Open AccessDegradable Surfactants via Heterogeneously Catalyzed Reductive Amination of Isomaltulose – Examination of Catalyst Deactivation in a Continuos Gradient Free Reaction Vessel
Author(s) -
Cartarius R.,
Krause T.,
Vogel H.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
engineering in life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1618-2863
pISSN - 1618-0240
DOI - 10.1002/1618-2863(200108)1:2<55::aid-elsc55>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - reductive amination , catalysis , chemistry , amination , palladium , hydrogen , chemical engineering , pulmonary surfactant , organic chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , biochemistry , engineering
Heterogeneously catalyzed reductive amination of isomaltulose with n‐dodecylamine and hydrogen to a mixture with surfactant properties is the topic of this paper. By means of a newly developed continuos plant the deactivation performance of different types of catalysts dependent on various process parameters was investigated. It can be shown that the most active catalysts with respect to the reductive amination (in particular palladium/carbon) also show the least tendency to deactivate. Responsible for this is the speed by which the starting materials are turned into the stable main products.