PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TRIALKYL AMINES

摘要

Trialkylamines are prepared by reacting primary alcohols with ammonia or a primary alkylamine in the presence of a hydrogenation/dehydrogenation catalyst and in the presence of hydrogen by (a) operating in liquid phase (b) using the alcohol in a stoichiometric excess of from 1 to 15 moles per mole of ammonia or primary alkylamine, (c) carrying out the reaction in the presence of the water formed in the course of the reaction, and (d) using a hydrogenation/dehydrogenation catalyst which substantially contains only copper as the catalytically hydrogenating/dehydrogenating metal.