Patent ID: 9714201
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: C07C,C10M

Claim:
1. Process for preparing isononylamines starting out from 2-ethylhexanol, characterized in that (a) 2-ethylhexanol is dehydrated in the presence of a catalyst to form a mixture of structurally isomeric octenes with the singly branched octenes 2-ethyl-1-hexene and cis/trans-3-methyl-3-heptene and cis/trans-3-methyl-2-heptene as components; (b) the octene obtained in step a) is reacted with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a transition metal compound of group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements to form isononanal; and (c) the isononanal obtained in step b) is converted into isononylamines, the isononyl radicals of which comprise unbranched radicals or singly branched radicals in the α position.