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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franz Merger, Frankenthal, DE;
Peter Hettinger, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Leopold Hupfer, Friedelsheim, DE;
Juergen Paetsch, Wachenheim, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568853 ; 568854 ;
Abstract
Trimethylolalkanes are prepared by reacting an n-alkanal with formaldehyde and a trialkylamine in aqueous solution and then hydrogenating the product, by a method in which from 2.2 to 4.5 moles of formaldehyde and from 0.6 to 3 moles of trialkylamine are used per mole of the alkanal, and the reaction mixture is worked up by distillation either before or after the hydrogenation.