PROCESS FOR PREPARING AND PURIFYING 3-AMINOPROPANOL

The present invention relates to a process for purifying a reaction output which comprises 3-aminopropanol and is obtained in the reaction of ethylene cyanohydrin with hydrogen in the presence of ammonia, which comprises distilling the reaction output comprising 3-aminopropanol in two or more stages, the ammonia content of the reaction output comprising 3-aminopropanol before introduction into the first distillation stage being 1% by weight or less and the temperature in the distillation stages being not more than 135° C. The invention further relates to a process for preparing 3-aminopropanol by reacting ethylene cyanohydrin with hydrogen in the presence of ammonia, which comprises performing the purification of the reaction output comprising 3-aminopropanol in accordance with the invention. The present invention further provides a process for preparing 3-aminopropanol derivatives, especially panthenol, acambrosate, mefenorex, domperidon, ifosamid or urapidil, from 3-amino-propanol prepared in accordance with the invention.