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US 8,324,388 B2Granted
Dehydrogenation process
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsStefan Kotrel, Martin Ernst
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Abstract
Processes comprising: providing a dehydrogenatable compound; and subjecting the dehydrogenatable compound to a dehydrogenation reaction at a temperature of from 150 to 400° C., in the presence of oxygen, and at a temperature profile of the dehydrogenation reaction which does not differ substantially from the temperature profile of the dehydrogenation reaction in the absence of oxygen under otherwise identical conditions.
Claims10
A process comprising:
- providing 3-methylpiperidine;
- and
- subjecting 3-methylpiperidine to a dehydrogenation reaction at a temperature of from 150 to 400° C., in the presence of a feed stream comprising O2, wherein the O2 content of the feed stream after said feed stream has been metered in is from 0.05% by volume to 10% by volume.
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