Patent ID: 8592595

Claim:
A process for the preparation of compounds of the formula (I) [R 2 —O]—CYCLYL—N—R 1 (I) comprising reacting compounds of the formula (II) [R 2 —O]—ARYL—N (II) in the presence of at least one transition metal catalyst, excluding platinum catalysts, at least one organic polar solvent and hydrogen, wherein CYCLYL-N is an 5- to 8-membered, cyclic saturated or partially unsaturated, nonaromatic N-heterocyclic radical having up to two nitrogen atoms which is linked via a ring carbon atom to the oxygen atom of the R 2 —O radical, and ARYL-N is an N-heterocyclic 5- to 8-membered aromatic radical having up to two nitrogen atoms which is linked via a ring carbon atom of the aromatic radical to the oxygen atom of the R 2 —O radical and R 2 is an C 6 -C 20 -aryl which is optionally substituted and R 1 is bonded to a nitrogen atom of the CYCLYL-N and is hydrogen or —C(═O)(R) and R is C 1 -C 15 -alkyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkylthio, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy, C 6 -C 24 -aryl, C 8 -C 26 -arylalkyl, C 1 -C 8 -haloalkyl, C 1 -C 8 -haloalkoxy, C 1 -C 8 -haloalkylthio, where halogen=F, Cl, Br, 5- to 8-membered saturated heterocycle where hetero =(oxygen, sulphur, or nitrogen), hydrogen or C 1 -C 8 -mono- or C 1 -C 16 -dialkylamino.