PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF TERTIARY AMINES FROM PRIMARY AMINES AND NITRILES

• Main Authors: HIGLEY, DAVID, PAGE, GANNETT, THOMAS, PAPIN, ALLGEIER, ALAN, MARTIN, WHITTLE, KELLEY, MORAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.08.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; APPARATUS THEREFOR; CHEMISTRY; GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Disclosed is a method for preparing tertiary amine compounds from primary amines and nitriles in the presence of hydrogen gas and metal catalyst, or metal-containing catalyst composition, at a temperature from about 50°C to about 200°C and at a pressure from about 100 psig to 1500 psig. The primary...