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A process for the amination of aliphatic alkane derivatives such as alcohols (mono and polyhydric) which uses catalytic distillation to take advantage of the condensing distillate within the distillation reaction zone in the distillation column reactor. The operation of the distillation column react

A process for the amination of aliphatic alkane derivatives such as alcohols (mono and polyhydric) which uses catalytic distillation to take advantage of the condensing distillate within the distillation reaction zone in the distillation column reactor. The operation of the distillation column reactor results in both a liquid and vapor phase within the distillation reaction zone. The catalyst is prepared in the form of a distillation structure. The reaction is carried out in a distillation column reactor at a low hydrogen partial pressure, e.g. in the range of 0.1 psia to less than 10 psia.

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A process for the amination of aliphatic alkane derivatives in a distillation column reactor by concurrently in said distillation column reactor (a) contacting aliphatic alkane derivatives having one or more functional groups, hydrogen and ammonia at a hydrogen partial pressure in the range of about

A process for the amination of aliphatic alkane derivatives in a distillation column reactor by concurrently in said distillation column reactor (a) contacting aliphatic alkane derivatives having one or more functional groups, hydrogen and ammonia at a hydrogen partial pressure in the range of about 0.1 psia to less than 150 psia in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst prepared in the form of a catalytic distillation structure thereby reacting a portion of the aliphatic alkane derivatives with a portion of the ammonia and hydrogen to form a reaction mixture containing amines, unreacted hydrogen, water and unreacted aliphatic alkane derivatives and (b) fractionally distilling the reaction mixture.