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US 7,741,522 B2Granted
Direct amination of hydrocarbons
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsFrederik Van Laar, Ekkehard Schwab, Joachim-Thierry Anders, Sven Crone, Karl Hoelemann, Wolfgang Mackenroth, Petr Kubanek
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Abstract
A process for aminating hydrocarbons with ammonia in the presence of catalyst (i) which catalyzes the amination, which comprises supplying oxidizing agent to the reaction mixture and reacting the oxidizing agent with hydrogen which is formed in the amination in the presence of a catalyst (ii) which catalyzes this reaction with hydrogen.
Claims20
A process for aminating at least one aromatic hydrocarbon with ammonia in the presence of a catalyst (i) which catalyzes the amination, which process comprises
- supplying an oxidizing agent to a reaction mixture comprising the aromatic hydrocarbon and
- reacting the oxidizing agent with hydrogen which is formed in the amination in the presence of a catalyst (ii) which catalyzes the reaction of the oxidizing agent with hydrogen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.