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HRID 52799Generated: October 30, 2026

Ammonia → Tribenzylamine

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAmmoniaHCID 222—
ReactantBenzaldehydeHCID 240—
ReactantDibenzylamineHCID 7656—
CatalystPalladiumHCID 23938—
SolventWaterHCID 962—
ProductBenzyl AlcoholHCID 2440.4%
ProductBenzylamineHCID 75040.9%
ProductTribenzylamineHCID 243212.4%

Reaction Steps

Into an inertised Buss loop reactor with a capacity of 50 liters were successively introduced 40.74 kg BALD (0.384 kmol) and 4.1 kg H2O. The circulation pump was then started and 0.0815 kg 4% palladium/carbon (Degussa E196 NN-W; 50% H2O) was added. The trial was further carried out along the same lines as Example X, except that 4.76 kg NH3 (0.280 kmol) was added. Gas chromatography analysis of the organic phase showed that all the benzaldehyde had been converted. The selectivity to dibenzylamine was 92.5%. In addition, small amounts of benzylalcohol (sel. approx. 0.4%), benzylamine (sel. approx. 0.9%), dibenzylimine (sel. approx. 0-1%) and tribenzylamine (sel. approx. 2.4%) were formed.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05616804
Source datasetuspto-grants-1997_04
ORD IDord-38cd10886926448bbb5deb01862826e1
Source noteuspto-grants-1997_04