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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter J Whitman, Hamden, CT (US);
Assignee:
Olin Corporation, Cheshire, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
564451 ; 564450 ; 564457 ; 564461 ; 564462 ;
Abstract
A process for increasing the rate of catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic amines by reacting aromatic amines with hydrogen in the presence of a noble metal catalyst, an organic solvent or a mixture of solvents, and at least one salt of a transition or lanthanide metal as a promoter, in an effective amount to increase the rate of the hydrogenation reaction, decrease the induction period, and decrease the amount of higher boiler by-products.