Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.41, No.11, 2602-2610, 2002
Ammonolysis of allyl chloride by ammonia solution
The preparation of allylamines by the ammonolysis of allyl chloride using ammonia in the presence Cu2Cl2 as a catalyst has been examined. The influence of essential reaction parameters on the selectivity of the transformation into monoallylamine, diallylamine, and triallylamine in relation to the allyl chloride consumed and on the conversion of allyl chloride has been described by regression equations in the form of a polynomial of the second-order. The optimum values of temperature, reaction time, molar ratio of NH3/allyl chloride, and molar ratio of CuCl2/allyl chloride have been determined.