Process for producing aliphatic amines
US4404404A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 9, 1981 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2001 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2531/847
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for producing aliphatic amines which comprises reacting an aliphatic alcohol or an aliphatic aldehyde with an aminating agent selected from the group consisting of ammonia, a primary amine and a secondary amine in the liquid phase in the presence of an unsupported catalyst consisting essentially of (1) copper oxide or copper hydroxide and (2) a Group II A metal oxide or hydroxide. In a preferred embodiment the catalyst system also contains an organo nickel compound.
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