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Roman Dostalek

Johann-Peter Melder

Rolf Hartmuth Fischer

Rolf Pinkos

Roland Bou Chedid

Michael Hesse

Andreas Henne

Bernd Stein

Detlef Kratz

Joachim Simon

Ulrich Abel

Cristina Freire Erdbrugger

Rainer Becker

Manfred Julius

Frank-Friedrich Pape

Frank Haese

Axel Paul

Nina Challand

Ulrich Kohler

Hans Jochen Mercker

Ulrich Mueller

Wolfgang Harder

Ralf Pelzer

Rolf-Hartmuth Fischer

Laszlo Marosi

Christof Wilhelm Wigbers

Udo Rheude

Miriam Bru Roig

Florian Garlichs

Joachim Pfeffinger

Jörg Pastre

Christoph Stock

Stefan Ruedenauer

Rolf Lebkucher

Stephanie Renz

Michael Jödecke

Anja Vinckier

Nicolas Marion

Heinz Lingk

Margarethe Klos

Aik Meam Tan

Regina-Margareta Berg

Margerethe Klos

The present invention relates to aroma chemical compositions containing 3,5-diethyl-2-propyl-tetrahydropyran, a 3,5-diethyl-2-propyl-dihydropyran or a 3,5-diethyl-2-propyl-pyran, a mixture of such compounds, a stereoisomer of one of these compounds, or a mixture of stereoisomers of one or more of these compounds. The invention further relates to a method for preparing such compounds, stereoisomers or mixtures thereof, to the composition obtainable by this method, to the use of such compounds as an aroma chemical or for modifying the scent character of a fragranced composition; and to a method for preparing a fragranced composition or for modifying the scent character of a fragranced composition using said compounds. Moreover, the invention relates to 3,5-diethyl-2-propyl-tetrahydropyran, to its stereoisomers and to mixtures of these stereoisomers.

Aroma chemical compositions containing 3,5-diethyl-2-propyl-tetrahydropyran and/or unsaturated derivatives thereof

Process for preparing pyrrolidine of the formula I by reacting 1,4-butanediol (BDO) of the formula II with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and a supported, metal-containing catalyst, wherein the catalytically active mass of the catalyst, prior to its reduction with hydrogen, comprises oxygen-containing compounds of aluminum, copper, nickel and cobalt and in the range from 0.2 to 5.0% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of tin, calculated as SnO, and the reaction is carried out in the liquid phase at an absolute pressure in the range from 160 to 220 bar, a temperature in the range from 160 to 230&#xb0; C., using ammonia in a molar ratio to BDO used of from 5 to 50 and in the presence of 1.0 to 4.5% by weight of hydrogen, based on the amount of BDO used.

Process for preparing pyrrolidine

Process for preparing piperazine of the formula I by reacting diethanolamine (DEOA) of the formula II with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and a supported, metal-containing catalyst has been found, wherein the catalytically active mass of the catalyst, prior to its reduction with hydrogen, comprises oxygen-containing compounds of aluminum, copper, nickel and cobalt and in the range from 0.2 to 5.0% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of tin, calculated as SnO, and the reaction is carried out in the liquid phase at an absolute pressure in the range from 160 to 220 bar, a temperature in the range from 180 to 220&#xb0; C., using ammonia in a molar ratio to DEOA used of from 5 to 25 and in the presence of 0.2 to 9.0% by weight of hydrogen, based on the total amount of DEOA used and ammonia.

Process for preparing piperazine

Process for the preparation of a mono-N-alkylpiperazine of the formula I in which Ris C- to C-alkyl or 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl,by reacting diethanolamine (DEOA) of the formula II with a primary amine of the formula HN&#x2014;R(III) in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst molding, where the reaction is carried out in the liquid phase at an absolute pressure in the range from 150 to 250 bar and the amination is carried out by means of a catalyst molding, the precursor of which can be prepared according to a process in which

Process for the preparation of a mono-N-alkylpiperazine

Process for the preparation of a mono-N-alkylpiperazine of the formula I in which Ris C- to C-alkyl or 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl,by reacting diethanolamine (DEOA) of the formula II with a primary amine of the formula HN&#x2014;R(III) in the presence of hydrogen and a supported, metal-containing catalyst, where the catalytically active mass of the catalyst, prior to its reduction with hydrogen, comprises oxygen-containing compounds of aluminum, copper, nickel and cobalt and, in the range from 0.2 to 5.0% by weight, oxygen-containing compounds of tin, calculated as SnO, and the reaction is carried out in the liquid phase at an absolute pressure in the range from 95 to 145 bar.

Process for the preparation of a mono-N-alkypiperazine

Process for preparing 1,4-bishydroxyethylpiperazine (BHEPIP) of the formula I wherein diethanolamine (DEOA) of the formula II is reacted in the liquid phase in a reactor at a temperature in the range from 130 to 300&#xb0; C. in the presence of a copper-comprising, chromium-free heterogeneous catalyst.

Process for preparing 1,4-bishydroxyethylpiperazine

The present invention relates to a process for preparing diols by hydrogenating a mixture comprising carboxylic acid, carboxylic anhydrides and/or carboxylic esters/lactones by means of a cobalt-comprising catalyst, wherein alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal ions are added to the hydrogenation feed, excluding alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal ions of mineral acids.

Process for preparing diols by hydrogenating a carboxylic acid-comprising mixture by means of cobalt-comprising catalysts

Method of producing triethanolamine where a phosphane or a compound which liberates a phosphane is added to the triethanolamine.

Method for producing triethanolamine

Methods for improving color properties of triethanolamine, and triethanolamine compositions treated thereby, are disclosed, wherein the methods comprise: (a) providing a composition comprising triethanolamine; and (b) contacting the composition with an acid component and a basic component; wherein the acid component comprises an acid selected from the group consisting of phosphorous acid, hypophosphorous acid and mixtures thereof; and wherein the basic component comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, ammonium hydroxides according to general formula (I), and mixtures thereof:[RRR(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium] hydroxide&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)wherein R, Rand Reach independently represents a Calkyl or a Chydroxyalkyl; with the proviso that where the basic component comprises an alkali metal hydroxide, the molar ratio of acid component: basic component is 1:0.1 to 1:1, and where the basic component comprises an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, the molar ratio of acid component: basic component is 1:0.05 to 1:0.5.

Methods of treating triethanolamine with acid components and basic components, and triethanolamine compositions containing the same

A process for dehydrogenating 1,4-butanediol to .gamma.-butyrolactone in the gas phase in the presence of a copper-containing catalyst, wherein the catalyst contains 4-40% by weight of copper and 0-5% by weight of Na.sub.2 O, based on the total weight of the catalyst, on a carrier consisting of 80-100% by weight of SiO.sub.2 and 0-20% by weight of CaO.

Catalyst for dehydrogenating 1,4-butanediol to .gamma.-butyrolactone

Dehydrogenation of 1,4-butanediol to .gamma.-butyrolactone

N-Substituted cyclic amines are prepared by reacting diols with primary amines over a copper-containing catalyst which is obtainable by impregnation of an inert support with an aqueous solution of an ammine complex of a readily thermally decomposable copper compound and subsequent drying and calcination and contains from 5 to 50% by weight of copper, calculated as CuO.

Preparation of N-substituted cyclic amines

Purity of 1,6-hexanediol

Preparation of polytetrahydrofuran

A process for the preparation of cyclohexene by partial hydrogenation of benzene with hydrogen in the presence of water and ruthenium catalysts modified with nickel, at elevated temperature in the liquid phase, wherein alloys of ruthenium with nickel are used as catalysts.

Preparation of cyclohexene by partial hydrogenation of benzene

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