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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2004
Randolf Hugo, Dirmstein, DE;
Sabine Jourdan, Mannheim, DE;
Kirsten Wenz, Mannheim, DE;
Thomas Preiss, Weisenheim am Sand, DE;
Alexander Weck, Freinsheim, DE;
Randolf Hugo, Dirmstein, DE;
Sabine Jourdan, Mannheim, DE;
Kirsten Wenz, Mannheim, DE;
Thomas Preiss, Weisenheim am Sand, DE;
Alexander Weck, Freinsheim, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
A process for preparing xylylenediamine, comprising the steps of ammoxidizing xylene to phthalonitrile and hydrogenating the phthalonitrile, which comprises contacting the vaporus product of the ammoxidation stage directly with a liquid organic solvent or with molten phthalonitrile (quench), partly or fully removing components having a boiling point lower than phthalonitrile (low boilers) from the resulting quench solution or suspention or phthalonitrile melt and, before the hydrogenation, of the phthalonitrile, not removing any products having a boiling point higher than phthalonitrile (high boilers).