Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation

Kendrick Edward Curry

William J Bartley

Stefan Kent Mierau

Ronald Gary Cook

A nickel/rhenium catalyst composition for the reductive amination of lower aliphatic alkane derivatives is described. The catalyst includes from about 2 to about 75 weight percent nickel and has a nickel to rhenium weight percent ratio of from about 1:1 to about 200:1. The nickel and rhenium are supported on an alumina-silica support which contains from about 5 to about 65 weight percent silica and has a BET surface area of from about 30 to about 450 m /g. A process for the reductive amination of lower aliphatic alkane derivatives using such a catalyst composition is also provided.

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Kendrick Edward Curry