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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2007
Yuuta Suzuki, Wakayama, JP;
Yasuyuki Mimura, Wakayama, JP;
Tetsuaki Fukushima, Wakayama, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for producing an aliphatic primary amine or an aliphatic secondary amine from an aliphatic alcohol with a high catalytic activity and a high selectivity. In the process for producing an aliphatic amine according to the present invention, a linear, branched, or cyclic aliphatic alcohol having 6 to 22 carbon atoms is contacted with ammonia and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst formed by supporting a ruthenium component on at least one material selected from the group consisting of (B) a zirconia-containing composite oxide and (C) zirconia surface-treated with a metal by hydrolysis of (A) a ruthenium compound.