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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1995
Johann-Peter Melder, Mannheim, DE;
Gunther Ruider, Wachenheim, DE;
Tom Witzel, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Karl-Heinz Ross, Grunstadt, DE;
Gunter Boettger, Bad Durkheim, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of a color-stable dialkylaminoethanol of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently are C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, by reacting ethylene oxide with a dialkylamine of the formula HNR.sup.1 R.sup.2, in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the same meaning, in the presence of from 2.5 to 50% by weight of water, based on the reaction mixture, at a temperature of from 95.degree. to 170.degree. C., and separating off the water and high-boiling constituents by distillation under a reduced pressure and at a temperature of from 40.degree. to 90.degree. C. at the column bottom.