METHOD OF PRODUCING TERTIARY AMINE OR TERTIARY AMINE DERIVATIVE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of producing tertiary amine or tertiary amine derivative with high selectivity.SOLUTION: In the method of producing tertiary amine or tertiary amine derivative, a reaction system including: an organic chemical raw material containing at least one kind of group selected from -NH, -NHHCl, >NH and >NH HCl, a nitrogen atom contained in the group bounding to a carbon atom; aliphatic alcohol having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and a catalyst where a carrier containing titanium oxide carries a silver component (metal silver or silver compound), is irradiated with light, and the group in the organic compound raw material is converted to -NRor >NR, ( Ris an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms derived from the aliphatic alcohol). The percentage content of the silver in the catalyst is 0.5 to 10 mass% with respect to the titanium oxide.