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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2003
Günter Rauchschwalbe, Leverkusen, DE;
Herbert Emde, Köln, DE;
Wolfram Kissener, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, DE;
Bayer Chemicals AG, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
Described herein is a process for the preparation of 3,4-diaminobenzenesulphonic acid, characterized in that 1,2-diaminobenzene is reacted with anhydrous sulphuric acid which optionally comprises SO in up to stoichiometric amount, at a temperature in the range from 100 to 160° C. with stirring for a reaction time of from 1 to 20 hours; water or ice is added to the reaction mixture, optionally with cooling, up to a sulphuric acid concentration in the range from 30 to 75% by weight, based on the total mixture; the 3,4-diaminobenzenesulphonic acid precipitated out of the reaction mixture is filtered off, optionally washed with dilute sulphuric acid and worked up.