Patent ID: 6384282
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: C07C,C07D

Abstract:
A process for addition of amines to carbon-carbon double bonds in a substrate, comprising:reacting an amine compound comprising a primary or a secondary amine with a compound containing at least one carbon-carbon double bond in the presence a transition metal catalyst and in the absence of an alkylaluminum co-catalyst under reaction conditions effective to form a product having a covalent bond between said primary or secondary amine and a carbon atom of the former said carbon-carbon double bond; wherein the reaction time is less than 40 hours, and wherein said reaction produces more than 20 moles of product per mole of said transition metal in said catalyst, and consumes more than 30% of either of said amine compound or said compound containing at least one carbon-carbon double bond, and wherein said product contains at least 80% of one regioisomer, said transition metal catalyst comprising a Group 8 metal and a ligand containing one or more 2-electron donor atoms.