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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2020
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Martin Ernst, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Tatjana Huber, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Johann-Peter Melder, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Stephanie Jaegli, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Thomas Krug, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of ethyleneamines and ethanolamines, comprising the steps of (i) converting a glycolaldehyde derivative of formula (II), in which R, Rare—the same or different—hydrogen, alkyl, such as C-alkyl, or cycloalkyl such as Cs-e-cycloalkyl; and an animating agent of formula (III); in which R1 is hydrogen (H), alkyl, such as C-alkyl, or cycloalkyl such as C-cycloalkyl, in the gas or liquid phase; (ii) feeding the reaction products obtained in step (i) into a hydrogenation reactor, where the reaction products are converted with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst.