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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2006
Frank Haese, Bollingstedt, DE;
Joachim Wulff-doering, Frankenthal, DE;
Ulrich Koehler, Mannheim, DE;
Peter Gaa, Worms, DE;
Frank-friedrich Pape, Kleinniedesheim, DE;
Johann-peter Melder, Boehl-Iggelheim, DE;
Manfred Julius, Limburgerhof, DE;
Frank Haese, Bollingstedt, DE;
Joachim Wulff-Doering, Frankenthal, DE;
Ulrich Koehler, Mannheim, DE;
Peter Gaa, Worms, DE;
Frank-Friedrich Pape, Kleinniedesheim, DE;
Johann-Peter Melder, Boehl-Iggelheim, DE;
Manfred Julius, Limburgerhof, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
Processes comprising: providing an aromatic alcohol; and reacting the aromatic alcohol with ammonia at a temperature of 80 to 350° C. in the presence of hydrogen and a heterogeneous catalyst to form a crude reaction product comprising a corresponding primary aromatic amine, wherein the heterogeneous catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which, prior to reduction with hydrogen, comprises 90 to 99.8% by weight of zirconium dioxide (ZrO), 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of an oxygen-comprising compound of palladium, and 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of an oxygen-comprising compound of platinum.