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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. 14, 2002
Filed:
May. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Günther Ruider, Wachenheim, DE;
Karl-Heinz Ross, Grünstadt, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
Abstract
Method of purifying triethanolamine prepared by reacting aqueous ammonia with ethylene oxide in the liquid phase under pressure and at elevated temperature by removing excess ammonia, water and monoethanolamine from the reaction product, reacting the resulting crude product with ethylene oxide at temperatures of from 110 to 180° C., and then rectifying the mixture in the presence of phosphorous or hypophosphorous acid or compounds thereof.