METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AMINE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for producing an amine by reacting a primary or secondary alcohol, aldehyde and/or ketone with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound, selected from the group including ammonia, primary and secondary amines, in the presence of a zirconium dioxide-containing, copper-containing and nickel-containing catalyst, the catalytically active mass of the catalyst prior to its reduction with hydrogen containing oxygen-containing compounds of zirconium, copper, nickel and tin and 0.5 to 8.0% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of cobalt, calculated as CoO. The invention also relates to catalysts of the above type.