公开(公告)号：CA1212963A

公开(公告)日：1986-10-21

申请号：CA443277

申请日：1983-12-14

Applicant: BASF AG

Inventor： MUELLER HERBERT ,  AXEL HARTMUT

IPC: C07B61/00 ,  B01J31/00 ,  B01J31/04 ,  C07C67/00 ,  C07C209/00 ,  C07C209/16 ,  C07C211/03 ,  C07C211/19 ,  C07C87/06 ,  C07C87/44

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of primary, secondary and tertiary amines by reacting ammonia or a primary amine with a primary or secondary monohydric or polyhydric alcohol over a copper catalyst such as that which forms of its own accord from copper formate under the reaction conditions. This process allows to prepare aliphatic and cycloaliphatic amines and aralkylamines by a route which permits a high yield of the desired products, produces few contaminating by-products and requires only minimal use of catalyst.