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alkyl and specialty amines--about us

 

Processes

 

The two primary processes used in the production of our amines are as follows:

  • Reductive Amination
  • Nitrile Hydrogenation

Reductive Amination

This process is used at our Wichita, Kansas manufacturing facility in the production of specialty amines products. Reductive amination is performed as a batch process with the following chemistry:

Reductive Amination Equation


Nitrile Hydrogenation

Nitrile hydrogenation is also used at our Wichita, Kansas plant in the manufacturing of specialty amines. Once again, this is a batch process with the chemistry indicated below:

Nitrile Hydrogenation Equation 1
Nitrile Hydrogenation Equation 2