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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1993
Gamini Ananda Vedage, Bethlehem, PA (US);
John Nelson Armor, Orefield, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to an isomerization process wherein hydrogenated aromatic amines are substantially isomerized to their thermodynamic form. These hydrogenated aromatic amines are presented by the formulas: ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 aliphatic, R1 and R2 are hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 aliphatic, A is C.sub.1-4 or NH; n is 0-2, x is 1-3 and y is 1 to 2 except the sum of the y groups in Formula I may be 1. The improvement in the process comprises using a catalytic system comprising cobalt preferably in combination with another Group VIII metal selected from rhodium, ruthenium, platinum, and palladium and the metal, copper. Preferably the catalyst comprises cobalt in combination with rhodium or ruthenium wherein the weight ratio of cobalt to rhodium or ruthenium, calculated on metal content, is from about 0.2 to 100 weight parts cobalt per weight part rhodium or ruthenium and the isomerization is carried out in the presence of hydrogen.