Patent ID: 6111100
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: C07D

Abstract:
A process for preparing bis(2-morpholinoethyl) ether by reacting diethylene glycol with ammonia under superatmospheric pressure and at elevated temperature in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the catalytically active composition of the catalyst prior to reduction with hydrogen comprisesfrom 20 to 85% by weight of aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2 O.sub.3), zirconium dioxide (ZrO.sub.2), titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2) and/or silicon dioxide (SiO.sub.2),from 1 to 70% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of copper, calculated as CuO,from 0 to 50% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of magnesium, calculated as MgO, oxygen-containing compounds of chromium, calculated as Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3, oxygen-containing compounds of zinc, calculated as ZnO, oxygen-containing compounds of barium, calculated as BaO, and/or oxygen-containing compounds of calcium, calculated as CaO, andless than 20% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of nickel, calculated as NiO, based on the oxygen-containing compounds of copper, calculated as CuO.