Process for the preparation of dissymmetric aliphatic secondary alkylamines (US Patent 5254736)

Patent number: 5254736 Granted: 1993-10-19 Filed: 1992-07-28 Inventors: Christian Forquy (Monein, FR) Assignees: CECA, S.A. (FR)

Abstract

The process for the preparation of aliphatic amines of general formula R-NH-R' in which R is an aliphatic residue with 10 to 22 carbon atoms and R' is an aliphatic residue with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, comprising reacting under a hydrogen pressure an alkanol with a monoalkylamine in the presence of a catalytic system constituted by a supported nickel catalyst