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Method of producing hexamethylene diamine from butadiene
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Page/Page column 3, (2008/06/13)
The invention relates to the production of hexamethylene diamine from butadiene. The method comprises the successively performed stages of: (i) a catalytic epoxidation of butadiene to 1,2-epoxy-3-butene; (ii) a basically catalyzed addition of hydrogen cyanide to butadiene monoxide to form a reaction mixture containing 3-hydroxy-4-pentene nitrile (3HPN) and 2-hydroxymethyl-3-butene nitrile (2HMBN); (iii) an acidically catalyzed dehydration of the cyanohydrines 3HPN and 2HMBN of stage (ii) to cis/trans-pentadiene nitrile (PDN); (iv) a basically catalyzed addition of the products of stage (iii) to form cis/trans-1,4-dicyanobutene-1 and -2 (DCB); and (v) a catalytic hydrogenation of the isomeric cis/trans-1,4-dicyanobutene of stage (iv) to hexamethylene diamine.
