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Disclosed herein are a process for producing an ether amine(3), which comprises reacting a primary or secondary alcohol(1), ROH, with acrylonitrile in an amount of 0.8 to 1.2 equivalents of the alcohol(1) in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide in an amount of not less than 0.01 part by weight, but less than 0.05 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of the alcohol(l) to obtain an alkyloxypropionitrile(2), and then adding water to the reaction system without removing the alkali metal hydroxide therefrom and effecting hydrogenation using a hydrogenation catalyst:<paragraph lvl="0"><in-line-formula>ROH (1) +CH2=CHCN, ROCH2CH2CH2CN (2), ROCH2CH2CH2NH2 (3)</in-line-formula>wherein R denotes a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms. Also disclosed are a process for producing an ether tertiary amine(5), R-O-CH2-CH2-CH2-N(CH2R1)2, which comprises adding an aldehyde to the resulting ether amine(3) in the presence of a metal catalyst or a Raney nickel catalyst, and a process for producing an ether quaternary ammonium salt(6), R-O-CH2-CH2-CH2-N(CH2R1)2(R2), which comprises reacting a quaternizing agent with the ether tertiary amine(5).
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