Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining an amine from a composition by means of distillation and a composition obtainable by that method. The invention also relates to a method for the production of an isocyanate from the composition obtainable.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the removal of water from and transport of at least one aliphatic diamine comprising the following steps: a) providing a first composition including 60 to 98 wt.-% water and 2 to 40 wt.-% of the at least one aliphatic diamine with two —NH2 groups per molecule, each of them bound to a primary or secondary carbon atom, b) removing water at least partially from said first composition by distillation at a first production location in a distillation apparatus comprising at least two distillation columns operating at different head pressures, thus generating a second composition comprising the diamine and ?55 wt.