Method for preparing higher ethanolamines (US Patent 8742174)

Patent number: 8742174 Kind code: B2 Granted: 2014-06-03 Filed: 2010-12-13 Inventors: Wolfgang Mägerlein (Mannheim, DE); Johann-Peter Melder (Böhl-Iggelheim, DE); Jörg Pastre (Bensheim, DE); Jan Eberhardt (Mannheim, DE); Thomas Krug (Worms, DE); Mirko Kreitschmann (Mannheim, DE) Assignees: BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, DE) CPC: B01J 23/46

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethanolamines by reacting glycolaldehyde with monoethanolamine and/or diethanolamine in the presence of a catalyst.

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