Patent ID: 8927772
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: C01B,C07C

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a tertiary amine, comprising the following steps (1) and (2): Step (1): introducing an alcohol having 1 to 36 carbon atoms and an amine represented by the following general formula (I) into a first reaction vessel to react with each other in the presence of a catalyst and hydrogen, and then continuing the reaction while discharging water produced in the reaction and a hydrogen-containing gas out of a reaction system in the first reaction vessel: wherein R Step (2): introducing the hydrogen-containing gas discharged from the first reaction vessel into a second reaction vessel in which the hydrogen-containing gas is contacted with a metal catalyst to reduce an amount of carbon monoxide contained in the hydrogen-containing gas, and then introducing a part or whole of the hydrogen-containing gas into the first reaction vessel.