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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1992
Tosoh Corporation, Shinnanyo, JP;
Abstract
A process for producing an ethylenamine, which comprises reacting ammonia and/or an ethylenamine with an ethanolamine in the presence of hydrogen to obtain an ethylenamine having an increased number of ethylene chains over the ammonia and/or the ethylenamine used as the starting material, wherein a catalyst comprising Ni, X and M elements wherein X is Re, Ir, Pt or Pd, and when X is Re, Ir or Pb, M is at least one rare earth element selected from the group consisting of scandium, yttrium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium and lutetium, and when X is Pd, M is at least one member selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements is used for the reaction.