Method for the production of amines
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsFrederik van Laar, Ekkehard Schwab, Steffen Oehlenschlager, Hartwig Voss, Wolfgang Mackenroth, Konrad Morgenschweis, Ulrich Penzel, Bernd Weidner
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Abstract
The present invention provides a process for hydrogenating aromatic nitro compounds to the corresponding amines in the presence of hydrogenation catalysts, which comprises using hydrogenation catalysts in which nickel and platinum are present on a support in the form of an alloy having an atomic ratio of nickel to platinum in the alloy of between 30:70 and 70:30.
Claims14
A process comprising hydrogenating an aromatic nitro compound to the corresponding amine in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst comprising nickel and platinum, wherein said nickel and platinum are present on a support in the form of an alloy having an atomic ratio of nickel to platinum in the alloy of 30:70 to 70:30.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.