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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2006
Till Gerlach, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Frank Haese, Dietzenbach, DE;
Anton Meier, Birkenheide, DE;
Johann-peter Melder, Böhl-Iggelheim, DE;
Heinz Rütter, Kapellen, BE;
Till Gerlach, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Frank Haese, Dietzenbach, DE;
Anton Meier, Birkenheide, DE;
Johann-Peter Melder, Böhl-Iggelheim, DE;
Heinz Rütter, Kapellen, BE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
Processes comprising: (a) providing a first reactant comprising a bioethanol; and (b) reacting the first reactant with a second reactant comprising a component selected from the group consisting of ammonia, primary amines, secondary amines and mixtures thereof, in the presence of hydrogen and a catalytically effective amount of a heterogeneous hydrogenation/dehydrogenation catalyst to form an ethylamine; wherein the catalyst has been activated at a temperature of 100 to 500° C. for at least 25 minutes; wherein prior to activation the catalyst comprises: (i) 20 to 65% by weight of a support material comprising one or both of zirconium dioxide (ZrO) and aluminum oxide (AlO), (ii) 1 to 30% by weight of oxygen-comprising compounds of copper, calculated as CuO, and (iii) 21 to 70% by weight of oxygen-comprising compounds of nickel, calculated as NiO; and wherein after activation the catalyst has a CO uptake capacity of >110 μmol of CO/g of the catalyst.