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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 04, 2007
Petr Kubanek, Mannheim, DE;
Bram Willem Hoffer, Heidelberg, DE;
Ekkehard Schwab, Neustadt, DE;
Johann-peter Melder, Böhl-Iggelheim, DE;
Petr Kubanek, Mannheim, DE;
Bram Willem Hoffer, Heidelberg, DE;
Ekkehard Schwab, Neustadt, DE;
Johann-Peter Melder, Böhl-Iggelheim, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
Processes comprising: (i) providing a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones and mixtures thereof; and (ii) reacting the reactant with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia, primary amines, secondary amines and mixtures thereof, in the presence of a catalyst comprising a zirconium dioxide- and nickel-containing catalytically active composition, to form an amine; wherein the catalytically active composition, prior to reduction with hydrogen, comprises oxygen compounds of zirconium, copper, and nickel, and one or more oxygen compounds of silver in an amount of 0.5 to 6% by weight, calculated as AgO.