Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Maegerlein
Wolfgang Maegerlein has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10414716Abstract: A process for producing a polyetheramine by reacting a polyether alcohol, previously synthesized in the presence of a basic potassium or sodium compound as catalyst, with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst in one reactor or a plurality of reactors, wherein the employed polyether alcohol when previously synthesized in the presence of a basic potassium compound as catalyst has a content of potassium ions of less than 50 wppm and when previously synthesized in the presence of a basic sodium compound as catalyst has a content of sodium ions of less than 50 wppm.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Thomas Krug, Johann-Peter Melder
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Patent number: 9981904Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing primary amines, which comprises hydrogenating at least one nitrile in an apparatus (V1) in the presence of an unsupported cobalt catalyst to obtain at least one primary amine, with recurrent or continuous addition of at least one compound (I) to the apparatus (V1), said compound (I) comprising at least one component selected from alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and rare earth metal.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Wolfgang Maegerlein, Thomas Krug, Johann-Peter Melder, Thomas Heidemann, Bernd Stein
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Publication number: 20170362164Abstract: A process for producing a polyetheramine by reacting a polyether alcohol, previously synthesized in the presence of a basic potassium or sodium compound as catalyst, with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst in one reactor or a plurality of reactors, wherein the employed polyether alcohol when previously synthesized in the presence of a basic potassium compound as catalyst has a content of potassium ions of less than 50 wppm and when previously synthesized in the presence of a basic sodium compound as catalyst has a content of sodium ions of less than 50 wppm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Christof Wilhelm WIGBERS, Wolfgang MÄGERLEIN, Thomas KRUG, Johann-Peter MELDER
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Publication number: 20170275232Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing primary amines, which comprises hydrogenating at least one nitrile in an apparatus (V1) in the presence of an unsupported cobalt catalyst to obtain at least one primary amine, with recurrent or continuous addition of at least one compound (I) to the apparatus (V1), said compound (I) comprising at least one component selected from alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and rare earth metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christof Wilhelm WIGBERS, Wolfgang MAEGERLEIN, Thomas KRUG, Johann-Peter MELDER, Thomas HEIDEMANN, Bernd STEIN
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Patent number: 9139511Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating nitriles by means of hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor, where the catalyst is arranged in a fixed bed, wherein the cross-sectional loading in the reactor is in the range from 5 kg/(m2 s) to 50 kg/(m2 s). The present invention further relates to a process for preparing downstream products of isophoronediamine (IPDA) or N,N-dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) from amines prepared according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Christoph Müller, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Petr Kubanek, Thomas Heidemann, Johann-Peter Melder, Thomas Krug, Oliver Bey
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Patent number: 8946373Abstract: The invention relates to a polyurea preparable from a) a component A comprising a1) 5 to 40% by weight of at least one polyetheramine 1 (PEA 1), obtainable from at least one polyetherpolyol 1 (PEP 1) and at least one amine 1, where PEP 1 has an equivalent weight of ?500, a2) 30 to 90% by weight of at least one polyetheramine 2 (PEA 2), obtainable from at least one polyetherpolyol 2 (PEP 2) and at least one amine 2, where PEP 2 has an equivalent weight of >500, a3) 5 to 30% by weight of at least one amine chain extender and b) a component B, which is a prepolymer, obtainable from b1) at least one polyetherpolyol (PEP 3) and b2) at least one isocyanate.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Berend Eling, Stephan Göttke, Ben Buylinckx, Wolfgang Mägerlein
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Patent number: 8772548Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reacting glycolaldehyde with an aminating agent in the presence of hydrogen and of a catalyst, the catalyst being activated by reducing a catalyst precursor or by reducing a passivated catalyst, which comprises effecting the reaction in the presence of a solvent and contacting the glycolaldehyde with the activated catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Wolfgang Mägerlein, Johann-Peter Melder, Jörg Pastre, Jan Eberhardt, Thomas Krug, Mirko Kreitschmann
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Patent number: 8766009Abstract: A process for preparing ethylamines and monoisopropylamine (MIPA), in which bioethanol is reacted with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and of a heterogeneous catalyst to give ethylamines, said bioethanol having a content of sulfur and/or sulfur compounds of ?0.1 ppm by weight (calculated S), and then isopropanol is reacted with ammonia in the presence of the same catalyst and in the presence of hydrogen to give MIPA.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Norbert Asprion, Manfred Julius, Oliver Bey, Stefanie Werland, Frank Stein, Matthias Kummer, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Johann-Peter Melder, Kevin Huyghe, Maarten Moors
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Patent number: 8742174Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethanolamines by reacting glycolaldehyde with monoethanolamine and/or diethanolamine in the presence of a catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Wolfgang Mägerlein, Johann-Peter Melder, Jörg Pastre, Jan Eberhardt, Thomas Krug, Mirko Kreitschmann
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Patent number: 8710269Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 3-dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) by reacting 3-dimethylaminopropionitrile (DMAPN) with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the DMAPN used has a content of 2-(dimethylaminomethyl)glutaronitrile (DGN) of 300 ppm by weight or less, based on the DMAPN used. Furthermore, the present invention relates to mixtures of DMAPN and DGN, wherein the weight ratio of DMAPN to DGN is in the range from 1 000 000:5 to 1 000 000:250.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Wolfgang Mägerlein, Jan Eberhardt, Johann-Peter Melder, Ulrich Köhler, Thilo Hahn, Mirko Kreitschmann, Dominik Herbrecht
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Patent number: 8487135Abstract: 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 of ammonia and primary and secondary amines, in the presence of a supported copper-, nickel- and cobalt-containing catalyst, wherein the catalytically active material of the catalyst, before the reduction thereof with hydrogen, comprises oxygen compounds of aluminum, of copper, of nickel and of cobalt, and in the range from 0.2 to 5.0% by weight of oxygen compounds of tin, calculated as SnO, and catalysts as defined above.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Petr Kubanek, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Johann-Peter Melder, Thomas Heidemann
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Patent number: 8324430Abstract: 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 Nb2O5, H2SO4, H3PO4, Ga2O3, B2O3, PbO and Sb2O3 respectively, and wherein the catalytically active composition does not comprise any molybdenum.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Petr Kubanek, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Ekkehard Schwab, Johann-Peter Melder, Manfred Julius
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Patent number: 8318982Abstract: 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 of ammonia and primary and secondary amines, in the presence of a supported copper-, nickel- and cobalt-containing catalyst, wherein the catalytically active material of the catalyst, before the reduction thereof with hydrogen, comprises oxygen compounds of aluminum, of copper, of nickel, of cobalt and of tin, and in the range from 0.2 to 5.0% by weight of oxygen compounds of yttrium, of lanthanum, of cerium and/or of hafnium, each calculated as Y2O3, La2O3, Ce2O3 and Hf2O3 respectively, and catalysts as defined above.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Petr Kubanek, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Johann-Peter Melder, Thomas Heidemann
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Patent number: 8314243Abstract: A process is described for catalytically preparing optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic nitrites of the general formula (I) Ar—CN??(I) by reacting the corresponding aryl halides of the general formula (II) Ar—X??(II) in which X is chlorine, bromine, iodine, triflate, nonaflate, mesylate or tosylate and Ar is an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic radical, characterized in that the reaction is performed in the presence of a palladium compound, a phosphine of the general formula (III) or (IV) where R is an alkyl radical and R?, R? and R?? are each an alkyl radical or an aryl radical or heteroaryl radical and A is an alkylene or arylene radical, and potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) or potassium hexacyanoferrate(III), optionally in a solvent and optionally with addition of a base.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2007Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Saltigo GmbHInventors: Nikolaus Müller, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Alain Cotté, Matthias Beller, Thomas Schareina, Alexander Zapf
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Publication number: 20120271068Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reacting glycolaldehyde with an aminating agent in the presence of hydrogen and of a catalyst, the catalyst being activated by reducing a catalyst precursor or by reducing a passivated catalyst, which comprises effecting the reaction in the presence of a solvent and contacting the glycolaldehyde with the activated catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Wolfgang Mägerlein, Johann-Peter Melder, Jörg Pastre, Jan Eberhardt, Thomas Krug, Mirko Kreitschmann
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Patent number: 8293945Abstract: 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, Bi2O3, MoO3, Sb2O3 and H3PO4 respectively; and wherein the catalytically active composition of the catalyst does not comprise any copper.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Petr Kubanek, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Ekkehard Schwab, Johann-Peter Melder, Manfred Julius
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Publication number: 20120259139Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethanolamines by reacting glycolaldehyde with monoethanolamine and/or diethanolamine in the presence of a catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Wolfgang Mägerlein, Johann-Peter Melder, Jörg Pastre, Jan Eberhardt, Thomas Krug, Mirko Kreitschmann
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Patent number: 8278489Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Petr Kubanek, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Ekkehard Schwab, Johann-Peter Melder, Manfred Julius
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Publication number: 20120245390Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating nitriles by means of hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor, where the catalyst is arranged in a fixed bed, wherein the cross-sectional loading in the reactor is in the range from 5 kg/(m2s) to 50 kg/(m2s). The present invention further relates to a process for preparing downstream products of isophoronediamine (IPDA) or N,N-dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) from amines prepared according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Christoph Müller, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Petr Kubanek, Thomas Heidemann, Johann-Peter Melder, Thomas Krug, Oliver Bey
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Publication number: 20120245389Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating organic nitriles by means of hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor, where the shaped body catalyst is arranged in a fixed bed, wherein the shaped body in the shape of spheres or rods has in each case a diameter 3 mm or less, in the shape of tablets a height of 4 mm or less, and in the case of all other geometries in each case has an equivalent diameter L=1/a? of 0.70 mm or less, where a? is the external surface area per unit volume (mms2/mmp3), where: a ? = A p V p , where Ap is the external surface area of the catalyst particle (mms2) and Vp is the volume of the catalyst particle (mmp3). The present invention further relates to a process for preparing downstream products of isophoronediamine (IPDA) or N,N-dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) from amines prepared according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Christoph Müller, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Martin Ernst, Thomas Heidemann, Johann-Peter Melder, Lucia Königsmann, Milind Joshi, Oliver Bey, Bernd Stein