reaction of the isocyanate with the alcohol.

Process for preparing isocyanates by thermally cleaving carbamates

The present invention relates to a process for the production of isocyanates, preferably diisocyanates and polyisocyanates of the diphenylmethane series (MDI), by reacting an amine with phosgene in the liquid phase or in the gas phase to form the corresponding isocyanates, subsequent removal of the solvent in at least two steps to obtain at least two solvent streams, individual treatment of the at least two solvent streams, and recirculation of at least a portion of the solvent streams.

Process for the production of isocyanates, preferably diisocyanates and polyisocyanates with solvent recirculation

A process for preparing urethanes by reacting aromatic diamines with a dialkyl carbonate, wherein the alkyl radical of the organic dialkyl carbonate comprises 2-18 carbon atoms and one or more heteroatoms and the reaction is performed in the presence of a catalyst.

Method for producing urethanes composed of di-functional aromatic amines and dialkyl carbonates

The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates by thermal dissociation of carbamates and separation by distillation of the reaction mixture from the carbamate dissociation, comprising the corresponding isocyanate and the corresponding alcohol, by distillation in a column (K) having an enrichment section (V) and a stripping section (A), where the carbamate (1) is introduced between the enrichment section (V) and the stripping section (A) and the isocyanate is taken off as a constituent of the bottom stream (2) and the alcohol is taken off as a constituent of the overhead stream (3) from the column (K), in the presence of an inert solvent, wherein an intermediate boiler having a boiling point between the boiling point of the isocyanate and the boiling point of the alcohol under the operating conditions of the carbamate dissociation is used as inert solvent and is fed as external runback (4) in liquid form in a purity of &#x3e;95% by weight, based on the total weight of the external runback (4), in the upper region of the enrichment section (V) and as gaseous, superheated stream (5) into the lower region of stripping section (A) at one or more points.

Process for preparing isocyanates by thermal dissociation of carbamates

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of formamides by reacting aromatic amines with a formic acid ester in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is a phosphorus-containing acid or a Lewis-acidic metal salt.

Process for the preparation of aromatic formamides

This invention relates to a process for working up residues from production of isocyanates. This process involves hydrolyzing residues from production of at least one isocyanate with water to form a hydrolysis product, and processing the hydrolysis product within an extruder or a kneader having a heat transfer surface, to form a mixed product containing at least one amine and water. The amine and the water are separated from the mixed product to form an amine/water mixture, which is then separated to obtain the water and the amine. The process may also involve separating all or part of the water from the hydrolysis, or separating part of the amine from the hydrolysis, prior to the processing of the hydrolysis product.

Method for treating residues from the production of isocyanates

The invention provides a process for preparing polyisocyanates, comprising the steps of

Growing community of inventors

Ruppertsberg, Germany

Michael Bock