Patent ID: 11919866
Assignee: NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
Field: Organic fine chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A process for producing 1-(2-aminoethyl) imidazolidin-2-one (UDETA), the process comprising:
contacting 2-oxazolidinone (CMEA) and/or monoethanolamine (MEA) in a reaction zone with ethyleneurea (EU) and/or ethylenediamine (EDA) and in the presence of one or more carbonyl delivering compounds;
wherein the ethyleneurea (EU) and/or the ethylenediamine (EDA) is present in a reaction zone, and wherein the 2-oxazolidinone (CMEA) and/or the monoethanolamine (MEA) are added to the reaction zone semi-continuously or in two or more batches.