Benzonitrile → Benzylamine

HRID 851456Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 851456 reaction equation
[C:1](#[N:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1>[CH2:1]([NH2:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[CH:1](=[N:8][CH2:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 1

HCID 7505Benzonitrile

Product 2

HCID 7504BenzylamineHCID 95831Benzenemethanamine, N-(phenylmethylene)-

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 1140TolueneSolvent

Procedure

Other specific hydrogenation processes which are within the scope of the instant invention, include the hydrogenation of (a) cyclohexene to obtain cyclohexane; (b) nitrobenzene to obtain aniline; (c) benzonitrile to obtain a mixture comprising benzylamine, toluene, and α-benzylideneaminotoluene; and (d) diphenylacetylene to obtain a mixture comprising cis-stilbene, trans-stilbene, and 1,2 diphenylethane.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-170d06e5bec44cfcabd63410088880cb
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1983_05
Patent number
US04384981

Reaction notes

Loading…