EP2225031A1 - Procédé de fabrication d'une amine - Google Patents

Procédé de fabrication d'une amine

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EP2225031A1
EP2225031A1 EP08864035A EP08864035A EP2225031A1 EP 2225031 A1 EP2225031 A1 EP 2225031A1 EP 08864035 A EP08864035 A EP 08864035A EP 08864035 A EP08864035 A EP 08864035A EP 2225031 A1 EP2225031 A1 EP 2225031A1
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Petr Kubanek
Wolfgang Mägerlein
Ekkehard Schwab
Johann-Peter Melder
Manfred Julius
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Definitions

  • the present invention relates to zirconium dioxide, copper and nickel containing catalysts and a process for producing an amine by reacting a primary or secondary alcohol, aldehyde and / or ketone with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia, primary and secondary amines, in Presence of a zirconia, copper and nickel containing catalyst.
  • the process products find inter alia. Use as intermediates in the preparation of fuel additives (US 3,275,554 A, DE 21 25 039 A and DE 36 11 230 A), surfactants, pharmaceutical and plant protection agents, hardeners for epoxy resins, catalysts for polyurethanes, intermediates for the preparation of quaternary ammonium compounds, plasticizers , Corrosion inhibitors, synthetic resins, ion exchangers, textile auxiliaries, dyes, vulcanization accelerators and / or emulsifiers.
  • WO 06/069673 A1 (BASF AG) relates to a process for the direct amination of hydrocarbons (for example benzene), catalysts used in the direct amination and to a process for the preparation of these catalysts.
  • Ni, Co, Mn, Fe, Ru, Ag and / or Cu are preferred in the catalysts: Ni, Co, Mn, Fe, Ru, Ag and / or Cu (compare page 4, lines 10-14).
  • EP 382 049 A1 discloses catalysts comprising oxygen-containing zirconium, copper, cobalt and nickel compounds and processes for the hydrogenating amination of alcohols.
  • the preferred zirconium oxide content of these catalysts is from 70 to 80% by weight (loc.cit: page 2, last paragraph, page 3, 3rd paragraph, examples). Although these catalysts are characterized by a good activity and selectivity, but show improvement in service life.
  • EP 963 975 A1 and EP 1 106 600 A2 (both BASF AG) describe processes for preparing amines from alcohols or aldehydes or ketones and nitrogen compounds using a catalyst whose catalytically active composition contains 22-40% by weight (or 22 45% by weight) of oxygen-containing compounds of zirconium, 1-30% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of copper and 15-50% by weight (or 5-50% by weight) of oxygen-containing compounds of nickel and cobalt , WO 03/076386 A and EP 1 431 271 A1 (both BASF AG) teach catalysts of the above-mentioned. Type for aminations.
  • WO 03/051508 A1 (Huntsman Petrochemical Corp.) relates to processes for the amination of alcohols using specific Cu / Ni / Zr / Sn-containing catalysts which in another embodiment contain Cr instead of Zr (see page 4, lines 10-16 ).
  • the catalysts described in this WO application do not contain cobalt.
  • WO 2007/036496 A (BASF AG) describes a process for the preparation of amino diglycol (ADG) and morpholine by reaction of diethylene glycol (DEG) with ammonia in the presence of a transition metal heterogeneous catalyst, wherein the catalytically active material of the catalyst before treatment with Hydrogen containing oxygen-containing compounds of aluminum and / or zirconium, copper, nickel and cobalt and the shaped catalyst body has specific dimensions.
  • the "decarbonylation” is expressed in particular as the sum of undesired components (methanol, methoxy). ethanol, methoxyethylamine, N-methylmorpholine and methoxy-ethyl-morpholine), which are formed according to the reaction network of DEG over methoxyethanol:
  • the formed or used aldehyde can be aminated by reaction with ammonia or primary or secondary amine with elimination of water and subsequent hydrogenation.
  • This condensation of the aldehyde with the o.g. Nitrogen compound is believed to be catalyzed by acidic centers of the catalyst.
  • the aldehyde may also be decarbonylated, i. that the aldehyde function is split off as CO. Decarbonylation or methanation presumably occurs at a metallic center.
  • the CO is hydrogenated to methane on the hydrogenation catalyst so that methane formation indicates the extent of decarbonylation. Decarbonylation produces the above-mentioned undesirable by-products, e.g. in the o.g. Case methoxyethanol and / or methoxyethylamine.
  • the desired condensation of the aldehyde with ammonia or primary or secondary amine and the undesirable decarbonylation of the aldehyde are parallel reactions, of which the desired condensation is believed acid catalyzed, while the unwanted decarbonylation is catalyzed by metallic centers.
  • RZA space-time yields
  • the catalysts should have high activity and high chemical and mechanical stability under the reaction conditions.
  • the use of the catalysts in corresponding amination processes in which, due to the chemical structure of the reactants, linear and cyclic process products may result, should lead to the linear process product (s) with improved selectivity.
  • a process for preparing an amine by reacting a primary or secondary alcohol, aldehyde and / or ketone with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia, primary and secondary amines in the presence of a zirconia, copper and nickel containing Catalyst found, which is characterized in that the catalytically active material of the catalyst prior to its reduction with hydrogen oxygen-containing compounds of zirconium, copper, nickel, in the range of 1, 0 to 5.0 wt .-% oxygen-containing compounds of cobalt, calculated as CoO, and in the range of 0.2 to 5.0% by weight of a polyoxometalate.
  • catalysts have been found whose catalytically active material prior to their reduction with hydrogen, oxygen-containing compounds of zirconium, copper, nickel, in the range of 1, 0 to 5.0 wt .-% oxygen-containing compounds of cobalt, calculated as CoO, and in the range from 0.2 to 5.0% by weight of a polyoxometalate.
  • catalysts whose catalytically active material prior to their reduction with hydrogen in the range of 46 to 65 wt .-% oxygen-containing compounds of zirconium, calculated as ZrÜ2, 5.5 to 18 wt .-% oxygen-containing compounds of copper, calculated as CuO, 20 to 45 wt .-% oxygen-containing compounds of nickel, calculated as NiO, and 1.0 to 5.0% by weight, preferably 1.5 to 4.5% by weight, particularly preferably 2.0 to 4.0% by weight, of oxygen-containing compounds of cobalt, calculated as CoO, and 0 , 2 to 5.0 wt .-%, preferably 0.3 to 4.0 wt .-%, particularly 0.5 to 3.0 wt .-%, of a polyoxometalate, and their use in the above amination process, in particular in Process for the reaction of DEG with ammonia, found.
  • composition of the catalytically active composition of the catalysts according to the invention and used in the process according to the invention relate to the catalytically active composition prior to its reduction with hydrogen.
  • the activity of the catalyst for the amination of primary or secondary alcohols, aldehydes and / or ketones in the presence of Hb e.g. the amination of diethylene glycol (DEG) with ammonia to aminodiglycol and morpholine
  • Hb e.g. the amination of diethylene glycol (DEG) with ammonia to aminodiglycol and morpholine
  • Polyoxometalates are also known as heteropolyacids. A more detailed description of polyoxometalates is known to those skilled in the art from Moffat et al., Metal-oxygen Clusters in: The surface and catalytic properties of heteropoly oxometalates, Kluwer, New York, 2001.
  • the process can be carried out continuously or discontinuously. Preferred is a continuous driving style.
  • the starting materials are targeted, preferably in a circulating gas stream, vaporized and fed to the reactor in gaseous form.
  • Suitable amines for a gas-phase synthesis are amines, which can be kept in the gas phase within the process parameters due to their boiling points and the boiling points of their educts.
  • the recycle gas serves to evaporate the reactants and to react as reactants for the amination.
  • the starting materials (alcohol, aldehyde and / or ketone, hydrogen and the nitrogen compound) are evaporated in a circulating gas stream and fed to the reactor in gaseous form.
  • the educts (alcohol, aldehyde and / or ketone, the nitrogen compound) can also be evaporated as aqueous solutions and passed with the circulating gas stream on the catalyst bed.
  • Preferred reactors are tubular reactors. Examples of suitable reactors with
  • Circulating gas flow can be found in Ullmann's Encyclopaedia of Industrial Chemistry, 5th Ed.,
  • reaction is advantageously carried out in a tube bundle reactor or in a monostane system.
  • the tubular reactor in which the reaction takes place can consist of a series connection of several (for example two or three) individual tubular reactors.
  • an intermediate feed of feed containing the educt and / or ammonia and / or Hb
  • circulating gas and / or reactor discharge from a downstream reactor is advantageously possible here.
  • the circulating gas quantity is preferably in the range from 40 to 1500 m 3 (at operating pressure) / [m 3 catalyst (bulk volume) • h], in particular in the range from 100 to 700 m 3 (at operating pressure) / [m 3 catalyst (bulk volume). H].
  • the cycle gas preferably contains at least 10, especially 50 to 100, especially 80 to 100, vol.% H 2 .
  • the catalysts are preferably used in the form of catalysts which consist only of catalytically active material and optionally a molding aid (such as graphite or stearic acid), if the catalyst is used as a shaped body, ie no further catalytically active impurities contain.
  • a molding aid such as graphite or stearic acid
  • the oxide carrier zirconium dioxide (ZrÜ2) is considered to belong to the catalytically active material.
  • the catalysts are used in such a way that one introduces the catalytically active, ground to powder mass in the reaction vessel or, that the catalytically active material after grinding, mixing with molding aids, shaping and heat treatment as shaped catalyst body - for example as tablets, spheres, rings, extrudates (eg strands) - arranges in the reactor.
  • the concentration data (in wt .-%) of the components of the catalyst are in each case - unless otherwise stated - on the catalytically active composition of the finished catalyst after the last heat treatment and before its reduction with hydrogen.
  • the catalytically active mass of the catalyst is the sum of the masses of the catalytically active constituents and the o.
  • Catalyst support materials defined and contains essentially the following components:
  • ZrO2 Zirconia
  • oxygenated compounds of copper nickel and cobalt and POM.
  • Components of the catalytically active composition are usually from 70 to 100% by weight, preferably from 80 to 100% by weight, particularly preferably from 90 to 100% by weight, especially> 95% by weight, very particularly> 98% by weight , in particular> 99 wt .-%, for example particularly preferably 100% by weight.
  • the catalytically active composition of the catalysts used according to the invention and used in the process according to the invention may further contain one or more elements (Oxidati- onstress 0) or their inorganic or organic compounds selected from the groups IA to VI A and IB to VII B and VIII of the Periodic Table ,
  • Transition metals such as Mn or MnÜ2, W or tungsten oxides, Ta or tantalum oxides, Nb or niobium oxides or niobium oxalate, V or vanadium oxides or vanadyl pyrophosphate; Lanthanides, such as Ce or CeO 2 or Pr or Pr 2 O 3 ; Alkali metal oxides such as Na 2 O; Alkali metal carbonates, such as Na 2 CO 3; Alkaline earth metal oxides, such as SrO; Alkaline earth metal carbonates such as MgCO 3 , CaCO 3 and BaCO 3 ; Boron oxide (B 2 O 3 ).
  • the catalytically active composition of the catalysts used according to the invention and used in the process according to the invention preferably contains no rhenium, no ruthenium and / or zinc, in each case neither in metallic (oxidation state 0) nor in an ionic, especially oxidized, form.
  • the catalytically active composition of the catalysts according to the invention and used in the process according to the invention preferably contains no silver, neither in metallic (oxidation state 0) nor in an ionic, in particular oxidized, form.
  • the catalytically active composition of the catalysts according to the invention and used in the process according to the invention contains no further catalytically active component, either in elemental or in ionic form.
  • the catalytically active material is not doped with other metals or metal compounds.
  • the metal extraction of Cu, Co, Ni derived usual accompanying trace elements thereof are excluded.
  • the catalytically active composition of the catalyst before reduction with hydrogen contains in the range of 1, 0 to 5.0 wt .-%, especially in the range of 1, 5 to 4.5 wt .-%, more particularly in the range of 2, 0 to 4.0 wt.%, Oxygen-containing compounds of cobalt, calculated as CoO.
  • the catalytically active material of the catalyst before hydrogen reduction in the range of 0.2 to 5.0 wt .-%, preferably 0.3 to 4.0 wt .-%, particularly 0.5 to 3.0 wt. %, of a polyoxometalate (POM).
  • POM polyoxometalate
  • the catalytically active composition of the catalyst before its reduction with hydrogen further preferably in the range of 46 to 65 wt .-%, especially 47 to 60 wt .-%, more particularly 48 to 58 wt .-%, oxygen-containing compounds of zirconium calculated as ZrO 2 ,
  • the molar ratio of nickel to copper is preferably greater than 1, more preferably greater than 1.2, more preferably in the range of 1.8 to 8.5.
  • Various processes are possible for the preparation of the catalysts used in the process according to the invention. They are obtainable, for example, by peptizing powdery mixtures of the hydroxides, carbonates, oxides and / or other salts of the components with water and then extruding and annealing (heat treating) the mass thus obtained.
  • Precipitation methods are preferably used for the preparation of catalysts of the invention.
  • they can be obtained by coprecipitation of the nickel, cobalt and copper components from an aqueous salt solution containing these elements by means of bases in the presence of a sparingly soluble oxygen-containing zirconium compound slurry and then washing, drying and calcining the resulting precipitate.
  • Polyoxometalates (POM) can be incorporated in the form of a solution into the moist precipitate.
  • zirconium dioxide, zirconium oxide hydrate, zirconium phosphates, borates and silicates can be used as sparingly soluble, oxygen-containing zirconium compounds.
  • the slurries of the sparingly soluble zirconium compounds can be prepared by suspending fine-grained powders of these compounds in water with vigorous stirring. These slurries are advantageously obtained by precipitating the sparingly soluble zirconium compounds from aqueous zirconium salt solutions by means of bases.
  • the catalysts according to the invention are preferably prepared by a co-precipitation (mixed precipitation) of all their components.
  • aqueous salt solution containing the catalyst components while heating and while stirring with an aqueous base, for example sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, potassium carbonate or potassium hydroxide, until the precipitation is complete.
  • alkali metal-free bases such as ammonia, ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium carbamate, ammonium oxalate, ammonium malonate, urotropin, urea, etc.
  • salts used are generally not critical: since it depends primarily on the water solubility of the salts in this approach, one criterion is their good water solubility required for the preparation of these relatively highly concentrated salt solutions. It is taken for granted that when selecting the salts of the individual components, of course, only salts with such anions are chosen which do not lead to disturbances, either by causing undesired precipitation or by complicating or preventing precipitation by complex formation.
  • the precipitates obtained in these precipitation reactions are generally chemically non-uniform and consist, inter alia, of mixtures of the oxides, hydrated oxides, hydroxides, carbonates and insoluble and basic salts of the metals used. It may be beneficial for the filterability of the precipitates if they are become part, ie, if you leave them for some time after the precipitation, possibly in heat or by passing air through yourself.
  • the precipitates obtained by these precipitation processes are further processed to the inventive catalysts as usual.
  • the precipitation is washed. Over the duration of the washing process and on the temperature and amount of wash water, the content of alkali metal, which was supplied by the (mineral) base possibly used as precipitant, can be influenced. In general, by extending the washing time or increasing the temperature of the washing water, the content of alkali metal will decrease.
  • the precipitate is generally at 80 to 200 0 C, preferably at 100 to 150 0 C, dried and then calcined.
  • the calcination is carried out in general at temperatures between 300 and 800 0 C, preferably at 400 to 600 0 C, in particular at 450 to 550 0 C.
  • the catalysts according to the invention can also be prepared by impregnation of zirconium dioxide (ZrO.sub.2), which is present, for example, in the form of powders or shaped articles, such as extrudates, tablets, spheres or rings.
  • ZrO.sub.2 zirconium dioxide
  • the zirconium dioxide is used, for example, in the amorphous, monoclinic or tetragonal form, preferably in the monoclinic form.
  • the impregnation is also carried out by the usual methods, such as. B. A. Stiles, Catalyst Manufacture - Laboratory and Commercial Preparations, Marcel Dekker, New York (1983), by applying a respective metal salt solution in one or more impregnation stages, wherein as metal salts z. B. corresponding nitrates, acetates or chlorides can be used.
  • the mass is dried after the impregnation and optionally calcined.
  • the impregnation can be carried out according to the so-called "incipient wetness” method, in which the zirconium dioxide is moistened according to its water absorption capacity to a maximum of saturation with the impregnation solution.
  • the impregnation can also be done in supernatant solution.
  • multi-stage impregnation processes it is expedient to dry between individual impregnation steps and optionally to calcine.
  • the multi-stage impregnation is advantageous to apply especially when the zirconium dioxide is to be applied with a larger amount of metal.
  • the impregnation can take place simultaneously with all metal salts or in any order of the individual metal salts in succession.
  • the catalysts prepared by impregnation are dried and preferably also calcined, e.g. at the calcining temperature ranges already indicated above.
  • the catalyst is suitably conditioned, whether it is adjusted by grinding to a certain particle size or that it is mixed after its grinding with molding aids such as graphite or stearic acid, by means of a press to formations, for.
  • molding aids such as graphite or stearic acid
  • the tempering temperatures preferably correspond to the temperatures during the calcination.
  • the catalysts prepared in this way contain the catalytically active metals in the form of a mixture of their oxygen-containing compounds, i. especially as oxides and mixed oxides.
  • Catalysts prepared as described above are stored as such and optionally traded. Before being used as catalysts, they are usually prereduced. However, they can also be used without prereduction, in which case they are reduced under the conditions of the hydrogenating amination by the hydrogen present in the reactor.
  • the catalysts are initially at preferably 150 to 200 0 C Ü over a period of for example 12 to 20 hours a nitrogen-hydrogen atmosphere and then exposed for up to about 24 hours, preferably at 200 to 400 0 C in a hydrogen atmosphere treated.
  • a portion of the oxygen-containing metal compounds present in the catalysts is reduced to the corresponding metals, so that they are present together with the various oxygen compounds in the active form of the catalyst.
  • the mechanical stability can be determined by measuring the so-called lateral compressive strength.
  • the shaped catalyst body for. As the catalyst tablet, between two parallel plates loaded with increasing force, this load z. B. can take place on the shell side of catalyst tablets until a breakage of the catalyst molding occurs.
  • the force registered on breakage of the shaped catalyst body is the lateral compressive strength.
  • the inventive method is preferably carried out continuously, wherein the catalyst is preferably arranged as a fixed bed in the reactor. Both an inflow of the fixed catalyst bed from above and from below is possible.
  • the gas flow is adjusted by temperature, pressure and amount so that even higher-boiling (high-boiling) reaction products remain in the gas phase.
  • the aminating agent can be used in stoichiometric, lower or superstoichiometric amounts.
  • the amine is preferably used in an approximately stoichiometric amount or slightly more than stoichiometric amount per mole of alcoholic hydroxyl group, aldehyde group or keto group to be aminated.
  • the amine component (nitrogen compound) is preferably in the 0.90 to 100-fold molar amount, in particular in the 1, 0 to 10-fold molar amount, in each case based on the / used alcohol, aldehyde and / or ketone used.
  • ammonia is generally used with a 1.5 to 250-fold, preferably 2 to 100-fold, in particular 2 to 10-fold, molar excess per mole of alcoholic hydroxyl group, aldehyde group or keto group to be reacted. Higher excesses of both ammonia and primary or secondary amines are possible.
  • an amount of exhaust gas from 5 to 800 standard cubic meters / h, in particular 20 to 300 standard cubic meters / h, driven.
  • the amination of the primary or secondary alcohol groups, aldehyde groups or keto groups of the educt can be carried out in the liquid phase or in the gas phase.
  • the fixed bed process is in the gas phase.
  • the starting materials are passed simultaneously in the liquid phase at pressures of generally from 5 to 30 MPa (50 to 300 bar), preferably from 5 to 25 MPa, more preferably from 15 to 25 MPa, and temperatures of generally 80 to 350 0 C, particularly 100 to 300 0 C, preferably 120 to 270 0 C, particularly preferably 130 to 250 0 C, in particular 170 to 230 0 C, including hydrogen over the catalyst, the usually located in a preferably heated from the outside fixed bed reactor. It is both a trickle driving and a sumping way possible.
  • the catalyst loading is generally in the range of 0.05 to 5, preferably 0.1 to 2, more preferably 0.2 to 0.6, kg of alcohol, aldehyde or ketone per liter of catalyst (bulk volume) and hour.
  • a dilution of the reactants with a suitable solvent such as tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, N-methylpyrrolidone or ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, take place. It is expedient to heat the reactants before they are introduced into the reaction vessel, preferably to the reaction temperature.
  • the gaseous educts (alcohol, aldehyde or ketone plus ammonia or amine) in a gas stream chosen for evaporation sufficiently large, preferably hydrogen, at pressures of generally 0.1 to 40 MPa (1 to 400 bar), preferably 0.1 to 10 MPa, more preferably 0.1 to 5 MPa, in the presence of hydrogen passed over the catalyst.
  • the temperatures for the amination of alcohols are generally 80 to 350 0 C, especially 100 to 300 0 C, preferably 120 to 270 0 C, particularly preferably 160 to 250 0 C.
  • the reaction temperatures in the hydrogenating amination of aldehydes and ketones are in the general 80 to 350 0 C, especially 90 to 300 0 C, preferably 100 to 250 0 C. It is both an inflow of the fixed catalyst bed from above and from below possible.
  • the required gas stream is preferably obtained by a cycle gas method.
  • the catalyst loading is generally in the range of 0.01 to 2, preferably 0.05 to 0.5, kg of alcohol, aldehyde or ketone per liter of catalyst (bulk volume) and hour.
  • the hydrogen is generally fed to the reaction in an amount of from 5 to 400 l, preferably in an amount of from 50 to 200 l per mole of alcohol, aldehyde or ketone component, the liter data in each case being converted to standard conditions (ST .).
  • the amination of aldehydes or ketones differs in the implementation of the amination of alcohols in that in the amination of aldehydes and ketones at least stoichiometric amounts of hydrogen must be present.
  • the pressure in the reaction vessel which results from the sum of the partial pressures of the aminating agent, of the alcohol, aldehyde or ketone and the reaction products formed and optionally of the solvent used at the indicated temperatures, is expediently increased by pressurizing hydrogen to the desired reaction pressure.
  • the excess aminating agent can be recycled along with the hydrogen.
  • the catalyst is arranged as a fixed bed, it may be advantageous for the selectivity of the reaction to mix the shaped catalyst bodies in the reactor with inert fillers. see, "dilute" them, so to speak.
  • the proportion of fillers in such catalyst preparations may be 20 to 80, especially 30 to 60 and especially 40 to 50 parts by volume.
  • reaction water formed in the course of the reaction in each case one mole per mole of reacted alcohol group, aldehyde group or keto group
  • the reaction water formed in the course of the reaction generally does not interfere with the degree of conversion, the reaction rate, the selectivity and the catalyst life and is therefore expediently only in the workup of the reaction product removed from this, z. B. distillative.
  • the excess hydrogen and the excess amination agent optionally present are removed and the reaction crude product obtained is purified, e.g. by a fractional rectification. Suitable work-up procedures are e.g. in EP 1 312 600 A and EP 1 312 599 A (both BASF AG). The excess aminating agent and the hydrogen are advantageously returned to the reaction zone. The same applies to the possibly not completely reacted alcohol, aldehyde or ketone component.
  • Unreacted starting materials and any appropriate by-products can be recycled back into the synthesis. Unreacted starting materials can be re-flowed over the catalyst bed in discontinuous or continuous operation after condensation of the products in the separator in the circulating gas stream.
  • Amination agents in the process according to the invention are, in addition to ammonia, primary and secondary amines.
  • R 1 , R 2 is hydrogen (H), alkyl, such as C 1-20 -alkyl, cycloalkyl, such as C 3 -
  • 12-cycloalkyl alkoxyalkyl such as C2-3o-alkoxyalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl such as C3-3o-dialkylaminoalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, such as
  • C7-2o aralkyl, and alkylaryl, such as C7-2o-alkylaryl, or together are - (CH2) Jx (CH 2) k,
  • R 3 is hydrogen (H), alkyl, such as 2 CI_ o-alkyl, cycloalkyl such as C 3-12 cycloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, such as Ci-20 hydroxyalkyl, amino noalkyl, such as C 1-20 -aminoalkyl, hydroxyalkylaminoalkyl, such as C 2-20 -hydroxyalkylaminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, such as C 2-30 -alkoxyalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, such as C 3-30 -dialkylaminoalkyl, alkylaminoalkyl, such as C 2-30 -alkylaminoalkyl, R 5 - (OCR 6 R 7 CR 8 R 9 ) n - (OCR 6 R 7 ), aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, such as
  • R 5 is hydrogen (H), alkyl, such as Ci -4 alkyl, alkylphenyl, such as C 7 -
  • R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 is hydrogen (H), methyl or ethyl
  • X is CH 2 , CHR 5 , oxygen (O), sulfur (S) or NR 5 ,
  • n is an integer from 1 to 30 and
  • j, k, I, m, q is an integer from 1 to 4,
  • the process according to the invention is therefore preferably used for the preparation of an amine I application by reacting a primary or secondary alcohol of the formula II
  • the starting alcohol may also be an aminoalcohol, e.g. an aminoalcohol according to the formula II.
  • the reaction can also be carried out intramolecularly in a corresponding amino alcohol, aminoketone or amino aldehyde.
  • a hydrogen atom of the nitrogen compound III is replaced by the radical R 4 (R 3 ) CH- with release of one molar equivalent of water.
  • the process according to the invention is also preferably used in the preparation of a cyclic amine of the formula IV
  • R 11 and R 12 is hydrogen (H), alkyl, such as C 2 to C o alkyl, cycloalkyl such as C 3 - to C 2 - cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, such as C7-C2o aralkyl, and Alkyla - Ryl, such as C7 to C20 alkylaryl,
  • Z is CH 2 , CHR 5 , oxygen (O), NR 5 or NCH 2 CH 2 OH and
  • R 1 , R 6 , R 7 have the meanings given above,
  • R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 hydrogen (H),
  • Alkyl such as Ci-20-alkyl, preferably Ci-14-alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, iso-butyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, n-pentyl iso-pentyl, sec-pentyl, neo-pentyl, 1, 2-dimethylpropyl, n-hexyl, iso-hexyl, sec-hexyl, cyclopentylmethyl, n-heptyl, iso-heptyl, cyclohexylmethyl, n-octyl, iso Octyl, 2-ethylhexyl, n-decyl, 2-n-propyl-n-heptyl, n-tridecyl, 2-n-butyl-n-nonyl and 3-n-butyl-n-nonyl
  • Hydroxyalkyl such as C 1-20 -hydroxyalkyl, preferably C 1-8 -hydroxyalkyl, particularly preferably C 1-4 -hydroxyalkyl, such as hydroxymethyl, 1-hydroxyethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 1-hydroxy-n-propyl, 2-hydroxy-n- propyl, 3-hydroxy-n-propyl and 1- (hydroxymethyl) ethyl,
  • Aminoalkyl such as Ci-20-aminoalkyl, preferably Ci-s-aminoalkyl, such as aminomethyl, 2-aminoethyl, 2-amino-1, 1-dimethylethyl, 2-amino-n-propyl, 3-amino-n-propyl, 4 Amino-n-butyl, 5-amino-n-pentyl, N- (2-aminoethyl) -2-aminoethyl and N- (2-aminoethyl) aminomethyl,
  • Hydroxyalkylaminoalkyl such as C2-2o-hydroxyalkylaminoalkyl, preferably C3-8-hydroxyalkylaminoalkyl such as (2-hydroxyethylamino) methyl, 2- (2-hydroxyethylamino) ethyl and 3- (2-hydroxyethylamino) propyl,
  • Alkylaminoalkyl such as C 2-3 -alkylaminoalkyl, preferably C 2-30 -alkylaminoalkyl, particularly preferably C 2-8 -alkylaminoalkyl, such as methylaminomethyl, 2- Methylaminoethyl, ethylaminomethyl, 2-ethylaminoethyl and 2- (iso -propylamino) ethyl, (R 5 ) HN- (CH 2 ) q ,
  • Heteroarylalkyl such as C4-2o-heteroarylalkyl, such as pyrid-2-ylmethyl, furan-2-ylmethyl, pyrrol-3-ylmethyl and imidazol-2-ylmethyl,
  • Alkylheteroaryl such as C4-2o-alkylheteroaryl, such as 2-methyl-3-pyridinyl, 4,5-dimethyl-imidazol-2-yl, 3-methyl-2-furanyl and 5-methyl-2-pyrazinyl,
  • Heteroaryl such as 2-pyridinyl, 3-pyridinyl, 4-pyridinyl, pyrazinyl, pyrrol-3-yl, imidazol-2-yl, 2-furanyl and 3-furanyl,
  • Cycloalkyl such as C 3-12 -cycloalkyl, preferably C 3-8 -cycloalkyl, such as cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl and cyclooctyl, particularly preferably cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl,
  • Alkoxyalkyl such as C2-3o-alkoxyalkyl, preferably C2-2o-alkoxyalkyl, particularly preferably C2-8-alkoxyalkyl, such as methoxymethyl, ethoxymethyl, n-propoxymethyl, iso-propoxymethyl, n-butoxymethyl, iso-butoxymethyl, sec-butoxymethyl , tert-butoxymethyl, 1-methoxy-ethyl and 2-methoxyethyl, particularly preferably C2-4-alkoxyalkyl,
  • Dialkylaminoalkyl such as C3-3o-dialkylaminoalkyl, preferably C3-2o-dialkylaminoalkyl, more preferably C3-io-dialkylaminoalkyl, such as N, N-dimethylaminomethyl, (N, N-dibutylamino) methyl, 2- (N, N-dimethylamino) ethyl , 2- (N 1 N-diethylamino) ethyl, 2- (N, N-dibutylamino) ethyl, 2- (N, N-Di-n-propylamino) ethyl and 2- (N, N-di-iso-propylamino ) ethyl, 3- (N, N-dimethylamino) propyl, (R 5 ) 2N-
  • Aryl such as phenyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, 1-anthryl, 2-anthryl and 9-anthryl, preferably phenyl, 1-naphthyl and 2-naphthyl, more preferably phenyl,
  • Alkylaryl such as C7-2o-alkylaryl, preferably C7-12-alkylphenyl, such as 2-methylphenyl, 3-methylphenyl, 4-methylphenyl, 2,4-dimethylphenyl, 2,5-dimethylphenyl, 2,6-dimethylphenyl, 3,4 Dimethylphenyl, 3,5-dimethylphenyl, 2,3,4-trimethylphenyl, 2,3,5-trimethylphenyl, 2,3,6-trimethylphenyl, 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl, 2-ethylphenyl, 3-ethylphenyl, 4 Ethylphenyl, 2-n-propylphenyl, 3-n-propylphenyl and 4-n-propylphenyl, Aralkyl, such as C7-2o-aralkyl, preferably C7-12-phenylalkyl, such as benzyl, p-methoxybenzyl, 3,4-dimethoxybenzyl, 1-phene
  • R 3 and R 4 or R 2 and R 4 together form a - (CH 2 ) 1 -X- (CH 2 ) m group, such as - (CH 2 ) S-, - (CH 2 J 4 -, - (CH 2 ) S-, - (CH 2 J 6 -, - (CH 2 ) 7 -, - (CH 2 JO- (CH 2 J 2 -, - (CH 2 ) -NR 5 - (CH 2 J 2 -, - ( CH 2 J-CH R 5 - (CH 2 ) 2 -, - (CH 2 J 2 -O- (CH 2 J 2 -, - (CH 2 J 2 -NR 5 - (CH 2 ) 2 -, - ( CH 2 J 2 -CHR 5 - (CH 2 ) 2 -, -CH 2 -O- (CH 2 J 3 -, -CH 2 -NR 5 - (CH 2 ) 3 -, -CH 2 -CH R
  • Alkyl such as Ci -2 o alkyl, preferably Ci- ⁇ -alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, iso-butyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, n- Pentyl, isopentyl, sec-pentyl, neo-pentyl, 1,2-dimethylpropyl, n-hexyl, iso-hexyl, sec-hexyl, n-heptyl, iso-heptyl, n-octyl, iso-octyl, 2-ethylhexyl, more preferably Ci-4-alkyl, or
  • R 1 and R 2 together form a - (CH 2 ) r X- (CH 2 ) k - group, such as - (CH 2 J 3 -, - (CH 2 J 4 -, - (CH 2 J 5 -, - ( CH 2 J 6 -, - (CH 2 J 7 -, - (CH 2 JO- (CH 2 J 2 -, - (CH 2 ) -NR 5 - (CH 2 ) 2 -, - (CH 2 J-CHR 5 - (CH 2 J 2 -, - (CH 2 J 2 -O- (CH 2 J 2 -, - (CH 2 J 2 -NR S - (CH 2 J 2 -, - (CH 2 J 2 -CH R 5 - (CH 2 ) 2 -, -CH 2 -O- (CH 2 J 3 -, -CH 2 -NRs- (CH 2 J 3 -, -CH 2 -NRs- (CH 2 J 3 -
  • Alkyl preferably C 1-4 -alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl and tert-butyl, preferably methyl and ethyl, particularly preferably methyl,
  • Alkylphenyl preferably C7-4o-alkylphenyl, such as 2-methylphenyl, 3-methylphenyl, 4-methylphenyl, 2,4-dimethylphenyl, 2,5-dimethylphenyl, 2,6-dimethylphenyl, 3,4-dimethylphenyl, 3,5- Dimethylphenyl, 2-, 3-, 4-nonylphenyl, 2-, 3-, 4-decylphenyl, 2,3-, 2,4-, 2,5-, 3,4-, 3,5-dinonylphenyl, 2, 3-, 2,4-, 2,5-, 3,4- and 3,5-
  • Methyl or ethyl preferably methyl
  • Alkyl such as d- to C2o-alkyl, cycloalkyl such as C 3 - to Ci 2 cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaromatics ryl, aralkyl, such as C7-C2o aralkyl, and alkylaryl, such as C7 to C 2 O-AI ky I aryl, each as defined above,
  • N (R 10 ) 2 preferably NH 2 and N (CH 2 ) 2 ,
  • C 2-2 o-alkylaminoalkyl preferably C 2- i6-alkylaminoalkyl, such as methylaminomethyl, 2- methylaminoethyl, ethylaminomethyl, 2-ethylaminoethyl and 2- (iso- propylamino) ethyl,
  • C3 o -2-dialkylaminoalkyl preferably C3-16 dialkylaminoalkyl such as dimethylamino methyl, 2-dimethylaminoethyl, 2-diethylaminoethyl, 2- (di-n-propylamino) ethyl and 2- (di-iso-propylamino) ethyl,
  • j. l an integer from 1 to 4 (1, 2, 3 or 4), preferably 2 and 3, particularly preferably 2,
  • k, m, q an integer from 1 to 4 (1, 2, 3 or 4), preferably 2, 3 and 4, more preferably 2 and 3,
  • n an integer from 1 to 30, preferably an integer from 1 to 8 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8), more preferably an integer from 1 to 6.
  • alcohols are suitable among the o.g. Prerequisites virtually all primary and secondary alcohols with aliphatic OH function.
  • the alcohols can be straight-chain, branched or cyclic. Secondary alcohols are aminated as well as primary alcohols.
  • the alcohols may also bear substituents or contain functional groups which are inert under the conditions of the hydrogenating amination, for example alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkylamino or dialkylamino groups, or else optionally hydrogenated under the conditions of the hydrogenating amination, for example CC double - or triple bonds.
  • polyhydric alcohols such as. As diols or triols, especially glycols, are aminated, it has to control the reaction conditions in hand, preferably amino alcohols, cyclic amines or multiply aminated products to obtain.
  • the amination of 1, 2-diols leads depending on the choice of reaction conditions especially to 1-amino-2-hydroxy or 1, 2-diamino compounds.
  • the amination of 1, 4-diols leads, depending on the choice of reaction conditions, to 1-amino-4-hydroxy, 1, 4-diamino compounds or to five-membered rings with one nitrogen atom (pyrrolidines).
  • 1,6-diols leads, depending on the choice of reaction conditions, to 1-amino-6-hydroxy, 1,6-diamino compounds or to seven-membered rings with one nitrogen atom (hexamethyleneimines).
  • diglycol DEG
  • ADG H 2 N-CH 2 CH 2 -O-CH 2 CH 2 -OH
  • diaminodiglycol H 2 N-CH 2 CH 2 -O-CH 2 CH 2 - NH 2
  • morpholine is obtained.
  • ADG H 2 N-CH 2 CH 2 -O-CH 2 CH 2 - NH 2
  • piperazine is correspondingly obtained with particular preference.
  • triethanolamine N- (2-hydroxyethyl) piperazine can be obtained.
  • alcohols are preferably aminated:
  • Diethylamino pentanoM ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, 1,3-propylene glycol, diglycol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 2,2-bis [4-hydroxycyclohexyl] propane, Methoxyethanol, propoxyethanol, butoxyethanol, polypropyl alcohols, polyethylene glycol ethers, polypropylene glycol ethers and polybutylene glycol ethers.
  • the latter polyalkylene glycol ethers are converted in the reaction according to the invention by conversion of their free hydroxyl groups to give the corresponding amines.
  • Particularly preferred alcohols are methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, i-propanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, 1, 4-butanediol, 1, 5-pentanediol, 1, 6-hexanediol, 2-ethylhexanol, cyclohexanol, fatty alcohols , Ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol (DEG), triethylene glycol (TEG), 2- (2-dimethylamino-ethoxy) ethanol, N-methyldiethanolamine and 2- (2-dimethylaminoethoxy) ethanol.
  • DEG diethylene glycol
  • TEG triethylene glycol
  • 2- (2-dimethylamino-ethoxy) ethanol N-methyldiethanolamine
  • 2- (2-dimethylaminoethoxy) ethanol 2- (2-dimethylaminoethoxy
  • Suitable ketones which can be used in the process according to the invention are suitable among the above-mentioned. Prerequisites practically all aliphatic and aromatic ketones.
  • the aliphatic ketones may be straight-chain, branched or cyclic, the ketones may contain heteroatoms.
  • the ketones may also bear substituents or contain functional groups which are inert under the conditions of the hydrogenating amination, for example alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkylamino or dialkylamino groups, or else optionally hydrogenated under the conditions of the hydrogenating amination be CC double or triple bonds. If polyvalent ketones are to be aminated, it is possible to obtain control of the reaction conditions by hand, aminoketones, amino alcohols, cyclic amines or multiply aminated products.
  • ketones are preferably hydrogenated aminatively:
  • Suitable aldehydes for use in the process according to the invention are suitable among the above-mentioned. Prerequisites virtually all aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes.
  • the aliphatic aldehydes may be straight-chain, branched or cyclic, the aldehydes may contain heteroatoms.
  • the aldehydes may also bear substituents or contain functional groups which are inert under the conditions of the hydrogenating amination, for example alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkylamino or dialkylamino groups, or else optionally hydrogenated under the conditions of the hydrogenating amination, for example CC -Double or triple bonds. If multivalent aldehydes or keto aldehydes are to be aminated, then it is possible to obtain control of the reaction conditions in hand, amino alcohols, cyclic amines or multiply aminated products.
  • aldehydes are preferably hydrogenated aminatively: Formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, n-butyraldehyde, isobutyraldehyde, pivalin-aldehyde, n-pentanal, n-hexanal, 2-ethylhexanal, 2-methylpentanal, 3-methylpentanal, 4-methylpentanal, glyoxal, benzaldehyde, p-methoxybenzaldehyde, p- Methylbenzaldehyde, phenylacetaldehyde, (p-methoxyphenyl) acetaldehyde, (3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) acetaldehyde, 4-formyltetrahydropyran, 3-formyltetrahydrofuran, 5-formylvaleronitrile, citronellal, lysmeral
  • aminating agents in the hydrogenating amination of alcohols, aldehydes or ketones in the presence of hydrogen both ammonia and primary or secondary, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic or aromatic amines can be used.
  • the alcoholic hydroxyl group or the aldehyde group or the keto group is first converted into the primary amino groups (-NH 2).
  • the primary amine formed in this way can react with further alcohol or aldehyde or ketone to form the corresponding secondary amine, which in turn reacts with further alcohol or aldehyde or ketone to form the corresponding, preferably symmetrical, tertiary amine.
  • Catalyst loading can be in this way, as desired, preferably primary, secondary or tertiary amines.
  • cyclic amines such as e.g. Pyrrolidines, piperidines, hexamethylenimines, piperazines and morpholines.
  • primary or secondary amines can be used as aminating agents.
  • aminating agents are preferably used for the preparation of unsymmetrically substituted di- or trialkylamines, such as ethyldiisopropylamine and ethyldicyclohexylamine.
  • mono- and dialkylamines are used as aminating agents: monomethylamine, dimethylamine, monoethylamine, diethylamine, n-propylamine, di-n-propylamine, isopropylamine, diisopropylamine, isopropylethylamine, n-butylamine, Di-n-butylamine, s-butylamine, di-s-butylamine, iso-butylamine, n-pentylamine, s-pentylamine, iso-pentylamine, n-hexylamine, s-hexylamine, iso-hexylamine, cyclohexylamine, aniline, toluidine, pipe
  • Amines particularly preferably prepared by the process according to the invention are, for example, morpholine (from monoaminodiglycol), monoaminodiglycol, morpholine and / or 2, 2'-dimorpholinodiethyl ether (DMDEE) (from DEG and ammonia), 6-dimethylaminohexanol-1 (from hexanediol and dimethylamine ( DMA)), triethylamine ((from ethanol and diethylamine DEA)), dimethylethylamine (from ethanol and DMA), N- (Ci -4 - alkyl) morpholine (from DEG and mono (Ci-4-alkyl) amine), N- (C 1-4 -alkyl) piperidine (from 1,5-pentanediol and mono (C 1-4 -alkyl) amine), piperazine and / or diethylenetriamine (DETA) (from N- (2-aminoethyl) ethanol
  • the polyether alcohols are, for example, polyethylene glycols or polypropylene glycols having a molecular weight in the range from 200 to 5000 g / mol, the corresponding polyetheramines being obtainable, for example, under the trade name PEA D230, D400, D2000, T403 or T5000 from BASF. Examples
  • the thus obtained hydroxide-carbonate mixture was then tempered at a temperature of 450 to 500 0 C over a period of 4 hours.
  • the catalyst thus prepared had the composition: 28% by weight of NiO, 28% by weight of CoO, 11% by weight of CuO, and 33% by weight of ZrO 2 .
  • the catalyst was mixed with 3% by weight of graphite and formed into tablets.
  • the oxidic tablets were reduced.
  • the reduction was carried out at 280 ° C, the heating rate being 3 ° C / minute. First, it was reduced for 50 minutes with 10% H 2 in N 2 , then 20 minutes with 25% H 2 in N 2 , then 10 minutes with 50% H 2 in N 2 , then 10 minutes with 75% H 2 in N 2 and finally 3 hours with 100% H 2 .
  • the percentages are% by volume.
  • the passivation of the reduced catalyst was carried out at room temperature in dilute air (air in N 2 with an O 2 content of not more than 5% by volume).
  • the preparation of the catalyst was carried out according to EP 696 572 A.
  • the catalyst thus prepared had the following composition: 50% by weight of NiO, 17% by weight of CuO, 1.5% by weight of MoO 3 and 31.5% by weight of ZrO 2 .
  • the catalyst thus obtained was added with 3% by weight of graphite, compacted, and finally formed into tablets.
  • the tablets were subsequently reduced.
  • the reduction was from 20 vol .-% hydrogen and 80 vol .-% of nitrogen carried out at 290 0 C with a mixture consisting, wherein the heating rate of 3 ° C / minute.
  • the passivation of the reduced catalyst was carried out at room temperature in dilute air (air in N 2 with a maximum O 2 content of 5% by volume).
  • the catalyst was prepared analogously to catalyst 2. However, in the still wet cake solution, instead of ammonium heptamolybdate, a solution of polyoxometalate He (PVsMOgO 4 O) (origin: Nippon Inorganic Color & Chemical Co. LTD, Japan) was incorporated in water to give the below-described oxide mixture.
  • the catalyst 3 thus obtained had the composition as shown in Table I.
  • the catalyst is prepared analogously to catalyst 2.
  • a solution of polyoxometalate HS PV 2 MOIOO 4 O
  • oil Nippon Inorganic Color & Chemical Co. LTD, Japan
  • Example 5 The catalyst is prepared analogously to catalyst 2. However, in the still wet cake solution, instead of ammonium heptamolybdate, a solution of polyoxometalate Hs (PWi 2 O 4 O) (origin: Nippon Inorganic Color & Chemical Co. LTD, Japan) was incorporated into water to give the following oxide mixture. The catalyst 5 thus obtained had the composition as shown in Table I.
  • RTX-5 Amine used, with a temperature program: 80 ° C / 15 minutes, heat to 290 0 C in 30 minutes, at 290 ° C / 15 minutes.
  • POM 2 H 5 (PV 2 MOi 0 O 40 ),
  • POM 3 H 3 (PWi 2 O 40 ), DEG diethylene glycol
  • the respective pure products can be obtained from the hydrous raw materials by rectification under vacuum, atmospheric pressure or elevated pressure according to the known methods.
  • the pure products fall either directly in pure form or as an azeotrope with water.
  • Water-containing azeotropes can be dehydrated by means of a liquid-liquid extraction with concentrated sodium hydroxide solution before or after the purifying distillation. Distillative dehydration in the presence of an entraining agent by known methods is also possible.
  • a dehydration by a separation of the organic and the aqueous phase by known methods is also possible.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de fabrication d'une amine par réaction d'un alcool, d'un aldéhyde et/ou d'une cétone primaires ou secondaires avec de l'hydrogène et un composé azote choisi dans le groupe ammoniaque et amines primaires et secondaires, en présence d'un catalyseur contenant du dioxyde de zircon, du cuivre et du nickel. Avant réduction avec de l'hydrogène, la masse catalytique active du catalyseur contient des composés oxygénés de zircon, de cuivre, de nickel, environ 1,0 à 5,0 % en poids de composés oxygénés de cobalt, calculé en tant que CoO, et environ 0,2 à 5,0 % en poids d'un polyoxométallate. L'invention concerne également les catalyseurs tels que définis plus haut.
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