Patents Assigned to BASF Antwerpen NV
  • Method for producing N-ethyl-diisopropylamine
    Patent number: 9884805
    Abstract: A process for preparing N-ethyldiisopropylamine by reacting acetaldehyde with diisopropylamine and hydrogen at elevated temperature and under pressure in the presence of a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst, the catalyst being a supported transition metal catalyst comprising Pd and/or Pt as catalytically active metal, wherein the diisopropylamine used has a purity of 58% to 94% by weight and impurities as follows: 3% to 20% by weight of water, 3% to 20% by weight of isopropanol, 0% to 2% by weight of others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: BASF Antwerpen NV
    Inventor: Hendrik De Winne