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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Shoji Hasegawa, Wakayama, JP;
Toru Nishimura, Wakayama, JP;
Atsushi Hirota, Wakayama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 209/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for producing a tertiary amine from a primary or secondary amine and alcohol as corresponding starting materials, which includes step (i) of dehydrogenating an alcohol to obtain an aldehyde, step (ii) of reacting the aldehyde with a primary or secondary amine to obtain a primary or secondary amine adduct, and step (iii) of hydrogenating the primary or secondary amine adduct to obtain a tertiary amine, wherein step (ii) is carried out independently of the other steps.