| CPC C07D 403/12 (2013.01) [C07C 209/62 (2013.01); C07D 233/36 (2013.01); C07D 241/04 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
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1. A process comprising the steps of:
in a reaction medium reacting:
a urea adduct of diethylene triamine having the following structure:
![]() with ethylene dichloride to form a hydrochloride salt of a 1,5-diurea adduct of pentaethylenehexamine, and
reacting the hydrochloride salt with a base to form the 1,5-diurea adduct of pentaethylenehexamine having the following structure:
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