Ammonia → 3-Butyl-3-ethylpiperidine

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45.1 g per hour of 2-butenyl-2-ethyl-4-cyanobutanal (purity 64.0%, 28.9 g, 0.161 mol) and 950 ml (570 g, 33.5 mol) per hour of liquid ammonia were pumped at 250 bar and 50° C. through a tubular reactor (diameter 16 mm, fill level 50 cm, oil-heated twin jacket) upstream of the hydrogenation reactor and filled with 43.3 g (96 ml) of a Y-zeolite pelleted with Aerosil 200 (HY-zeolite: Aerosil 200=9:1, SiO2 :Al2O3 =6:1). The product stream was subsequently passed through the hydrogenation reactor from bottom to top at 250 bar and 120° C. while simultaneously passing 100 l(S.T.P.)/h (4.5 mol) of hydrogen through the reactor. The product stream was decompressed to atmospheric pressure and NH3 was removed by distillation. From the product from 23.9 hours, 205.7 g of 3-butyl-3-ethylpiperidine and 438.4 g of a mixture of 2-butyl- and 2-butenyl-2-ethylpentane-1,5-diamine (8:1), corresponding to a diamine yield of 61.9% of theory, were isolated by fractional distillation on a 30 cm packed column (3 mm glass rings).

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