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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthias Eiermann, Limburgerhof, DE;
Klaus Ebel, Lampertheim, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
Abstract
Aromatic hydrocarbons are nitrated by a process in which the aromatic hydrocarbon is reacted in the liquid phase with an oxide of nitrogen selected from NO, N O , NO and N O and with an oxygen-containing gas stream in the presence of a heterogeneous oxidic catalyst, wherein at least 0.1 mol %, based on the aromatic hydrocarbon, of water is present at the beginning of the reaction.