| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080200727 | Method for Producing an Amine - Processes for preparing amines comprising reacting an aldehyde and/or ketone with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, wherein the heterogeneous catalyst comprises a catalyst packing prepared by applying at least one compound selected from the group consisting of catalytically active metals, compounds of catalytically active metals, and mixtures thereof to a support material selected from the group consisting of woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, foils, and combinations thereof. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080242537 | Method for Producing Amines with a Catalyst Containing Platinum, Nickel and an Additional Metal - The invention provides a process for preparing aromatic amines by catalytically hydrogenating the corresponding nitro compounds, especially for preparing tolylenediamine by hydrogenating dinitrotoluene, which comprises using hydrogenation catalysts in which the active component present is a mixture of platinum, nickel and an additional metal on a support. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080255360 | Process for Producing Ethyleneamines - Processes comprising: providing a starting material comprising monoethanolamine; and reacting the starting material with ammonia in the presence of a heterogeneous transition metal catalyst to form a reaction product comprising one or more ethylene amines; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition, which prior to treatment with hydrogen, comprises a mixture of oxygen-containing compounds of aluminum, copper, nickel and cobalt; and wherein the catalyst is present as one or more shaped catalyst particles selected from spheres, extrudates, pellets and other geometries, wherein the sphere or extrudate has a diameter of <3 mm, the pellet has a height of <3 mm, and the other geometries have an equivalent diameter L=1/a′ of <0.70 mm, where a′ is the external surface area per unit volume (mm | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080293980 | Method for the Synthesis of Aromatic Hydrocarbons From C1-C4-Alkanes and Utilization of C1-C4-Alkane-Comprising Product Stream - The present invention relates to a method for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon from a C | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090005464 | Method for Producing Olefins from Synthesis Gas in a Reaction Column - Process for the synthesis of olefins from synthesis gas in the presence of at least one Fischer-Tropsch catalyst in a reaction column, wherein the synthesis gas is introduced into the reaction column below a zone A of the reaction column and the olefins formed are taken off below the inlet for the synthesis gas. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090023956 | DIRECT AMINATION OF HYDROCARBONS - 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. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090030234 | DIRECT AMINATION OF HYDROCARBONS - A process for aminating hydrocarbons with ammonia, wherein the N | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090030237 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ETHYLENE AMINES AND ETHANOL AMINES BY THE HYDROGENATING AMINATION OF MONOETHYLENE GLYCOL AND AMMONIA IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST - A process for preparing ethylene amines and ethanolamines by hydrogenative amination of monoethylene glycol and ammonia in the presence of a catalyst, wherein a catalyst having an active composition comprising ruthenium and cobalt and no further additional metal of group VIII and also no metal of group IB is used in the form of shaped catalyst bodies which in the case of a spherical shape or rod shape in each case have a diameter of <3 mm, in the case of a pellet shape have a height of <3 mm and in the case of all other geometries in each case have an equivalent diameter L=1/a′ of <0.70 mm, where a′ is the external surface area per unit volume (mm | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090082562 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN AMINE - A process for preparing an amine by reacting an aldehyde and/or ketone with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound selected from the group of primary and secondary amines in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, wherein the catalyst is a coated catalyst which comprises at least one metal of group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements as a hydrogenating metal and additionally a promoter on an oxidic support, at least 80% of the metal of group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements being present in a layer between the surface of the catalyst and a penetration depth which is not more than 80% of the radius of the catalyst, calculated from the surface of the catalyst. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090093654 | METHOD OF PRODUCING BENZOPHENONEIMINES - A process for the preparation of benzophenonimine (BPI) of the general formula I | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090203941 | DIRECT HYDROCARBON AMINATION - A process for aminating hydrocarbons comprises physically removing hydrogen from the reaction mixture. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090240084 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ETHYLENE AMINES ETHANOL AMINES FROM MONOETHYLENE GLYCOL (MEG) - A process for preparing ethylene amines and ethanolamines by hydrogenative amination of monoethylene glycol and ammonia in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the process is carried out in two process stages in which | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090264652 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AMINE - 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, nickel and cobalt, and one or more oxygen compounds of silver in an amount of 0.5 to 6% by weight, calculated as AgO. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090275781 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AMINE - 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, nickel and cobalt, and one or more oxygen compounds of molybdenum in an amount of 5.5 to 12% by weight, calculated as MoO | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090286977 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AMINE - 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, nickel and cobalt, and one or more oxygen compounds of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Pb, Bi, Sn, Sb and In. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090292144 | DIRECT AMINATION OF HYDROCARBONS - A process for aminating hydrocarbons with ammonia, which comprises performing the amination in the presence of an additive which reacts with hydrogen, the additive used being at least one organic chemical compound, N | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090312579 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AMINE - 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. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100010264 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AMINE - 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 one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Sb, Pb, Bi, and In. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100015012 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC AMINES OR ALIPHATIC AMINO ALCOHOLS - The invention relates to a process for preparing aromatic amines by hydrogenation of nitroaromatics in the presence of catalysts, in which a fluid reaction mixture which comprises amines and from which the catalysts are separated off is formed in a reactor. After the catalysts have been separated off, a measurement of the absorption of UV/VIS radiation by the reaction mixture is carried out to determine the concentration of nitro and nitroso compounds in the reaction mixture. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100016646 | PROCESS FOR HYDROGENATING BUTADIYNE - In the process for hydrogenating butadiyne over a catalyst which comprises at least one platinum group metal on an inorganic metal oxide as a support, the hydrogenation is performed at a pressure in the range from 1 to 40 bar and a temperature in the range from 0 to 100° C., and from 0.05 to 5% by weight, based on the overall catalyst, of platinum group metal is present on the support. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100048955 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING AROMATIC AMINES IN A FLUIDIZED-BED REACTOR - A process for preparing aromatic amines by catalytic hydrogenation of the corresponding nitro compound in a fluidized-bed reactor, in which a gaseous reaction mixture comprising the nitro compound and hydrogen flows from the bottom upward through a heterogeneous particulate catalyst forming a fluidized bed, wherein the fluidized bed is provided with internals which divide the fluidized bed into a plurality of cells arranged horizontally in the fluidized-bed reactor and a plurality of cells arranged vertically in the fluidized-bed reactor, with the cells having cell walls which are permeable to gas and have openings which ensure an exchange number of the heterogeneous, particulate catalyst in the vertical direction in the range from 1 to 100 liters/hour per liter of reactor volume, is proposed. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100075203 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE UNIT COMPRISING A BARRIER JUNCTION - The present invention relates to a membrane-electrode assembly comprising at least one membrane, at least two electrode layers and at least one barrier layer, wherein the at least one barrier layer comprises at least one catalytically active species and/or at least one adsorbent material and the barrier layer is electronically nonconductive when a catalytically active species is present, the use of such a barrier layer in a membrane-electrode assembly and in a fuel cell, and also a gas-diffusion electrode and a fuel cell comprising such a membrane-electrode assembly. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100081804 | PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS HYDROGENATION OR HYDROGENATING AMINATION - A process is described for continuously hydrogenating unsaturated compounds, in which particles of a first hydrogenation catalyst are suspended in a liquid phase in which an unsaturated compound is dissolved, the liquid phase, in the presence of a hydrogenous gas at a first partial hydrogen pressure and at a first temperature, is conducted through a packed bubble column reactor in cocurrent counter to the direction of gravity, the effluent from the bubble column reactor is sent to a gas-liquid separation, the liquid phase is sent to a crossfiltration to obtain a retentate and a filtrate, the retentate is recycled into the bubble column reactor and the filtrate, in the presence of a hydrogenous gas at a second partial hydrogen pressure and at a second temperature, is passed over a bed of a second hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the second partial hydrogen pressure is at least 10 bar higher than the first partial hydrogen pressure. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100130788 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AMINES - The invention relates to a process for preparing aromatic amines by catalytic hydrogenation of the corresponding nitro compounds, in particular for preparing toluenediamine by hydrogenation of dinitrotoluene, wherein hydrogenation catalysts in which a mixture of nickel, palladium and an additional element selected from the group consisting of cobalt, iron, vanadium, manganese, chromium, platinum, iridium, gold, bismuth, molybdenum, selenium, tellurium, tin and antimony is present as active component on a support are used. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100152436 | CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR HYDROGENATING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS COMPRISING HYDROGENATABLE GROUPS - The invention relates to a shell catalyst containing ruthenium as an active metal, alone or together with at least one other metal of the auxiliary group IB, VIIB or VIII of the periodical system of the elements (CAS version), and applied to a carrier containing silicon dioxide as a carrier material. The invention also relates to a method for producing said shell catalyst, and to a method for hydrogenating an organic compound containing hydrogenable groups, preferably for hydrogenating a carbocyclic aromatic group to form the corresponding carbocyclic aliphatic groups or for hydrogenating aldehydes to form the corresponding alcohols, using the inventive shell catalyst. The invention further relates to the use of the inventive shell catalyst for hydrogenating an organic compound containing hydrogenable groups, preferably for hydrogenating a carbocyclic aromatic group to form the corresponding carbocyclic aliphatic groups or for hydrogenating aldehydes to form the corresponding alcohols. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100191000 | METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING AN N-UNSUBSTITUTED OR N-SUBSTITUTED AZIRIDINE - Process for preparing an N-unsubstituted or N-substituted aziridine of the formula | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100227979 | PROCESS FOR HYDROGENATING POLYMERS AND HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS SUITABLE THEREFOR - A process for hydrogenating polymers which have C—C double bonds or C—N multiple bonds using a hydrogenation catalyst which comprises a megaporous substrate and a metal or precursor thereof which catalyzes the hydrogenation and has been deposited onto carbon nanofibers. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100267551 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A CATALYST AND USE OF THE CATALYST - The invention relates to a process for producing a catalyst comprising a metal of the platinum group and a second metal selected from among the metals of the platinum group or the transition metals, in which a catalyst comprising the metal of the platinum group is mixed with a complex comprising the second metal to give a dry powder in a first step and the powder is subsequently heat treated to form a compound between the metal of the platinum group and the second metal. The invention further relates to the use of the catalyst produced according to the invention. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100267948 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN AMINE - Process for preparing an amine by reacting an aldehyde and/or ketone with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of primary and secondary amines in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, wherein the reaction is carried out using a suspended catalyst as heterogeneous catalyst and is carried out in the semibatch mode in which the nitrogen compound as one reactant is placed in the reaction vessel and the aldehyde and/or the ketone as the other reactant is added during the course of the reaction and the aldehyde and/or the ketone is added in portions or continuously to the reaction mixture during the course of the reaction as a function of the achieved conversion of the nitrogen compound until a conversion of the nitrogen compound of at least 95% results, and all or part of the catalyst remains in the reaction vessel after the reaction batch and is reused for the next reaction batch. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100274008 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN AMINE - Processes for preparing an amine, the processes comprising: reacting a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and mixtures thereof, 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 zirconium dioxide-, copper- and nickel-containing catalyst; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which comprises, before reduction with hydrogen, oxygen compounds of zirconium, copper, and nickel, and 1.0 to 5.0% by weight of an oxygen compound of cobalt, calculated as CoO, and 0.2 to 5.0% by weight of a polyoxometalate. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274009 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AMINE - Processes for preparing an amine, the processes comprising: reacting a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and mixtures thereof, 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 zirconium dioxide-, copper- and nickel-containing catalyst; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which comprises, before reduction with hydrogen, oxygen compounds of zirconium, copper, nickel, no oxygen compounds of cobalt, and 0.2 to 5.0% by weight of at least one oxygen compound of phosphorus or gallium, calculated as H | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274010 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AMINE - Processes for preparing an amine, which processes comprise: reacting a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and mixtures thereof, 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 zirconium dioxide-, copper- and nickel-containing catalyst; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which comprises, before reduction with hydrogen, oxygen compounds of zirconium, copper, and nickel, and 0.2 to 40% by weight of an oxygen compound of cobalt, calculated as CoO, 0.1 to 5% by weight of an oxygen compound of iron, calculated as Fe | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274011 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN AMINE - Processes for preparing an amine, the processes comprising: reacting a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and mixtures thereof, 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 zirconium dioxide-, copper- and nickel-containing catalyst; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which comprises, before reduction with hydrogen, oxygen compounds of zirconium, copper, and nickel, 1.5 to 4.5% by weight of an oxygen compound of cobalt, calculated as CoO, and 0.2 to 5.0% by weight of at least one oxygen compound of niobium, sulfur, phosphorus, gallium, boron, lead or antimony, calculated in each case as Nb | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274055 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AMINE - Processes for preparing an amine, which processes comprise: reacting a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and mixtures thereof, 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 zirconium dioxide- and nickel-containing catalyst; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which comprises, before reduction with hydrogen, oxygen compounds of zirconium, nickel, and iron, and 0.2 to 5.5% by weight of at least one oxygen compound of tin, lead, bismuth, molybdenum, antimony or phosphorus, calculated as SnO, PbO, Bi | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110054167 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AMINE - Processes for preparing an amine, which processes comprise: reacting a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and mixtures thereof, 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 zirconium dioxide-, copper- and nickel-containing catalyst; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which comprises, before reduction with hydrogen, oxygen compounds of zirconium, copper, nickel and tin, and 0.5 to 8.0% by weight of an oxygen compound of cobalt, calculated as CoO, and wherein the catalytically active composition does not comprise any ruthenium. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110112203 | IRON- AND COPPER-COMPRISING HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING OLEFINS BY REACTING CARBON MONOXIDE WITH HYDROGEN - Iron- and copper-comprising heterogeneous catalyst and process for producing it, which comprises the following steps:
| 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112204 | IRON-COMPRISING HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING OLEFINS BY REACTION OF CARBON MONOXIDE WITH HYDROGEN - Iron—comprising heterogeneous catalyst and a process for producing it, which comprises the following steps: | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112205 | IRON- AND MANGANESE-COMPRISING HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING OLEFINS BY REACTING CARBON MONOXIDE WITH HYDROGEN - Iron- and manganese-comprising heterogeneous catalyst and process for producing it, which comprises the following steps:
| 05-12-2011 |
| 20110118110 | CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING IT AND ITS USE - The invention relates to a catalyst comprising an alloy of at least two different metals of which at least one metal is a metal of transition group VIII. The alloy is present in at least two phases having different degrees of alloying. The invention further relates to a process for producing the catalyst and a use of the catalyst. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110118365 | PROCESS FOR THE SELECTIVE PREPARATION OF LIGHT OLEFINS - Process for preparing olefins, which comprises the following steps:
| 05-19-2011 |
| 20110162484 | INTEGRATED METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBONYL IRON POWDER AND HYDROCARBONS - Integrated process, in which pure carbonyl iron powder (CIP) is prepared by decomposition of pure iron pentacarbonyl (IPC) in a plant A, carbon monoxide (CO) liberated in the decomposition of the IPC is used in plant A for the preparation of further CIP from iron or is fed to an associated plant B for the preparation of synthesis gas or is fed to an associated plant C for the preparation of hydrocarbons from synthesis gas, and the CIP prepared in plant A is used as catalyst or catalyst component in an associated plant C for the preparation of hydrocarbons from synthesis gas from plant B. | 07-07-2011 |