公开(公告)号：JP2000256279A

公开(公告)日：2000-09-19

申请号：JP2000057164

申请日：2000-03-02

Applicant: BASF AG

Inventor： SANDER MICHAEL ,  PEISKER DIETMAR ,  WELLNER KLAUS ,  BRAUNSBERG HOLGER ,  GEORGI GUNTER ,  PENZEL ULRICH

IPC: B01J35/02 ,  B01J21/06 ,  B01J23/755 ,  B01J35/10 ,  C07B61/00 ,  C07C209/36 ,  C07C211/50

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an industrially practicable method for producing an amine by hydrogenation, consuming a small amount of a catalyst, greatly avoiding the occurrence of secondary reaction, capable of setting an excellent catalyst balance, excellently separating an inactive catalytic component. SOLUTION: This method comprises producing an amine by hydrogenating a compound containing at least one nitro group in the presence of a supported catalyst containing at least nickel as a catalytic active metal. The reduced and stabilized supported catalyst contains nickel microcrystal showing a two mode nickel microcrystal particle size distribution having maximum values at 30-80 Angstrom (300-800 nm) and 81-150 Angstrom (810-1,500 nm). The catalyst having 60-80 mass % nickel content, 0-20 mass % SiO2 content, 0-40 mass % ZrO2 content and 0-4 mass % HfO2 content in a reduced passivation state and at least 70% degree of reduction after further reduction for 1 hour at 100 deg.C is used.