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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert A Keppel, University City, MO (US);
John S McConaghy, Jr, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2605 / ; 2524 / ; 2524 / ; 2605 / ;
Abstract
A process for the production of unsaturated primary amines which comprises reacting, in the substantial absence of molecular oxygen, an amine having the formula (R.sub.1 HC=CR.sub.2 CH.sub.2)m N H (3-m), wherein m is 2 or 3 and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen or C.sub.1 - C.sub.3 alkyl groups, with ammonia in the presence of a catalyst comprising palladium or platinum atoms bearing phosphorus-containing ligands, the reaction being carried out at a temperature of from 0.degree. to 250.degree. C in the presence of a solvent for the amine and the catalyst.