Patent ID: 8173568

Claim:
A film-type catalyst for production of a tertiary amine, which is used in producing a tertiary amine from an alcohol and a primary or secondary amine as the starting material; wherein said film-type catalyst comprises catalyst particles bound to one another via a synthetic resin as a binder; wherein said particles form a three-dimensional network structure via the binder on a substrate; wherein said film-type catalyst has a thickness of 500 μm or less and a pore volume of not less than 0.5 mL/m 2 , whereby a diffusion rate in the film-type catalyst layer is increased due to said three-dimensional network structure, and the mass transfer between the inside and outside of the film-type catalyst can be promoted thereby utilizing the whole of the catalyst and simultaneously suppressing the excessive reaction of an intermediate reaction product in the inside of the catalyst; wherein the inside of the catalyst is a site of reaction for producing said tertiary amine; and wherein the synthetic resin is in an amount of 20 to 80 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of a powdery catalyst active substance on the basis of the starting material.