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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2005
Wei-yang Su, Spring, TX (US);
Ralph M. Diguilio, Spring, TX (US);
Pete S. Morford, Austin, TX (US);
Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a process for the co-production of bis(para-aminocyclohexyl) methane (PACM). Also disclosed are articles of manufacture made using PACM produced by methods of this invention. The methods of the present invention generally include a first mixture having methylene di-aniline (MDA) and a second aromatic amine. The first mixture has less than 15% polymeric MDA by weight and the second aromatic amine is present in an amount to render the first mixture a liquid. The first mixture is hydrogenated to produce a product mixture comprising PACM and at least one second non-aromatic amine.