AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF INTERMEDIATE OF ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT

摘要

The present invention discloses a process for the preparation of substituted aryl alkylamine compounds comprising the steps of, reducing the substituted aryl acetonitrile substrate using Raney nickel catalyst at lower substrate/catalyst ratio of 20: 1 to 6: 1 with higher substrate concentration, at ramped temperature / pressure profile, in the presence of an alcoholic solvent selected from C₁ to C₄ alcohol and isolating the corresponding substituted phenyl ethylamine as a suitable salt.