Patent ID: 7074963
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a secondary amine product which comprises heating a mixture comprising: a) hydrogen; b) a carbonyl compound represented by: and c) a primary amine reactant represented by the structure R—NH 2 to any temperature in the range of about 80° C. to about 230° C. and under any pressure in the range of about 100 psig to about 3000 psig in the presence of an effective catalytic amount of a catalyst comprising metallic palladium, wherein said secondary amine product has the formula: in which R is any alkyl, aminoalkyl, alkylaryl, or aminoalkylaryl group, whether straight-chain, branched, or cyclic, R′ and R″ are each independently selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen; C