Technology Unit

: 1st Reactor
: DOW PMDA
Short Name: 1st Reactor
Description: The initial Reactants, Aniline, and Hydrochloric Acid Catalyst either separate or premixed with the Aniline, and Formaldehyde are brought together rapidly, under Aqueous Conditions, in an Initial Reaction Zone. This Zone can be any Reaction Vessel, Series of Piping, Tubular Reactor or the like as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,954,867. It is in this Zone where the transient Aminals are immediately and exothermically formed and then just as immediately begin their Transformation to the Aminobenzylamines.
Link: https://patents.google.com/patent/US4792624A/en