申请人:NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
公开号:US20200361910A1
公开(公告)日:2020-11-19
A process is provided to prepare propylene amines of the formula NH
2
—(A—NH—)
p
R, wherein R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, p is at least 1 when R is an alkyl group, and at least 2 when R is a hydrogen atom, or derivatives or precursors thereof wherein one or more units —NH—A—NH— may be present as a cyclic urea unit
or a cyclic unit
or between two units —NH—A—NH— a carbonyl bond is present, each unit —A— can be independently an alkylene unit and at least one unit —A— is a —C
3
H
6
— unit, wherein each —C
3
H
6
— unit can be linear or branched. The process includes reacting (i) at least one of a hydroxy-functional compound chosen from the alkanolamine-functional compounds, and dihydroxyalkylene compounds, with (ii) an amine-functional compound, in the presence of (iii) a carbon oxide delivering agent, wherein at least one of the alkanolamine-functional compound, the amine-functional compound and/or the carbon oxide delivering agent contains at least one alkylene unit (A) that is a propylene unit